A crop of Web sites have sprung up with the mission of making long, easily breakable Web addresses shorter--and at least one of them is trying to make money at the idea. In some e-mail programs, the ...

Google's newest web browser already starts trimming away a bit of detail to make it easier for newbies to understand where they are on the web. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator, a tool used to find webpages. A URL is composed of a protocol, a domain name, a path to the webpage, and a webpage name. Here's a brief introduction to URLs and ...

The humble browser address bar just got an emoji-forward glow up. If the string of emoji corresponds to an existing Yat, the browser will take users to the associated website. For example, instead of ...

Can the web exist without internet addresses? And if so, how do you navigate? These are some of the controversial questions that Google is asking as it tries to make the World Wide Web a safer place ...

Mistyping a web address can now lead straight to scams or malware. A new study shows over 90% of parked domains are dangerous ...

You know what a URL does, but can you explain what URL stands for? We have the answer. You may already know that a URL is another way of saying “web address.” We all go to web addresses every day as ...

However, emoji-based web addresses can be quicker to type on a smartphone. Opera also says emoji-based web addresses can look cooler on a web page. A boring URL such as Johnsmith23456.com can suddenly ...