Now News Online

Search and access popular news quick links instantly from your new tab page!

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2020-07-31

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The Now News Online extension is here to supply you with all the news support you need.

With Now News Online you get a new tab extension that provides you with: Links to the top and most popular news providers. Quicklinks to shopping and commonly used social sites. Convenient web search powered by Yahoo!

Now News Online will also prompt you daily with access to the most popular news providers as well as personalized weather forecasts to get your day started.

You can also use the settings widget at the bottom right of the new tab page to adjust your personal experience.

Click "Add To Chrome" above to get started for free from your browser's new tab.

Our extension can be removed at any time.

Permissions & Reasons Used

Our extension only uses the minimum permissions required.

Install Dialog:

"Read and change your data on all hnownewsonline.com sites" Permission: "://.hnownewsonline.com/*" Reason: "This allows our extension to work properly. We only request access to the website our extension runs on." "Replace the page you see when opening a new tab" Reason: "This means you are installing our new tab extension. Every time you open your Chrome browser you will see our website and all of its useful features." "Read your browsing history" Permission: "Tabs" Reason: "We use tabs to ensure we can offer you additional optional products. It also allows us to give you access to your daily feature and other useful tools. We do not store or transmit any of your browsing history." Additional Permissions Used:

Permission: "Cookies" Reason: "Cookies are used to ensure you get the right user experience when you install our extension. Our extension only grabs the cookies we set on our pages." Permission: "Alarms" Reason: "This is to control the timing of daily feature ensuring you get access to helpful links as well as a personalized weather forecast. We use alarms to make sure you don't receive daily feature more than you should." Permission: "Storage" Reason: "Used to save technical information locally on the extension to ensure you see the right content." Permission: "contextMenus" Reason: "This allows us to show you the "About" page in our browseraction."

Extension

By:: mbeasleytech
Users:: 10
Version:: 1.0 Last updated: 2020-03-19
Risk:: Very low risk impact High risk likelihood
Size:: 19.92KB
Price:: Free
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Data ingested on:: 2020-07-31

Extension safety

Risk impact

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Now News Online does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low This permission has no access or impact on the user's system or data, thus carrying no risk.

Risk likelihood

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Now News Online may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.