Chrome 42 Beta Includes Push Notifications

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Also new is the the option to automatically pause plugin content

Each browser update usually contains no more than two or three noteworthy new features in this rapid-release-cycle era, and Chrome 42 is no exception. It entered beta a few days back with a couple of notable features — well, at least on the desktop front.
The one feature that stands out from the rest of the changelog is the addition of smartphone-style push notifications, which provide web app developers with a way to apprise users of content updates and other changes in real time. But, of course, before they can do any of that they must secure the user’s permission to do so. And should the alerts turn out to be far too frequent and/or trivial, such permission can be revoked at a later time from within the “Site Settings” option that accompanies every alert.
Another new feature is a new setting that automatically pauses plugin content to save battery power and precious CPU cycles. Under Chrome’s content settings, you can now opt for the browser to automatically “detect and run important plugin content.” This will ensure that the browser automatically runs “the main plug-in content on websites” while disabling all peripheral plug-in content.
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