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Tag: Extensions
How to view your Chrome extensions
Chrome extensions make our favorite browser the awesome internet portal it has become. But it’s important to keep track of them before they become a mess.
8 tips for managing Chrome apps and extensions
Chrome apps and extensions are amazing, but they can also hurt your browser if not handled right. Here are some awesome and simple tips to keep your browsing experience clean!
Chrome bug is wasting your hard drive space!
Don’t know where all your hard drive space is going? You might want to click through and see how Chrome could be eating it all up! We also know how to fix it!
Google testing new extension permission dialogs – which is your favorite?
It’s important to always check the permissions dialog. Google is testing some new dialogs to make your experience more secure. Do you like them?
Google will keep your browser clean by banning over-crowding extensions
Don’t you have those extensions that take over your whole extension bar? Toolbars tend to do that, making your browsing experience horrible. Google has said “NO MORE!”
How to install Chrome extensions
Are you new to Chrome? You must start learning about Chrome Extensions! Here is a nice tutorial on how to install them.
PSA: You can no longer install Chromebook extensions outside the Chrome Web Store
Chrome extensions outside the Chrome Web Store are no longer allowed on Chrome OS (Chromebooks). This makes your computer safer from malicious extensions.
Chrome for Windows will no longer support non-Web Store extensions
Google has found Chrome for Windows is less secure than they wish, so they are taking some drastic measures to keep you safe. Support for non-Web Store extensions is being axed!
How to keep chromebook display awake
No matter how much you look around, you won’t find any display settings on your Chromebook. How exactly can you stop the display from going to sleep, then?
Google Hangouts Chrome extension now available for download
Google Hangouts merges all of Google’s communication tools into a unified, powerful messaging service. It also works on many platforms, including Google Chrome! Get your extension here.
Google Voice Chrome extension update brings desktop notifications
Fellow Google Voice and Chrome users surely have the service’s Chrome extension installed. The extension allows you to quickly read messages, send them, listen to voicemail and control other Google Voice functions. It turns Google Voice into the ultimate synchronization tool between the smartphone and the browser/desktop – and it just got a little better! […]
Browsing safely with Avast! WebRep
The web may be changing our lives for the best, but all these opportunities also come with great danger. That is because it also opens doors to hackers and malicious software. Nothing that a bit of smart surfing can’t fix, but we have all experienced some bad situations when it comes to viruses, malware, phishing […]
Gmelius Updated in the Chrome Web Store, Aims to Make Gmail Even Better
Gmelius has been around for a while with the simple mission to make Gmail better. Today an update hit the Web Store that adds some new features. You can remove ads in the header, footer, and messages. You can remove the logo in the header, remove people widget, remove chat, and remove pretty much anything […]
Session Buddy Helps Manage Your Workflow
Tabs can help multi-taskers complete jobs more efficiently and it’s likely that you have a specific set of tabs you like to have open when you’re performing a specific job. Opening these tabs individually as you switch from task to task can be a hassle, which is where Session Buddy comes in. It remembers sessions […]
AdBlock Plus To Whitelist ‘Approved Ads’ Automatically
If you use AdBlack Plus for Chrome to block ads, you may be in for a surprise when the extension updates to version 2.0. The developer has stated on the extension’s main website that acceptable ads will begin seeping through the cracks. So what constitutes an acceptable ad? No animation or sound Loads no more […]
Clean Up the Web with Evernote’s Clearly
Both Read It Later and Instapaper are popular services that offer both mobile and browser support for cleaning up a web page and making it available to read later, but Evernote has taken it one step further by allowing you to customize how a cleaned up page will appear in Chrome using their Clearly extension. […]
Unofficial Android Market Chrome App
If you want a quicker way to access the web version of Android Market from your Chrome Tab then Chrome-Apps.info has you covered. All their app really does is provide a bookmarkish link to Android Market, but with the success of Android, I figured this could be a popular little offering. I’m not sure why […]
Windows Start Menu Rethought For Chrome
Do you have a ton of Apps an Extensions without a simple way to organize them? That’s one area where the Windows Start Menu is something Microsoft makes that I miss. Thankfully, the folks at Visibotech have made an extension called AppJump that organizes your apps and presents them with an app launcher. You can […]
Google Docs, Box.net, Dropbox, Picasa, Twitbook, Facebook & Others Get a Chrome Friend In The Cloud
If you’re a user of any of the following services, you’ll want to continue reading: Google Docs, Box.net, Dropbox, Amazon Cloud Drive, Windows Live SkyDrive, SugarSync, Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, Min.us, Twitpic and more. That “and more” thing had to get you, because you’re undeniably a user of SOME kind of service. That’s right, continue reading. Install […]
Is That Amazon Offer A Good Deal?
It’s not always easy to determine if something is a good deal. We can base an “offer” on what we think the product or service is worth, but how about historically speaking? Is it currently priced higher than normal? Should I wait for the price to come down? Is it at an all-time low and […]
Craigslist Preview: Browse Craigslist Infinitely More Efficiently
If you’re buying something on Craigslist, chances are you want to know what the heck you’re buying before you buy it. That’s exactly why many people only look at listings that include pictures. But still, then you’ve got to open up each individual listing and half the time the pictures end up either being terrible […]
Send with GMail by Default using this Chrome Extension
I don’t know why it infurates me so much, but there is nothing that makes me more mad than clicking on a link that then opens up Microsoft Exchange to send an E-Mail. I use G-Mail and if I wanted to actually E-Mail someone (which often I don’t when unsuspectingly clicking a mail:to link) I […]
Get Detailed Weather “Where You At” with Weather Underground Extension
I love how Weather Underground poses the question, “Where you at?” when collecting the required details to provide you with a forecast. But what I like even more is the actual service itself. The Weather Underground Chrome Extension isn’t developed by the makers of Weather Underground, but we could care less- it works great! Simply […]
Smarten Up with the Google Dictionary Extension
Have you ever been reading a news article, not known what the heck a word meant, but just kept powering through because you were too lazy to actually look up the definition? Well Google has a solution for people like us: simply install the Google Dictionary Chrome Extension and you can double click on any […]