I have to admit that I’m spending more time on Google Plus than I’m spending on Facebook. Not a big amount of time though, usually anywhere between 5 to 10 minutes per day. While I like Google’s new messaging service, I have spotted a few annoyances that I wanted fixed. One of the main ones [...]
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Linkman Lite, Multi-Browser Bookmarks Manager
One of the biggest issues for users who work with different web browsers is synchronization. This includes passwords, log in information and of course bookmarks. Most browsers come with synchronization options, but those only include synchronizing bookmarks between versions of the same browser. And the import option is only important a certain state which means [...]
IE9 decimates other browsers for socially-engineered malware protection in report
Security firm NSS Labs have been running some tests on different modern web browsers to see how they defend and protect their users against socially-engineered malware. This is malware that attempts to trick users into installing it, much in the way Apple Mac users have been suffering with the recent spate of ‘Mac Defender’ malware. [...]
Replies And More For Google+ Chrome Extensions
Google+ is probably the most hyped service on the Internet these days. This stems from the fact that many of the early adopters are first movers that run their own blogs, websites or are very vocal on social networking sites. It still remains to the be seen how the general public will perceive Google’s social [...]
Surplus For Chrome Lets You Use Google+ From Anywhere
Up until now the only way to share a web page, story or information on Google+ was to open the Google+ website to do so. That’s not overly comfortable, especially not so if you are not having the service open all the time in your browser tab. The new Google Chrome extension Surplus changes the [...]
Google+ Photo Zoom Extension For Chrome
I’m slowly getting the hang out of Google+. The coolest feature by far in my humble opinion is circles to group users and get filtered news streams. One thing that I think is missing are update notifications for your circles. As it stands now, you need to click on each circle stream to see if [...]
Toolbar Cleaner, Remove Unwanted Toolbars From Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer
Many toolbars are not installed in only one browser, but in multiple web browsers. That’s not a problem if you have only one browser installed, but if you have them all like I do, you might end up with the same toolbar installed under multiple browsers. That’s cool if you want to use the toolbar, [...]
Brighten Your RSS Feeds with NewsSquares
Not all RSS readers are the same. Indeed, some are far more useful than others and deserve to be pulled from the pack. One such reader is NewsSquares, a Chrome app specifically catered to the interests of news readers. While still in the final beta stages, NewsSquares is a great way to browse your various [...]
Search Google By Image Chrome Extension
Google recently improved their image search capabilities by adding reverse image search options to it. I have reviewed the Google Search By Image in detail and a follow-up guide on practical uses of the new image search engine. The new feature can be used to find other websites that host similar or even the same [...]
Mozilla Drops Http Prefix In Firefox
Opera and Google are already doing it, so why should not we. That’s probably the reasoning behind Mozilla’s latest move to optimize the interface of the Firefox web browser. For those who do not know (is there anyone reading my blog that does not?); The http prefix in front of website addresses in the url [...]
Like+1 For Chrome Combines Live and Google+1 Buttons
There are so many different buttons available to promote, like, write about or +1 pages on the Internet that it is sometimes difficulty to keep an overview of the available options. Two of the most commonly used buttons on today’s Internet are Facebook’s Like button and Google’s recently introduced +1 button. If you are a [...]
Unlock Reddit’s Full Potential Through Chrome Add-Ons and Extensions
Thousands of internet users have discovered the joys of Reddit, a web portal that provides users with access to images, underground news and the latest memes through a simple and seemingly pre-2000 interface. While the website has been flooded by new users in recent months, long-time users have been developing add-ons and accessories that make [...]
New Social Media Plugin Pearltrees Offers a New Take on Web Favorites
After the sweeping successes of Facebook and Twitter (and, in a distant, simpler time, MySpace), everyone wants to know around what social application or website the next social frenzy will occur. Many contenders have thrown their hat into the ring, including some of the biggest names in computers today, but the only really successful social [...]
Google Rolling Out Voice Search
Voice Search is the second new technology next to page prerendering that Google introduced exclusively for Chrome web browser users yesterday on Inside Search. Android smartphone users may already be aware of Voice Search, as it is available for their devices. The majority of desktop users on the other hand are new to the concept [...]
Page Prerendering Introduced In Google Chrome Dev
Prerendering is a technology that can speed up web browsing by loading web pages in advance. The advantage of prerendering is an almost instant page loading time for prerendered pages. There are disadvantages though. The average web page has anywhere from a few dozen to more than one hundred links. Prerendering all link targets would [...]
Google Cloud Print Opens Access to Printers Across the Globe
An earlier article here on Ghacks talked in some details about Google’s gradual beta launch of their Cloud services. Heralded as the bridge between Microsoft Office and the web, Google Cloud Connect was supposed to provide a way to host Office documents on the web, much as Google Documents had done for their own productivity [...]
Avoid Ever Having to Visit Facebook or Twitter with Handy Chrome Extensions
Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized the way people use the internet. Blogs and websites provide links to share information on the sites, and advertisers have completely restructured the way they approach internet marketing as a result of the power such websites have in suggesting particular products and services. Of course, most of us look at [...]
Create Google Chrome Shortcuts
Having an extension like Mega Button for Chrome to access often used features faster is nice and all, but it is not the fastest way to work with the browser. Shortcuts are faster, and they additionally do not add buttons or other clutter to the browser or menus. Google Chrome comes with a set of [...]
Chrome Mega Button, Quick Access To Chrome Features
Both Google and Mozilla slim down the web browser interface with nearly every new browser version that the companies release. A downside to minimizing the interface is the fact that less browser controls become accessible directly which means that it will take longer to open those features or options whenever they need to be accessed. [...]
Google Chrome Stable Updated To 12
Google has updated the stable channel of the Google Chrome web browser. The Chrome browser is now at version 12.0.742.91 on the stable channel. The new release combines security fixes, other updates and even a few new features that have been added to that version that have previously only been available on the other channels. [...]