Google some time ago retired the Google Dictionary web service. Well, that’s not entirely correct. What Google retired was the frontend of that service on the web. The definitions are still available, but can only be displayed in Google Search. Users need to use the advanced search parameter define followed by the phrase that they [...]
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Keep My Opt-Outs For Chrome Blocks Ad Personlization
Personalization is the latest buzz word on the Internet. Search engines like Google for instance personalize the search results based on previous searches, Amazon likes to show you items that they think you like and ads on the web use information to display ads that they think are more relevant to you. Some users do [...]
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Tab Sugar, Like Firefox Panorama, But For Chrome
Firefox Panorama is a new feature of the upcoming Firefox 4 browser which offers a different way of managing tabs in the browser. Among the features are options to group tabs, display all open tabs on one screen and to only display selected tab sets in the browser’s tabbar. Tab Sugar basically is a port [...]
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Automatically Convert Currencies On Web Pages
Buying goods online in other countries can be a real money saver. It is for instance pretty easy for Europeans to buy in countries of the Europe Union without the fear of having to pay additional taxes which would have to be paid if goods were bought in the US or Asia. Many central Europeans [...]
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Extension.Fm Play Music Comfortably In Google Chrome
Extension.fm is an extension for the Google Chrome web browser that makes it a lot easier and comfortable to play music on the Internet. The add-on for the Google Chrome browser basically crawls every page the user visits for mp3 links and displays the number of mp3s found in the icon that is placed in [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Put The Focus On Videos With Turn Off The Lights
Most video portals like Youtube or Dailymotion display lots of contents next to the videos that they host on their websites. This includes advertisements, user comments, the site navigation and other features like related videos. Those elements can be a distraction especially for sensitive Internet users. Turn Off The Light is an extension for the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Google Chrome Keyboard Navigation
Computer users sometimes run into situations where they won’t or can’t use a computer mouse. Think of a netbook or notebook for instance. Those computer without a computer mouse most of the time and the touchpad replacement or substitute sometimes does not really cut it. Keyboard Navigation is a Google Chrome extension that aids the [...]