A black toolbar is displayed on almost every Google property. The bar displays links to popular Google services as well as options to sign in and to open the settings configuration menu. The black bar is part of a global redesign of core Google services, and has been only recently added to those web pages [...]

Categories: Google

With Skype now being a Microsoft Division it was clear that some things had to change. There is still a lot of speculating going on in this regard. The Skype development team has released Skype 5.6 for the Windows operating system and an update for Skye 5.5 that removes the Google product bundling from the [...]

Categories: Microsoft

Google Related is a brand new extension by Google for its Chrome web browser. The extension acts as a browsing assistant displaying related news and contents in a small bar at the bottom. This process itself is automatic. The related information that are displayed on the toolbar at the bottom of the browser screen are [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer

We have discussed Google’s decision to stop updating its Google Toolbar extension for the Firefox web browser. The most recent version of the Firefox web browser, Firefox 5, is not supported anymore. The same is true for future versions of the Internet browser. The last version officially supported is Firefox 4. What can Firefox users [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Google in a somewhat surprising move announced that they will discontinue development of the Google Toolbar for the Firefox web browser. Taking effect immediately, the company notes that the Google Toolbar will not be supported on Firefox 5 and future versions. The change has no effect on the current toolbar offered for the browser which [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Toolbars are not necessarily installed as standalone applications these days. Toolbar developers have established business relationships with software developers to include their toolbars in the software installer. Users who do not pay close attention to the installation process may inadvertently end up with one or multiple toolbars installed on their system. Legit toolbar providers, like [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

We have not seen any statistics about the popularity about Google’s recently introduced service Google Sidewiki which allows Google Toolbar users to leave comments about any webpage they visit. The comments are displayed in a sidebar for everyone to see, at least if the Google Toolbar is installed or if one of the workarounds is [...]

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The Google Toolbar is a web browser add-on that is currently available for Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The toolbar is an official Google application that provides quick access to several Google services and features like translating web pages or sharing websites with friends. Everyone knows that the Google Toolbar transfers data to Google [...]

Categories: Browsing, Security