Ghacks readers know that the chrome://flags page leads to a list of experimental features in the Chrome browser. These features are not yet ready for prime time. Adventurous Chrome users can enable […]
I reviewed the Personal Blocklist extension for the Chrome web browser back in February of this year. The extension offered to block specific domains from appearing in Google's search results. Blocked domains […]
Most users of the Google Chrome web browser know that Google has integrated Adobe's Flash Player in cooperation with Adobe into the web browser. The core advantage here is that Google can […]
If you have visited the Google Chrome Web Store today you may have noticed that Google redesigned the store completely. The layout of the page has been streamlined to display a minimalistic […]
All modern web browsers come with options to search the active web page for specific words or phrases. None as far as I know support wildcard searches or the inclusion of inflections. […]
YouTube videos can be posted as links or as embedded media contents on websites. It depends largely on the technology powering the website if it is possible to embed videos directly. If […]
Google Chrome has just fronted a new extension called Chrome Speak; a text reader for web content on the Google Chrome search engine. This will read highlighted text out loud. Whether from […]
If you are a new Chrome user, or an old one who uses the browser in a certain way, you may be interested in tips to get the most (or more) out […]
Security researchers Nicholas Carlini, Adrienne Porter Felt, and Prateek Saxena reviewed 50 popular and 50 random Chrome extensions from the official Chrome Web Store for security vulnerabilities and discovered that 27 of […]
I think it was last year when Google first mentioned that they would add remote desktop capabilities to Chrome OS and the Chrome web browser. Google released a first beta version of […]
I have to admit that I'm not playing games on social networking sites like Facebook or Google Plus. To be honest, I'm annoyed by status messages that contain gift, bonus or game […]
When you have a YouTube account, you can do more than watching, uploading and commenting on videos. One of the things besides that is the ability to subscribe to other YouTube users […]
I'm not a fan of blue on black text, or link colors that are barely distinguishable from a website's background. While it is still possible to use a site that uses hard […]
You can save lots of money with coupons. As a webmaster, I have to buy and renew domain names and web hosting on a regular basis. Take the popular domain registrar Godaddy […]
It just takes a quick download, a few steps and one USB flash drive to run Google Chrome with your personal extensions and settings on any Windows computer. This article will demonstrate […]
The default, or shall I say more prominent, installer for the Google Chrome web browser offers only single user account installations. More precisely, it can only be installed for the user account […]
I have been using Google's new social networking site Google Plus ever since I received my invitation. To be honest, I have been spending more time on the site than I have […]
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, […]
Just spotted a change to the new tab page in the Google Chrome browser. The change is life in the latest Google Chrome Dev build, and I'm not 100% sure when it […]
I find it rather difficult to spend time on all social networking sites that I have an account for evenly. The three dominant social networking sites that I use currently are Facebook, […]
Update: Google has discontinued Google Related. The extension is no longer available for Google Chrome. Additional information about the decision are available on the Google blog. Google Related is a brand new […]
The photos that users upload to eBay are used to populate the search results and category listings. The eBay auction platform automatically displays thumbnail versions of the uploaded photos on search and […]
Samsung's new Series 5 Chromebook is one of the very first devices to market running Google's own Chrome OS, a Linux variant cloud-based operating system that is essentially just a web browser […]
Do you have to write the same text multiple times per day? For instance when replying to business emails, writing blog posts or commenting on them on the Internet. If that is […]
If you are a heavy Google user you may like the Google bar that is displayed on top of all the Google properties. The bar links to several Google properties and displays […]
I have to admit that I'm not a user who likes to change the default theme of a web browser. Not because there are no cool themes out there for my browsers, […]
Update: Live Sports is no longer available. We suggest you use one of the other live sports extensions available for the Chrome browser currently. Live Sport for the Chrome browser is a […]
Magic Actions for YouTube promises to be the most convenient way to watch YouTube videos in the Google Chrome browser. But can it live up to that promise? When you look at […]
Update: The extension has not been updated since 2011 and is no longer working on Google+. The only option you have right now is to mute or block specific users on Google+. […]
Update: The G+me extension is no longer working. It was last updated in 2011 and it appears to have been abandoned by its creator. There is no comparable extension available at this […]
Update: We have removed the link to the extension as it received negative feedback on Chrome's Web Store because of malware. I find this puzzling as this is an official extension by […]
The Google Chrome web browser, after a recent update, displays a cupcake in the upper left corner of the screen. To be precise, that cupcake is shown on the tab bar, and […]
I do not like the navigational structure of the Chrome web store. I cannot figure out for instance how to sort all extensions based on their last update. Sure there is the […]
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 […]
Update: The Surplus extension does not work anymore. It was last updated in 2011 and appears to have been abandoned by its developer. You may want to try Google's official Google+ Notifications […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Update: The browser extension for Chrome has not been updated since 2011 and appears abandoned by the developer. It is no longer working and we have made the decision to remove the […]
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 […]
