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Feb 1

Restore Twitter Data To Your Google Searches With HashPlug For Chrome

Google search is an incredible tool, yet it was never adept at mining our social graphs, i.e., the voluminous amounts of data we share on our social networks. This all changed once Google launched their Real-Time Search product. Google was leveraging real-time data from multiple social networks (e.g., publicly available data from Twitter and Facebook fan page updates) to provide more personalized, relevant answers to your queries.

Unfortunately, the deals that enabled this interoperability fell through, and Google ended up creating a social layer on top of their products to obtain unfettered access to the types of information that social networks like Twitter and Facebook no longer wanted to provide. If Google’s Social Search is not giving you the kind of results you want, and you pine for the days of Twitter integration, there is an extension for Chrome that can bring you pretty close to the real McCoy. Read more

Jan 28

Clean Up Your Chrome Bookmarks With Neater Bookmarks

Neater Bookmarks

Chrome is an amazing browser that is fast becoming its own veritable, cloud operating system. Regardless of what device or OS I am using, Chrome is there, syncing all my essential information and bringing me the fast, clean performance I’ve come to expect.

Yet, there is at least one area of traditional browsing where Chrome falls short, i.e., bookmarks. The organizer is ugly and cumbersome, and it doesn’t seem to be as efficient or powerful as Firefox’s offering.

Chrome’s myriad other strengths more than makeup for this weaknesses, but if you’d like to make its bookmark organizer more palatable, give this extension a try. Read more

Jan 25

Disable Chrome PDF Viewer

Chrome PDF Viewer

Modern versions of Google’s Chrome have a built-in viewer for displaying files encoded in the ubiquitous PDF file format. This means that when you click on a link to a PDF file, it will automatically open in the web browser.

While this is fine for most end users, it can be an annoying behavior for others. For example, I often need to modify PDF files before uploading them to web services like Evernote, and having to wait for a file to first display in the browser, then download it to my computer for modification, only to have to re-upload to Evernote is a pain.

If this is something you go through too often and you wish Chrome treated these files differently, there is a way to modify this behavior. Read more

Jan 18

Divide Your Browser Tabs With Tab Scissors For Chrome

Tab Scissors

One of the things I love about Chrome is the slick way it handles tabs. Creating, organizing, and dragging them in and out of windows is a pretty seamless process, and it’s something that has made research/writing sessions much more productive.

Often, when I writing an article, I need two windows open, side-by-side, so I can continually go back and reference a source article for a post. Normally, I’d be forced to manually create the separate windows and snap them to the sides of the screen.

Now, there is a Chrome extension that can make this a streamlined process. Read more

Jan 11

One Click Access To Google Docs With New Chrome Webapps

One Click to Docs, Sheets, and Slides

If you suckle at the teat of the big G and have moved most of your life into Google’s cloud, odds are you live and die by Chrome and Google Drive. While there has always been a Chrome webapp for quickly getting to your Drive homepage, you’d probably appreciate more direct webapp links that enable you to directly start on document creation.

Now, Google has answered the call. Read more

Nov 28

Search Only Recently Visited Sites With SeenBefore

SeenBefore

A recurring, and seriously annoying, issue for some users (i.e., me) is when, after doing hours of online research with Google, you try to re-find a site that you’d previously visited either a few hours or a few days ago. You can always go into your browser’s history and run a search, but if you’ve been visiting many sites (particularly very similar types of sites), it can be difficult to find what you’re looking for.

If you use Chrome, there is an extension that offers a better solution. Read more

Nov 14

Get Easy Access To Privacy Settings With Privacy Manager For Google Chrome

Privacy Manager

Many Internet users are becoming increasingly aware of how their personal data is being recorded, tracked, and utilized by third parties. While the nefarious light these behaviors are often cast in may be slightly hyperbolic, a wise user would be sensitive to the ways they can control their web browsing experience.

While the safest way to surf would be to use something like this, every popular, modern web browser has privacy settings that can be adjusted to align with your needs. Yet, these settings are usually hidden several layers down in the menu structure, and can be difficult to locate and adjust.

If you are a Chrome user, this extension will be a boon. Read more

Nov 2

Maintain Firefox Experience On iOS With Foxbrowser

Foxbrowser

The web browser is a diverse, competitive market, and although Google’s Chrome gets a lot of love, there are still many web users that remain loyal to Firefox. Previously, if you wanted to maintain that experience on an iPad, you had Mozilla’s Firefox Home app.

Unfortunately, that app left much to be desired and has been abandoned. If you’ve tried out the numerous other iOS third party browsers, and still want something more Firefox-like, check out Foxbrowser. Read more

Sep 28

Master Shortcuts For Gmail With This Innovative Chrome Extension

KeyRocket for Gmail

Gmail and keyboard shortcuts are two topics that are near and dear to my heart. Separate, they are great in their own right, but, when put together with an email powerhouse like Gmail, things really start to get done.

Whenever you are in Gmail, you can easily get a popup of all the available keyboard shortcuts by pressing the Shift+? keys on your keyboard, but the list is long and can be overwhelming for someone starting from scratch.

A Chrome extension from the developers of an edifying, shortcut-related piece of software, KeyRocket, has a better way for you to become a Gmail keyboard shortcut pro. Read more

Aug 29

Use This Bookmarklet To Open URLs In Chrome Instead Of Safari In iOS

Open URLs in iOS Chrome

Chrome rocks. You know it, I know it, and Google knows it. Fast, secure, reliable, and constantly updated with sweet, new features (SYNC EVERYTHING!!!), Chrome has become the go-to browser for millions of people. Yet, an increasing amount of browsing time is being done on mobile devices, and, as we all know, popular operating systems like Apple’s iOS are not known for their, um, freedom.

Unlike Android, iOS does not give you the ability to set default applications for your device. So, while Apple has become more flexible in regard to letting apps that are similar to their own native apps run on their platform (e.g., alternative web browsers like Dolphin HD or Chrome), they still significantly hamper their performance.

For example, let’s say you install Chrome on your iOS device, and a friend emails you a link to the new blog they just created. When you click the link, you are forced into Apple’s Safari web browser. Your only alternative is to copy the URL, open Chrome and paste it into the address bar so you can load the page. This is NOT the most elegant solution.

Today’s tip can help mitigate this issue and make using the recently released Chrome browser for iOS a tenable proposition.

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