Posts Tagged ‘browser’

PrivacyChoice quickly rank websites alerts you to potential privacy risks when using a website

March 18, 2012 |  by  |  Chrome, Firefox, News, Sites  |  No Comments

Most of us use the Internet and assume that we’re protected from our personal information being shared with others. That’s not always the case as we’ve found, especially when it comes to companies tracking our activity to share with advertisers. One can change the privacy settings in our browser or click on the privacy icon that many display ads carry. To find out what is really going on under the pages of many Web sites and the third-party ad networks they work with, however, users would have to take a more difficult route — reading the privacy policy for each Web

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Google’s Winter Easter Egg: Type “Let It Snow” in Google search for a pleasant surprise

December 17, 2011 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Simply search the words “let it snow” and watch what happens. Of course, your search results will contain video of that old favorite song, but what’s that? Snowflakes falling in your browser? The Google bar freezing up? Keep watching as your browser appears to be filling up with snow, and then you can skate around with your mouse, where your browser acts just like a frozen lake, showing the path your cursor has taken. Want to start over? Simply click the “defrost” button. The first hit is the Christmas carol ‘let it snow’ by Dean Martin.

Scrollbar Of Contents generates navigable heading markers next to scrollbar for navigating long articles

November 17, 2011 |  by  |  Chrome, Extension, Tips n Tweaks  |  No Comments

Articles on the web can get a little long sometimes, and it can be difficult to skim them and find the parts that are most relevant to you. Welcome Scrollbar of Contents, a free Chrome extension which adds clickable buttons next to your scrollbar so you can jump right to different sections of the article you're reading. Or say it generates clickable markers for all the headings of a page and places them proportionately on the scrollbar. Especially useful when navigating through lengthy documents. Once installed, the extension will scan a page when you load it to see where there are

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Microsoft offering free stuff with Internet Explorer 9 holiday downloads

November 8, 2011 |  by  |  Microsoft, News  |  No Comments

Somewhere along the line, Microsoft went from being the powerhouse in the browser market to begging users to switch back to Internet Explorer. Now, Microsoft is running a "where's the love?" campaign to offer "free stuff" for users who download IE9. In fact, the holiday campaign offers prospective IE downloaders free music, movies, and other stuff. After all these years, hasn't Microsoft learned yet that it can't buy love? While IE may hold a lead over Firefox, Chrome and Safari individually, it's trounced by the trio overall. So Microsoft is responding not by improving IE and making it a

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A brief history of web standards – Infographic

October 27, 2011 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

If not for open web standards, you'd need a different web browser to access different web pages and as for mobile. Luckily, web standards like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, when properly used, allow us to read, shop, schmooze, dish, post, check in, and share everything from our kids' class pictures to our most deeply cherished beliefs?whether we're accessing the web via smartphone, tablet, or virtually any desktop browser. From 1962 to present (no, that's not a typo), Vitamin T and An Event Apart have pulled together A Brief History of Web Standards. This infographic has a lot of interesting factoids and

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RubyMonk – ruby lessons right in your browser

October 20, 2011 |  by  |  News, Sites  |  No Comments

Looking to develop web app through one of the more popular programming languages on the web, RubyMonk can teach you to code in the Ruby language. It features interactive lessons and exercises that you can learn right from your web browser. RubyMonk combines the advantages of learning from a book, pairing with a mentor and actual hands-on coding and delivers it on a fun interactive platform for amateurs and enthusiasts who are discovering the Ruby language. RubyMonk is an ongoing endeavour from the guys at C42 Engineering who have found that picking up the Ruby language and its best practices can

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StayFocusd limits the amount of time you can spend on time-wasting websites

September 11, 2011 |  by  |  Chrome, Downloads, Extension, Tips n Tweaks  |  No Comments

For internet browsing addicts if you want to put a cap on a list of sites you visit irrespective of whether it is a blog, social network, gaming or a shopping site. You sit down at the computer, and you swear you'll be productive. Next thing you know, it's twelve hours later. You've checked your email, updated your Facebook status, browsed the trending topics on Twitter, read your RSS feeds, looked up your favorite band on Wikipedia, vanity googled yourself, cyber-stalked your ex, looked at all your high-school crushes' Facebook photos, watered your plants on Farmville, and lost a

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Pistashio sorts bookmarks into categories and you can set reminders to visit again

September 9, 2011 |  by  |  Apps, Chrome, Tips n Tweaks  |  No Comments

Pistashio formerly Radar is web and mobile application that captures and reminds you of interesting things you come across in everyday life. Pistash.io sorts bookmarks into categories and reminds you to visit again through twitter or email. All you need to do is sign in with your Twitter account and you can save bookmarks using either a bookmarklet in any browser or a Chrome extension. You'll have five different main categories to stash links in: food, video, reading, listening, and a to-do section. Additionally it has the ability to send a reminder tweet or email for any bookmark. Saving items to

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Sharing Google Maps made easier with Google shortner g.co

August 24, 2011 |  by  |  Google, News  |  No Comments

The Google Lat Long Team has announced that the Google g.co URL shortener has graduated from testing to become an official feature of Google Maps. The super-short URL dedicated to Google-owned Web properties launched in July, and the g.co/maps path will always lead to a Google Maps page. The Google Maps screen now displays a link icon in the top right corner. Clicking the link opens a box containing the map's URL, which is no longer visible from the browser's location bar (it just says 'maps.google.com'), as well as HTML to embed the map on a Web page. The full URL

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Tapl.io is a browser extension which brings every restaurant review site to the table

August 20, 2011 |  by  |  Concepts, Downloads, Plugins, Sites, Video  |  No Comments

We have hundreds of excellent spots to choose from on any given night. Check out Dinevore to discover new restaurants, then Yelp to check location and reviews. If it seems good, I stop by MenuPages to browse their apps, then Google Maps to grab the location and OpenTable to make a reservation. I also check Foodspotting for photos and Foursquare for tips. Founded by Sam Beaudin and Dave Riess, New York City startup Tapl.io (pronounced Tap-Lee-Oh) bring all these restaurant review sites to the table. It offer a browser extension that automatically pops up a simple folder toolbar when you visit

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