Select and Speak is a handy extension for Google Chrome that allows users to listen to text from almost any website. The extension has a list of voices (accents) to choose from; you can choose any of the voices that you recognize the clearest and the easiest. To get started, simply install the extension and [...]
Convert bookmarklet to Chrome extension is a pretty self-explanatory name. Yes, the tool helps you convert a bookmarklet to an extension for Chrome is a simple drag and drop way. Well, that’s a part of the process. You do need to follow some steps which involve extracting the extension file and then loading it on [...]
Searching for smartphone apps can be a little inconvenient as you have to go to sites dedicated to phone apps and often jump from one site to another. But if you are a Google Chrome user, you will find an extension called iFind to be very helpful. iFind helps you search for phone apps through [...]
Working with mathematical equations is something very few text editors properly support. You usually have to install a fully-fledged math software to be able to write and edit such equations. Fortunately however there is a small sized alternative available called Daum Equation Editor. Daum Equation Editor is a free to use browser tool that comes [...]
Your browser includes your browsing history, logged in websites, and numerous other things that you would not want others using your computer to access. An easy solution to this would be to password-protect your web browser. A tool that helps you do this is Simple Startup Password. Simple Startup Password is a free to use [...]
People who are used to keyboard layouts of their own native languages find it extremely problematic to use keyboards of other layouts. While this problem can be easily resolved by accessing your Control Panel settings, not all users have those setting adjustment privileges. For them, an extension called “Google Input Tools” will be an excellent [...]
Having to type out your password is a typical roadblock when browsing the web, and it becomes doubly annoying when we end up mistyping our passwords. If you have a long password, then the chances are you will get your passwords wrong a lot. Visual Hashing is a free extension for Firefox/Chrome that provides visual [...]
Turning on private browsing in Chrome is pretty simple. Just use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+N or click through the wedge icon menu to open an incognito window. This mode enables you to browse websites without saving session data, cookies, history, and cached files. However, having to remind yourself to go into incognito mode can be [...]
If you are a heavy Chrome user, you probably have lots of extensions installed. However, none of us use all of our extensions all the time and they just sit there eating up screen real estate. Context helps you manage extensions by sorting them into groups so you can switch from one group of extensions [...]
Even though Google Chrome has a built-in popup blocker, it still misses out on a lot of annoying popups such as alerts and confirmation boxes that may be hidden. Better Popup Blocker is exactly what the name suggests, a tool that blocks popups better than the default tool in Google Chrome. When a popup is [...]