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Browser tabs are a blessing and a curse. They are easily opened, rarely closed fast, and tough to keep organized. You quickly end up with dozens of tabs in a single window and then what? You need to switch back and forth, you struggle to navigate between tabs, your computer slows down, and usually you don't even need half the tabs. And if you do try to keep your tabs organized, you may often find yourself manually pulling out sets of tabs into a new window. What a hassle!
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The Internet is a vast place, with loads of information that can often be overwhelming. It would be an understatement to say that it’s the primary resource for research and getting work done. But don’t be caught off guard by its trickery. Although it can be a place of productivity, it also is a master at leisurely distractions that can eat up time you don’t have. StayFocusd is among several great tools to help prevent these distractions from keeping you from important work.
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Today we have all kinds of apps and extensions to make checking the weather even easier. Among them is a Chrome extension called ForecastFox. It offers all the features weather seekers could want, and it does it in a tiny package with a slick user interface. I was thoroughly impressed with this extension, and I plan to keep it installed as my number 1 weather extension.
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Quickly hide the useless sites you're looking at so your boss doesn't know that you're slacking off. It's called Panic Button, it works in Google Chrome and it's designed for full time workers who actually work part time. If you're reading this blog post at work, you probably shouldn't be. And if you're doing something at work you probably shouldn't now, you probably do that with some frequency.
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The Internet provides a never ending flow of information and continuously stimulates the human instinct to absorb and collect as much as possible. For most of us this is reflected in countless bookmarks and open browser tabs. While having dozens of tabs constantly open is a condition rather than an achievement, it is often necessary to work with many open tabs and switch back and forth between them.
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Chrome to Phone is made up of a Chrome extension and an Android app that work together. Install both and you can quickly send web pages, maps, videos, and phone numbers from the Chrome browser on your computer to your smartphone (Android 2.2 or newer). Chrome to Phone is ideal when you’re looking up information on your computer and want to take it with you.
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There are a lot of exciting new Web technologies emerging at the moment, with Google’s Native Client joining HTML5 and CSS3 in paving the way to a more versatile and interactive Internet. Robert Isaacs has put this technology to good use with NaClBox, a version of DOSBox that runs in Google’s Chrome browser. The project is a little over a year old and has recently launched a closed beta for the site’s most exciting feature - the ability to upload your own DOS games and store them in the cloud.
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Google is rather keen on extolling the virtues of the InterWebs to us all. Its reasons for doing so are rather obvious - without the Web Google wouldn't even exist, let alone be a global company worth billions of dollars - but we appreciate the effort regardless. Google is also keen to promote its Web browser Chrome, so its latest venture, titled Web Lab, is an effort to educate and promote at the same time.
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The Chrome Experiments website is a showcase for all things new and exciting when it comes to web technologies and browser advancements, with a focus on JavaScript. HTML5, canvas, SVG and the 3D WebGL engine all feature prominently in little sparks of creativity that are paving the way to a prettier and more interactive Internet.
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Most of us spend many hours on the web, browsing websites and prominently ignoring the looks of our web browser, which is fine since they usually don't effect changes in our browsing behavior, in contrast to extensions and addons. However, much like changing your wallpaper, dressing up your browser might just brighten your day and even revive your attachment to your favorite browser or computer.
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As you’ve probably experienced yourself, when you get used to a browser, no matter the annoyances, there are certain features that really grow on you. Features you feel you cannot do without, and are keeping you from switching to a different browser. For me, after a year of using only Chrome, there were several such features that I sorely missed when I finally went back to Firefox. Luckily, there are some awesome add-ons.
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You were excited when Google Chrome launched on iOS. I was too; but then I remembered that you cannot simply make it your default browser, and this makes it tough for me as I actually want to use it. I think the browser offers an overall better browsing experience than Mobile Safari; it just needs a couple of small improvements to put it over the edge.
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Remember that old game in which each person would write a line without seeing the previous line, thus creating a cool and funny story? A joint Google and Tate Modern project brings this exact concept into animation. The new project is called This Exquisite Forest, and features seed animations from seven renowned artists from Tate’s collection. Seed animations are the grounds on which users like you and I can build further animations and create a beautiful story.
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There’s a good chance that you haven’t yet been to Google’s Chrome Experiments website, which is sort of like a lab for “showing-off” what cutting edge web technologies like HTML5, WebGL, SVG, and Canvas can do. All the hosted experiments on the mother site are a showcase for the capabilities of the Chrome browser. Now, Google has introduced Chrome Experiments for Mobile.
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Google Chrome is finally available for iOS devices. It offers the full-featured browsing experience that users expect from Chrome. It has a clean, easy-to-navigate user interface that makes browsing the web on iOS feel more like using a computer.
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