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4 Ways to Easily Embed Part of a YouTube Video
We have shared quite a few useful YouTube-related tips so far. Here are 10 YouTube URL tricks to play with as well as some YouTube annoyances and ways to get rid of them. You may also get inspired by this post listing 10 cool things to do with a YouTube video. This post shares another quick tip: embedding only part of a YouTube video.
2 Ways to Monitor Tweets Within Your Twitter Network
Being huge and powered by real people, Twitter is hugely cluttered. It is almost impossible to find one's way around thousands of tweets and retweets. The only way to give this stream of updates a meaning is to only listen to people that matter to you: people you follow for a reason. Here are a collection of tools that will help you track down the news within your Twitter network.
Structure Your FireFox Browsing History With FromWhereToWhere
We've seen quite a few interesting tools that could allow us to make the most of and get more productive with our browsing history: here are 4 Firefox addons to search and record browsing history and here's another guide on how to record and print out browsing history on Firefox and Internet Explorer. FromWhereToWhere is another way to dig into your browsing history and structure it in some way.
Discover & Switch Between Different Search Engines With Boounce [Firefox]
We regularly find and share various search tools that allow you to discover new search experiences and become search-savvier. Today's Firefox addon is a great example of how tools can make searching much more fun. Boounce is a new tool that is aimed at making you more search efficient. It lets you easily jump between various search engines and discover more topical search databases.
3 Addons To Make The Firefox Findbar Even Smarter
The ability to quickly scroll down to any word on a page is enormously helpful. While the option in itself is awesome, there's always some room for improvements. This post lists 3 tools that will let you have even more fun with FireFox CTRL+F command.
3 Great Addons To Preview Image Thumbnails in Firefox
Browsing image search engines has been the major source of inspiration to me. It is amazing how much creative work is stored and searched online.This post will hopefully make your web image searching and browsing even more fun: the three addons listed will let you easily zoom the image thumbnails in to quicker choose one from search results.
2 Effective Ways to Browse Through Google Reader Feeds
Google Reader is free, offers unlimited features and is very flexible. It also has a very powerful search platform that makes it easy to explore your feed archives. You may have dozens (or maybe even hundreds) of feeds on your list - and browsing through them daily or weekly can take plenty of time. This post aims at making that procedure faster, which will hopefully increase your productivity and let you spend more time actually reading.
2 Useful Non-Search Plugins For The Firefox Search Bar
The Firefox search bar is by far my favorite tool inside the browser. While it seems to have rather basic functionality, it opens up endless opportunities for creative minds. We have already listed some fun ways to play with the search bar, such as how to enjoy as-you-type suggest functionality. Today I am listing two more tools showing that you can use the feature not just for search.