Archive for July, 2011

Unofficial Android Market Chrome App

by Donovan Leiber on July 31st, 2011

If you want a quicker way to access the web version of Android Market from your Chrome Tab then Chrome-Apps.info has you covered. All their app really does is provide a bookmarkish link to Android Market, but with the success of Android, I figured this could be a popular little offering. I’m not sure why [...]


8 Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts You’ll Love

by Donovan Leiber on July 31st, 2011

I hate things that are tedious so whenever a neat little trick pops up that makes mundane tasks much quicker, I smile on the inside. That’s exactly what I’m hoping you’ll do after internalizing these 10 little secrets that may make your Chrome browsing experience a little quicker and more seamless. SHIFT and CLICK A [...]


Windows Start Menu Rethought For Chrome

by Donovan Leiber on July 30th, 2011

Do you have a ton of Apps an Extensions without a simple way to organize them? That’s one area where the Windows Start Menu is something Microsoft makes that I miss. Thankfully, the folks at Visibotech have made an extension called AppJump that organizes your apps and presents them with an app launcher. You can [...]


Google Docs, Box.net, Dropbox, Picasa, Twitbook, Facebook & Others Get a Chrome Friend In The Cloud

by Donovan Leiber on July 29th, 2011

If you’re a user of any of the following services, you’ll want to continue reading: Google Docs, Box.net, Dropbox, Amazon Cloud Drive, Windows Live SkyDrive, SugarSync, Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, Min.us, Twitpic and more. That “and more” thing had to get you, because you’re undeniably a user of SOME kind of service. That’s right, continue reading. Install [...]


Is That Amazon Offer A Good Deal?

by Donovan Leiber on July 28th, 2011

It’s not always easy to determine if something is a good deal. We can base an “offer” on what we think the product or service is worth, but how about historically speaking? Is it currently priced higher than normal? Should I wait for the price to come down? Is it at an all-time low and [...]


Google Chrome Offers Interactive Music Video From OK Go – All Is Not Lost

by Chris Chavez on July 28th, 2011

The last time we saw something great from Google Experiments the guys at Google made this fun little countdown timer for Google I/O. This time they’re at it again but with the help of the guys from OK Go and the Pilobolus dancers. It’s an interactive music video where you can type in a message [...]


Craigslist Preview: Browse Craigslist Infinitely More Efficiently

by Donovan Leiber on July 27th, 2011

If you’re buying something on Craigslist, chances are you want to know what the heck you’re buying before you buy it. That’s exactly why many people only look at listings that include pictures. But still, then you’ve got to open up each individual listing and half the time the pictures end up either being terrible [...]


Send with GMail by Default using this Chrome Extension

by Donovan Leiber on July 26th, 2011

I don’t know why it infurates me so much, but there is nothing that makes me more mad than clicking on a link that then opens up Microsoft Exchange to send an E-Mail. I use G-Mail and if I wanted to actually E-Mail someone (which often I don’t when unsuspectingly clicking a mail:to link) I [...]


Get Detailed Weather “Where You At” with Weather Underground Extension

by Donovan Leiber on July 25th, 2011

I love how Weather Underground poses the question, “Where you at?” when collecting the required details to provide you with a forecast. But what I like even more is the actual service itself. The Weather Underground Chrome Extension isn’t developed by the makers of Weather Underground, but we could care less- it works great! Simply [...]


Smarten Up with the Google Dictionary Extension

by Donovan Leiber on July 24th, 2011

Have you ever been reading a news article, not known what the heck a word meant, but just kept powering through because you were too lazy to actually look up the definition? Well Google has a solution for people like us: simply install the Google Dictionary Chrome Extension and you can double click on any [...]