Archive for December, 2011

Change Up Your New Tab Page with Speed Dial 2

by Ashley King on December 29th, 2011

The new tab page for Chrome is an essential part of interacting with the browser. Not only does it remember the sites you’ve most frequently visited and display those for you, but it also can display your web apps that you have installed from the Chrome Web Store. The problem with the setup that Google [...]


Offline Support for Google eBooks Now Available in Chrome, Chrome OS

by Ashley King on December 22nd, 2011

If you’re a fan of Google eBooks, we’ve got good news for you. Offline support for all of their eBooks have been added to Chrome and Chrome OS so you can continue reading your favorites even if you don’t have an Internet connection. Google announced the launch of offline support for Google eBooks for those [...]


Google Saves Firefox Again by Renewing Default Search Contract

by Ashley King on December 21st, 2011

No matter which side of the browser war you stand on, you can’t deny the contributions Google has made to helping the world break free of an Internet Explorer dominated landscape. When Firefox began taking its first baby steps to becoming a serious contender in the realm of browsers, it had Google by its side [...]


Flunk Your Final Exams Because of the Internet? Use StayFocusd!

by Ashley King on December 20th, 2011

The Internet is truly a marvelous invention with the sheer amount of information that can be found, but if you’ve ever found yourself up at 4AM browsing reddit or looking at cat pictures when you have a term paper or presentation in a few hours, then you need StayFocusd. StayFocusd is an extension for Chrome [...]


3 Reasons Chrome is More Successful than Firefox

by Ashley King on December 16th, 2011

Yesterday we announced that Google Chrome has surpassed Internet Explorer 8 by a slim margin to take the top spot as the world’s most used browser. While the margin is very slim indeed, the upward gains of Chrome have been no secret, with the browser climbing as much as 10% in some months in order [...]


Chrome In-App Purchases Now Available in 17 More Countries

by Ashley King on December 16th, 2011

Early in July, Google launched an in-app payment service for its Chrome Webstore that works very similar to what Android users are familiar with. Initially the API for these in-app purchases was only available to developers located in the US, with Google promising to make it available to the rest of the world “soon”. It [...]


Google Cloud Print Has Connected 6 Million Printers

by Ashley King on December 16th, 2011

With the release of Chrome 16, Google finally enabled its Cloud Print service for everyone who uses its Chrome browser. Previously, the service was limited only to Chromebooks. With this release, Google says it has connected more than 6 million printers via Cloud Print, which is the first information the company has released about the [...]


Chrome Surpasses IE8 as World’s Top Browser

by Ashley King on December 15th, 2011

Web analytics firm StatCounter has released their weekly report that shows Chrome 15 is now the most popular browser in the world, finally bumping Internet Explorer from its top spot. Google’s browser just barely nudged the competition out of the way with 23.63% global share compared to IE8′s 23.5%. Firefox has been lagging behind the [...]


Gmelius Updated in the Chrome Web Store, Aims to Make Gmail Even Better

by Joe Fedewa on December 14th, 2011

Gmelius has been around for a while with the simple mission to make Gmail better. Today an update hit the Web Store that adds some new features. You can remove ads in the header, footer, and messages. You can remove the logo in the header, remove people widget, remove chat, and remove pretty much anything [...]


Chrome Web Store Updated with New Filter Options

by Ashley King on December 14th, 2011

About a month ago, Google saw fit to update the Chome Web Store to make it a little more modern. The current design fits in well with the overall redesign going on with other Google products, but the search options left something to be desired. Today, Google has released an update to the Chrome Web [...]