Apr 15
Silencer is a nifty little Chrome extension that will banish all Twitter and Facebook spoilers to the grim cells of Harrenhal.
Nov 27
If you’ve seen Motorola’s “Lazy Phone” ads for its Moto X, you’ll know just how silly our current “dumb” phones can be considering how much we have to interact with them with our hands in order to get anything out of them. The purpose of the commercial was to show how the Moto X has the ability to always listen to the user, making it possible to interact with it hands-free. If you’ve been envious of those with a Moto X, you won’t have to any more as Google has brought its hands-free voice control features to Google Chrome. (more…)
Google Chrome Receives ‘OK, Google’ Voice Search Extension original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Nov 26
Google promised that we’d get hands-free voice search in Chrome back at I/O 2013, and it’s delivering today with the beta of its Voice Search Hotword extension for desktop Chrome 31 users. As long as you’re either sitting at Google’s home page or have a new browser tab open, the add-on lets you start a search by saying “OK Google,” much as you would in Android 4.4 KitKat. Anyone eager to move beyond mouse-and-keyboard queries can grab the extension today from the Chrome Web Store.
Filed under: Internet, Software, Google
Via: Google (Google+)
Source: Chrome Web Store
Aug 15
Let’s get this straight. Yahoo can afford to kill a dozen products at once, but the Yahoo Toolbar — a relic from the days when only birds Twittered — just got a full makeover? Go figure. At least the browser add-on has received the same sort of tender loving care given to other recent Yahoo apps, including a fresh look, speed improvements and Chrome support. If you rely heavily on Yahoo services, or just have trouble letting go of the past, the toolbar update is available today.
Filed under: Internet, Software
Via: Yahoo (Tumblr)
Source: Yahoo Toolbar
May 10
Push notifications come to Chrome and Chrome OS with battery life as a focus
Posted in: Today's Chili
The push notifications on our mobile devices aren’t just for convenience’s sake — they let apps stay idle and conserve precious battery life. That would explain why Google Cloud Messaging is now integrated with all versions of Chrome and Chrome OS, then. While both platforms are usually online as a matter of course, GCM lets developers refresh a web app or extension only when there are noteworthy changes, such as new chats. All end users have to do is sign in. Developers will have to build the feature into their apps before anyone sees the benefits, but we wouldn’t be surprised if our Chromebooks last for just a little bit longer in the near future.
Filed under: Laptops, Internet, Software, Google
Via: CNET
Source: Chromium Blog
May 07
Spotify’s web player exploited by Chrome extension to download songs as MP3s
Posted in: Today's Chili
This is why we can’t have nice things. Spotify’s web player has been rolling out to more users since its closed beta launch late last year, but today an extension popped up in the Google Chrome store (it’s already been pulled) allowing users to download songs as MP3 files. According to the notes left by its author, the company wasn’t using any encryption on its HTML5 player, making it a pretty simple project to put together. We’re waiting to hear back from Spotify about the breach, and while Google appears to have been quick on the ball to remove the extension — in a similar manner to how it’s treated YouTube download tools in the Chrome Web Store — hopefully this won’t give others pause on distributing premium content using HTML5.
Filed under: Internet
Via: The Verge
Source: Tweakers.net
Apr 25
New Chrome Beta extension from Google lets you view Office files directly in the browser
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One of the more unique features of Google’s web browser for Chromebooks has been the ability to open and view Microsoft Office files directly in the browser (as opposed to pushing them to Drive), but that’s so far remained confined to those devices. Google’s decided to change that today, though, releasing a new extension for Chrome Beta that allows the same functionality in the browser for Windows and Mac. There’s no indication yet as to when it will make it to the stable release of Chrome, but beta users can install the extension now at the source link below.
Filed under: Internet, Software
Via: TechCrunch
Source: Chrome Web Store, Google Chrome Blog
Mar 14
Add to Wunderlist extension brings one-click web clipping to your to-do list
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Wunderlist users rejoice! Your favorite to-do list just gained a major new feature with the launch of the Add to Wunderlist extension — now available for Chrome, Firefox and Safari. The extension lets you save content from your favorite websites directly into Wunderlist with just one click. It automatically scans web pages for links, email content, prices, descriptions and ratings, clips any highlighted text, then adds it to your list of choice. Web developers also have the option to embed an Add to Wunderlist button directly into websites — the company’s already teamed up with Outlook.com, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Amazon, eBay, Twitter, Youtube, IMDb, Asos, Etsy, Wikipedia and Hacker News to enable this functionality. It’s never been easier to be obsessive-compulsive while surfing the web — you just have to follow the source link below.
Filed under: Internet
Source: 6Wunderkinder
Mar 12
Tabs, tabs, tabs. They somehow grow like a virus in your browser window. The more squeeze in, the more you STRESS OUT. OneTab offers a simple solution. More »
Oct 30
With the elections nearing, it should come as no surprise that most of the people in your network are talking about politics and holding impromptu debates on Facebook. That is, if you live in the United States.
You could swear off Facebook until the elections are over. You could de-activate and spend your time doing more productive things. Or you could just get Unpolitic.me and continue wasting your time on the social network while blocking out anything that’s related to politics.
Unpolitic.me is an extension for Chrome that automatically detects and blocks out politics-related content with pictures of adorable cats. How great is that?
The extension is developed by the same group of people who came up with Unbaby.me, which blocks out baby-related stuff that people in your network are posting.
[via Geekologie]
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