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Temporarily Archive & Set Followup Reminders For Emails In Gmail [Chrome]

by Fatima Wahab on February 21, 2013

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Reading all your new email messages everyday is a routine task that many do without any trouble. The real problem with email is remembering to reply to an important email or to follow up on one that you’ve sent. We’ve covered some reminder tools to help you manage follow ups. MailFred is a Chrome extension with the same purpose. It integrates itself in Gmail’s interface and allows you to schedule reminders for any received email. The reminder can be set for as early as 4 hours from the time it is set, to any future date. This is, of course, typical of such a tool; what sets MailFred apart is that when you schedule a reminder, the email itself can be archived, marked as unread, moved to your inbox, or starred. That is, you can choose to either keep an email out of your inbox until it is time to reply to it or follow up on it, or you can keep it marked as unread and in your inbox until you are finished with it. Read More

Mailstrom Helps You Reach Inbox Zero By Deleting & Archiving Emails

by Fatima Wahab on February 20, 2013

Almost every single time we feature a tool to help sort your emails and manage your replies better, we take the time out to remind you of the importance of getting your act together and reaching inbox zero. We take it all back - you can continue to procrastinate for the rest of your life and still have zero messages in your inbox, thanks to Mailstrom. It’s a simple yet pure genius web service with the aim to help you achieve the much coveted inbox zero. Mailstrom isn’t a magic button that you push to make all your useless emails disappear; the deleting and archiving process is still manual, but the service organizes your emails in such a way that you can tell at a single glance which ones you should keep, and which ones are better discarded. After that, deleting and archiving can be performed en masse and within a few minutes or hours (depending on the amount of emails you have), your inbox should be clean. Mailstrom works with Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, and almost all other email services. It also lets you unsubscribe to newsletters. Read More

A Look At New Features In Firefox 19

by Fatima Wahab on February 19, 2013

Firefox 19 will be officially released tomorrow, but it’s available for download right away for those eager to try it out ASAP. Most end users will have little or nothing to look forward to with this update, with the only noteworthy change being you no longer need the PDF.js extension developed by Mozilla installed in Firefox to natively open PDFs. The native PDF viewer has been greatly improved, and you can now view PDF files in the browser without having to rely on any add-on for the purpose. Apart from that, Firefox comes with a new about:telemetry page that allows you to see the the performance data collected by the browser. The feature to collect this data was introduced in Firefox 7, and now after twelve versions, Mozilla has given it a dedicated page. An add-on is also available now to replicate this page on older versions. Apart from these, there are the usual bug fixes, security updates and a Browser Debugger tool for add-on and browser developers. Read More

Unblock Websites Or Accelerate Web Browsing On PC & Android With Hola

by Fawad Mir on February 16, 2013

Internet censorship is becoming more and more serious everyday. Many governments block access to certain websites or online services within their country. In other cases, many online services don't offer some or all of their content in certain regions; many of us have click a YouTube video link to land on a message saying the selected video is not available in our region. Same goes for many other services that are being provided in the US only. While finding out the reason why these services aren't accessible in your part of the world is probably something beyond your control, what you can still do is actually access the website using a VPN, though most free VPN services have a catch: low speed or advertisements. Hola is one of the newest entries in the free VPN services scene with clients for Windows and Android that accelerate internet browsing and allow you to access blocked content without compromising the speed. Moreover, it allows you to browse the internet while maintaining complete anonymity, and supports major internet browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari. Keep reading to find out more about Hola. Read More

Holmes Remembers What You Last Searched For In Your Chrome Bookmarks

by Fatima Wahab on February 15, 2013

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We’ve covered quite a few extensions for managing, sorting, cleaning up and removing duplicates from your bookmarks. There’s an extension for just about anything and everything you might want to do with bookmarks. Holmes is yet another bookmarks extension for Google Chrome that allows you to search your bookmarks from the Omnibar as well as from the extension’s own little popup. What sets Holmes apart from the rest is its ability to remember your last search. It has a nice interface, and gives you very accurate search results. If you have any bookmarklets added to your Bookmarks Bar, you can have Holmes exclude them from the search. Additionally, Homles can list the twenty recent pages you bookmarked, or show only the newest bookmarks that match your search. Read More

View Image Size, Dimensions & Date From Right-Click Menu In Chrome

by Fatima Wahab on February 14, 2013

If you’ve used Google Image Search lately, you must have noticed that images in the search results can now be viewed directly on the search result page itself. Information about the image including it’s size and dimensions is also shown, giving you a good idea on whether it is suitable for your use or not. If you would like the same functionality for images anywhere on the web, Image Size Info is a Chrome Extension that gives you just that. It adds a ‘Image Size Info’ option to the right-click context menu for all images, which opens a small pop up in your tab displaying the image’s URL, dimensions, the size it’s currently displayed in, and its file size. You can also open the image's source directly. Read More

Firefox Nightly 21 Brings Modern UI App To Windows 8

by Fatima Wahab on February 14, 2013

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Mozilla promised a Windows 8 Modern UI Firefox app and it’s now available on the Firefox Nightly channel. The Nightly channel is Firefox’s experimental version for the very latest but potentially unstable releases, which means a stable version of the Firefox Modern UI app will not be available for a while till everything is completely sorted out. Developers and anyone just generally curious on what the app will look like can download the Nightly build now. The Modern UI app is low on features at the moment, thought the desktop version is fully functional. In its present state, it is much like Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8, which has both desktop and Modern UI versions working independently of each other. Read More

Use Hand Gestures To Control YouTube, Netflix, Pandora & Grooveshark In Chrome With Flutter

by Fatima Wahab on February 13, 2013

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Flutter is an amazing app available for Mac and Windows that lets you control iTunes, Windows Media Player, Spotify, Powerpoint, Netflix and more by using your webcam and hand gestures. We have previously reviewed both Flutter for Mac and Flutter for Windows, and if you aren’t using this app, you’re missing out on a great ninja-like way to change whatever music you’re playing without even touching your computer. The Flutter desktop app controls desktop apps for the aforementioned services but for those of you who listen to music or watch videos in your browser, there is the Flutter Chrome extension. To use the extension, you must have the Flutter desktop app already installed. The extension allows the app to control YouTube, Grooveshark, Netflix, and Pandora regardless of which tab or window they are open in. Read More

Dump Truck Offers 5GB Free Cloud Storage On PC, Mac, Android, iOS & Web

by Waqas Ahmed on February 13, 2013

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Even though the names Dropbox, SkyDrive and Google Drive etc. have become synonymous with cloud storage, this doesn’t stop new entrants from jumping onto the bandwagon. After being left impressed by the feature set of Maxxo, the unlimited space options of Bitcasa, and the ease in setting up your own cloud offered by Syncbox, we came across Dump Truck – an intuitive and user-friendly cloud storage service that offers up to 500GB worth of space! It is the brainchild of Golden Frog - a major IT firm with an already large online presence in internet services and applications solutions like VyprVPN. Dump Truck offers free as well as paid cloud subscriptions starting at as low as $4.99/month for 50GB, while free accounts get 5GB of space to start with. Read More

Customize Rows & Columns Of Firefox Speed Dial Grid With Newtab

by Fatima Wahab on February 12, 2013

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Speed Dial is a popular browser feature introduced in Opera and later adopted by Chrome that was a little late in coming to Firefox. The feature debuted in Firefox 13 but was soon plagued with security problems that took considerable time for Mozilla to patch up. While the feature was still absent in Firefox, many add-ons were developed to compensate for its lack, and many developers have strived to improve it since its comception, getting creative with what they can do with it. Newtab: Rows & Columns is a Firefox add-on that lets you customize the number of rows and columns on the speed dial pad in the new tab page. The extension allows you to add as many speed dial buttons to the page as you like, but instead of letting you simply customize their number, it allows you to customize the dimensions of the speed dial grid. Read More

Mouselock Locks Your PC & Sends Email Alerts On Unauthorized Access

by Fawad Mir on February 12, 2013

Leaving your PC unlocked when you are not in front of it while others are around is one of the worst things you can do as far as your privacy is concerned. This way, anyone can have unauthorized access to your computer and access your personal data, makes changes to your files, send emails using your account etc. Back in December, we covered an application for Windows called Lockscreen Pro that lets you unlock your PC using a password or USB drive and captures a photo using the webcam whenever there is an unsuccessful login attempt. However, some people do not like to enable screen lock on their workstations, as it requires you to enter the password every time you want to unlock it. Mouselock is a great web app for such people that doesn’t exactly lock the computer, but sends the owner an email whenever unauthorized mouse movement is detected while you are away, and also take a photo of the person who has attempted to use the computer. Although this will not keep others from using your computer, you can at least get to know if someone has done it in your absence. Read More

How To Connect With & Use Third Party Apps In Google Drive

by Fatima Wahab on February 11, 2013

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There is a select number of web services that allow you to save files directly to Google Drive, and of those, there is only a handful that have Chrome apps. Google Drive has just been updated with a new feature to connect these Drive-enabled apps to your Google Drive. Doing so will allow you to launch said service from within Google Drive and create a new file in it from the same ‘Create’ menu that you use to create new documents, presentations, spreadsheets, etc. This post details the simple method you can follow to add a new app to or to access it. Read More

Install Official Mega Firefox Add-On To Speed Up Downloads

by Fatima Wahab on February 11, 2013

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Newly released file hosting service Mega (from the owners of the now extinct Megaupload) favors Chrome over other browsers. The team behind Mega addressed browser performance separately and said that Firefox lacked “any API that would allow writing files from JavaScript”, to quote their own words. Mega encourages its users to access the website in Chrome, but Firefox has a strong user base that is hard to ignore. That's why they decided to release a Firefox add-on by the name of Mega Extension that will help speed up downloads. To install the add-on, open Mega in Firefox, sign in, and wait for the option to install the add-on to appear automatically. The extension runs completely in the background and doesn’t add any new options to the service’s interface or even to Firefox itself. Read More

Test & Easily Present Responsive Websites To Others With Dimensions

by Fatima Wahab on February 09, 2013

Websites are increasingly being accessed from mobile devices instead of PCs. When viewed on a tablet or a mobile phone, not all websites scale properly to show a mobile-friendly UI. To overcome this issue, website owners have the choice to either make a dedicated mobile version of their website, or develop a responsive design that scales based on the device it is being accessed on. That’s where an app like Dimensions comes handy. It’s a simple web app for developers, designers, and website owners that lets you view any website in your browser as it would appear on three different types of devices: mobile phones, tablets, and PCs. The app is excellent for both testing and demonstration purposes. Read More

Preview Google Reader RSS Feed Items In A Grid Layout In Chrome

by Fatima Wahab on February 08, 2013

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Google Reader offers a great way to keep track of all your RSS feed subscriptions from anywhere and its integration with Google can be hard to substitute. However, many find its interface lacking in terms of visual appeal. You have the choice to either put up with the design, use a desktop app to read your feeds, or use an extension to modify it to your liking. Grid Preview For Google Reader is a Chrome extension that presents your Google Reader feeds in a grid layout, as the name implies. The extension does not change what the home view looks like; you will see your feed change its layout only when you select a particular feed to view. The extension integrates itself with Google Reader’s interface and adds a column selection dropdown menu next to the one for ‘Feed settings’. From this menu, you can choose to divide your feed into as few as two or as many as twelve columns. Read More

How To Add Your Facebook Notifications Feed To Any RSS Reader

by Fatima Wahab on February 07, 2013

Facebook gives you lots of ways to keep up with your feed; you can rely on Push notifications from the Facebook app on your iPhone, Android or Windows Phone device, or get SMS alerts if you don’t own a smartphone. One of the lesser-known ways to keep up with your notifications is via RSS feed. It is common knowledge that if you have subscribed to someone on Facebook, you can get RSS updates from them. Though not many know that you can also get your own notifications in your RSS reader. This post details the very simple way of doing just that. Read More

‘The Great Suspender’ Selectively Suspends Chrome Tabs To Save Memory

by Fatima Wahab on February 07, 2013

We’ve covered extensions in the past that unload inactive tabs. Since every loaded tab takes up memory, the purpose of these extensions is to only keep those tabs actively in memory that you are actively using, thus freeing up memory used by inactive tabs and preventing browser and system slowdowns. While quite useful, all these extensions unload tabs from memory automatically after a user-defined time period of inactivity. The Great Suspender is a Chrome extension that lets you manually unload a tab whenever you want. You can suspend a single tab or all tabs open across a window. The extension also maintains a history of all tabs that you’ve ever unloaded. A tab or an entire window of tabs can be reloaded just as easily. The Great Suspender also lets you define an inactivity period after which a tab will automatically be unloaded, so you don't lose that functionality either. You can create a whitelist to keep the extension from applying the inactivity rule to certain tabs. Read More

Easily Switch Google Accounts & View Gmail Alerts From Chrome Toolbar

by Fatima Wahab on February 06, 2013

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Google supports signing in to multiple accounts and switch between them across all of its online services. Though there is a limitation to this switching - you can only switch accounts while on Google's websites, and not while on any other website. Google Multi-Account Launcher is a Chrome extension that adds multiple account support to your browser, letting you you add multiple Google accounts and switch between them from anywhere in Chrome. It also provides a short preview for the 20 latest messages in each Gmail account, along with a whole tab of shortcuts to popular web services. The extension is perfect for opening Gmail or any other Google services in your preferred account without having to launch their site first and then switch account from there. Read More