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Get Search Autocomplete Functionality In Safari For iOS With Platinum

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Google Chrome on iOS comes with a neat feature that autocompletes your search queries for you as you type. Based on what you start your query with, you get real-time search suggestions, and you can select one of them to search for directly or further build on. Now, while Mobile Safari does give you Google-powered search suggestions, it does not let you quickly choose a suggested query to further build on top of. Today, we came across a new tweak that ports Google Chrome’s search autocomplete functionality to Mobile Safari. Check it out after the jump. Read More

Perform Website & Domain Specific Web Search Using Chrome Omnibar

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At times, it can happen that the search bar doesn't get prominently integrated in a website’s design and becomes difficult to locate, while there may be other websites that don’t even offer one. Searching for content on such websites can be a quite difficult or time consuming task. So, if you want to get rid of this problem and make searching more efficient in Chrome, then you can use Site Search Using Keyword. This is a useful Chrome extension that lets you quickly search terms through the omnibox on almost any website. The extension is specially designed for websites that lack a search bar and provide users with no way to search for their desired terms. With it, you can can perform domain search without using search bar. Note that the related results from your current domain are displayed using the Google search engine. Read More

gleeBox: Complete Website Navigation Using Keyboard [Chrome]

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gleeBox is the perfect tool for keyboard and command line lovers. This Chrome extension takes a keyboard-centric approach for navigating websites and provides alternatives to actions that are traditionally performed via the mouse, such as clicking, scrolling, selecting text fields and more. gleeBox comes with various commands that allow you to traverse through different elements on a page, perform different types of actions, such as scroll through the headings, select linked images, open articles in a clutter free reader or Google Reader and more. Gleebox offers a highly customizable and intuitive way to navigate web pages via keyboard. To start off, hit the G key, type a part or all of the link name into the search bar, gleeBox will then immediately highlight all the link on the page. You can then press Enter to go to the URL or press Shift+Enter to open the links in a new tab. Read More

Find & Highlight Multiple Words, Print With Markings [Chrome]

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MultiHighlighter is a light-weight, yet powerful Chrome extension that allows multi-word searching/highlighting on a website which makes it easier to search for specific words in a lengthy article. The extension comes with a search bar that can be displayed by using the Ctrl+Shift+A hotkey combination and can be closed by pressing the Esc key. All search terms are highlighted with unique background colors, and multiple words can be highlighted at the same time. A real time count of the matched term also appears in the search bar’s status area. Moreover, the extension does not interfere with the default Chrome browser search functionality, and another great feature of the extension is that highlighting is preserved when the webpage is printed. You will also find a text redaction option in the search bar, that allows you to redact currently highlighted terms, but this feature is currently not functional, and will be added soon. Read More

How To Disable/Hide Google Search Bar In Android 4.0 ICS Stock Launcher

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Among the many features and interface elements that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich took from the tablet-exclusive Android OS variant, Honeycomb, is the static search bar that it displays at the top of its stock launcher. Being omnipresent (accessible from each of the five home screens of the stock launcher), it eliminates the need for you to make room for a search widget on the home screen. That said, users who don’t use the search application that often might consider it dead weight doing nothing more than making their home screen look all cluttered. XDA-Developers member oscillik has found a workaround that allows you to hide the search bar. Read on past the break to know how it’s done. Read More

AllSongsBy Lets You Search And Listen To All Songs By Any Artist [Web]

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When searching for your favorite artists or songs, do you ever wish to see the entire list of albums and songs produced by them? AllSongsBy is a web service that provides the entire discography for any artist. Songs and other details are all fetched from YouTube’s massive music collection, and then  neatly displayed as interactive lists. AllSongBy has a slick interface that lets you search for music by Artist, Album or Song. Furthermore, it also lets you view the most popular artists, and you don’t have to go to YouTube or anywhere else to play your videos. In addition to that, if you’re interested in buying a song, you can simply purchase it through iTunes. AllSongsBy displays detailed information about each song, such as Name, Video, Views, Previews, Artist and Price. Read More

Amazon aStore Arts, Crafts & Sewing Makes Shopping For Materials Easier [Chrome]

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If you're passionate about arts and crafts, and love creating items such as paintings, cushions, dresses, lamps etc, then Amazon aStore Arts, Crafts & Sewing is a Google Chrome app that you might come to appreciate. This aStore has products for arts, crafts, beading, drawing, painting, fabrics and much more, letting you find all your supplies in a one-stop shop. The official Amazon website also offers a category of arts, crafts and sewing, but it is much more time consuming to actually find the respective department and then your desired category. The aStore offers a quicker and easier way to access the products you love, eliminating the need for a lengthy process. Just go to the aStore, buy all your favorite items, and let your creativity run loose! Read More

Initiate Custom Web Search From Mac Menu Bar Using MenuSearch

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Plenty of application launchers allow you to search quickly without opening up the browser first. MenuSearch is an app for Mac OS X that puts customizable search on system menu bar. Switching between widely used search engines and defining your own list of websites to search is also possible. The app supports pre-defined hotkey combinations to quickly set focus on search bar to initiate search. You can also set post-search behavior, such as, make search field active after searching and show and save history. Read More

Extend Search Engine Options In Firefox With Advanced Search

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Sometimes it can be hard to get a valid result for a search criteria even from Google. This is particularly the case when we attempt to search files related to a specific program such as a MS Word Document. Advanced Search is a Firefox extension that enhances the search criteria to allow search engines to specifically search for certain program formats and websites. Advanced Search extends the functionality of added search engines in the Firefox Search bar by adding additional features to them. Read More

How To Manage Your Startup Programs Easily, An Easy Way To Increase System Performance

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The best way to start your computer faster and improve the overall system performance is to reduce the number of programs that load when Windows start. Reducing the number of startup programs can help you in loading the Windows faster, saving RAM, and faster loading performance. Many people will be familiar with the way that requires installing and running Windows Defender, going to Tools > Software Explorer and from category selecting Startup Programs. This method works for many people but is not very effective.

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