The auto-detected search engines in Google Chrome are one of those niceties that makes the browser outshine Firefox among power users. Without it, all those shortcuts that are burned into your muscle memory are useless. Or at least they were. You can now enable search engine (and open tab) syncing in the dev channel of Chrome.
It was mentioned some time ago that Chrome OS would support remote access via a browser. Days ago, Google made good on its promise, though it extends beyond the company’s stab at an operating system — all you need is a PC with the Chrome browser and a single extension installed.
Chrome: Google is a great search engine, but it adds a bunch of tracking code to its search results pages, which is a nuisance if you like to right-click and copy those results for use elsewhere. Undirect is a simple single-purpose Chrome extension that removes tracking code from results pages, giving you simple URLs you can use and stopping Google tracking your activity .
Chrome is celebrating its third birthday this week; yes, it has been three whole years since Google decided to stir up the browser market. And guess what? Chrome is now the most popular browser choice for Lifehacker readers.
Google’s Chrome browser generally defaults to determining your location using your IP address and customising its search domain using that information (so Australians usually see results via .com.au). If you want your searches directed through a different Google domain, you can change that using a simple settings edit.
You can import your Facebook friends into Google+ via Yahoo, but that’s a fiddly process. Chrome extension Facebook Friend Exporter potentially makes shifting friends across a little easier.