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Announcify Reads Online Articles To You With One Click

The web provides tons of great written content, but that can get a little overwhelming when you’re not in the mood to read all day long. Announcify is a browser extension for those times when you’d rather just listen. All you have to do is browse to any article and click the Announcify button.


October 29, 2011
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Chrome Now Syncs Search Engines And Open Tabs

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.


October 9, 2011
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Chrome Extension From Google Simplifies Remote Desktop

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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.


September 24, 2011
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Conceptboard For Chrome Adds Google+ Enabled Whiteboards

Chrome: Google just launched its new Google+ Hangout extensions in beta, including its drawing app, Sketchpad, but Conceptboard takes it a considerable step further and adds full whiteboarding support.


September 2, 2011
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Undirect Removes Tracking Links From Google Search Results

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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 .


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Chrome Turns Three (And Lots Of Us Are Using It)

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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.


August 15, 2011
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Make Chrome Use A Specific Country Version Of Google

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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.


July 29, 2011
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Eventnote For Chrome Adds Google Calendar Events To Evernote

Chrome: Eventnote is a Chrome extension that allows you to automatically send any events you enter to Google Calendar to your Evernote account as well.


July 5, 2011
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Facebook Friend Exporter Imports Your Contacts Into Google+

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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.


June 23, 2011
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Chrome Canary Now Syncing Hand-Typed URLs

Chrome Sync is already pretty full-featured, but one of the few things that’s been missing is its ability to sync URLs that users manually type into the Omnibar. Chrome Canary users can now activate that feature, by heading to their about:flags page and enabling it, then checking the box for “Typed URLs” in the Preference page’s Sync settings.