The new tab page built into Chrome (and soon, Firefox) is a nice touch, but it isn’t incredibly customisable, nor is it particularly beautiful. If you’re looking for something a little beyond what your browser’s default start page has to offer, here are our favourite extensions and services that add a bit of extra functionality and pizzazz to your new tabs. More »
Chrome: Bookolio customises the new tab page to make it more useful. The extension gives you instant access to all your bookmarks and the sites you visit the most, as well as quick switching between different types of search engines. More »
Chrome: Like the name suggests, the Awesome New Tab Page extension adds a new New Tab page to Google Chrome. The result is a Windows 8 Metro UI-inspired new tab page that’s fully customisable with apps, widgets, bookmarks and so on. More »
Inspired by Lifehacker’s commenters, Kindle start page app Kinstant has updated to version 3, with room to create your own Kindle-ised web bookmarks, smaller-scale versions for DX and second edition users, and news topics you can swap in and out. More »
