You get a new email that looks like it's from a friend, a company, a government official, or even a family member. All that's in that email is a link. You click it, because of course you do. You're taken to a login page, where you enter your credentials. Then, that site turns out to be fake and collects your password. Congratulations, you've been phished.
Keeping a big, running list of links related to a project is always a bit tough, but Linky Dink is a simple little tool that allows anyone on a team to share links in a non-obnoxious way.
For a while now, the three-finger tap in OS X has been an easy way to look up the definition of a word. But in OS X 10.3.3 you can also use it to preview links in Apple's apps.
Web/Chrome: Misdirection via URL shortener may not be as common as it once was, but you still find people posting Goo.gl, fb.me or bit.ly links in comment threads and on social networks claiming it's one thing when it's really another -- or, worse, malware. Unshort.me gives you a tool to see where you're really going before you click.
Facebook recently added a new feature to its mobile apps in which it opens links in an in-app browser instead of your default. This is faster, but if you like the sharing options, bookmarks and anything else you've customised about your preferred browser, you can disable this behaviour.
Android: Android's Share menu is a little clunky. Instead of scrolling to the app you want, TapPath lets you use single, double and triple taps to share links to your most frequent apps.
Some Twitter users are unable to send links in Direct Messages (DMs) right now. Twitter is aware of the problem, but until it rolls out a fix, you can use a URL shortening service to bypass the restriction.
Web: Can't send someone a Direct Message on Twitter but want to share a private link? Privatize lets you post tweets with URLs, but only people mentioned in that tweet can access the URL.
Chrome: No one has time to click on every link they see online. If you'd like to get a preview of a page just by hovering over the link, Streamfully is a new extension that will show it to you.
Shrturl makes it easy to demonstrate something that needs to be changed on a web page. You can also use it to prank your friends, as it lets you edit the page and make it look like the real thing.
The internet doesn't have a shortage of ways to save links, but Stashhh.me may be one of the simpler (and prettier) ways to do so. The service allows you to create "Stash boxes" containing a collection of pictures, links, quotes and conversations, then share them with a single link.
Sometimes, you need a web page in a hurry. If you need to share some pictures with a lot of people, create a public-facing page for information on an event, or just want an anonymous pastebin with better formatting, Mailpin can create a page with a simple email.
There are some sites and pages you visit every day. Bookmarks make visiting those sites a lot easier, but they aren't the only way -- in fact, there are a few tricks that are faster and easier than your browser's bookmark bar.
We're all aware that every time you link to a website, you inevitably push it up in search engine rankings. Over time, that means a site will appear at the top of a Google search result. Sometimes, you want to link to those sites without helping them boost their search results. Do Not Link is a service for just that.
Ever wanted to share a bunch of links with someone without having to send each one individually? FatURL automatically groups links together on a page and then generates a single link using the URL-shortening service of your choice.
Chrome: If you want to quickly glance at a link within a news article without actually clicking on it, SwiftPreview is a simple way to do it. When you hover over a link, it shows you a preview of the linked page.
Was It Viewed? is a simple web app that creates trackable links to you can find out if any URL has been viewed. If you sent in an online resume, asked someone to check out a video, or want to know if a friend downloaded a file, it will let you create a simple, trackable link that lets you know when someone is checking it out.
How often have you or someone you know stumbled on a link or video you thought was cool and unique only to find out it was ancient? You can avoid the embarrassment of forwarding stale links like those with the "Is It Old?" website.
The default YouTube app on iPhone hasn't received an update since it was originally released. In fact, the new, mobile version of YouTube is more feature-rich and faster than its app counterpart. If you're sick of your iPhone always opening up the app instead of the mobile page, Mac OS X Hints has a simple way to stop it from happening.
