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How to send webpages from Google Chrome to your phone?

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Do you have multiple  devices that you work on and want to continue reading  a web page that you are reading on your PC ? We already have multiple extensions in Google Chrome to achieve the same. How about having this feature  in-built in your Google Chrome browser? That’s exactly what Google has done to your favourite browser. Google has started rolling out update to Google Chrome which will bring this handy feature across multiple platforms. This means that you don’t have to worry about switching webpages across all your devices without worrying about working on technalities to get this job done. This is pretty straight forward and doesn’t require any third party extension. Let’s see how we can send a web page from your PC or Mac to your Android/iPhone or Vice-versa!

Step 1: update your Google Chrome browser right away.

Step 2: open any page from your Chrome. 

Step 3: now go to the address bar and highlight the URL. 

Google Send this Page Icon

Step 4: You will find a small ‘Send this page’ icon towards the right extreme corner of the address bar.

Send this to your devices

Step 5: Clicking on the icon will open the list of devices on which you are using Google Chrome with your account and you can send your current page to any of them. Viola !

Send the webpage from Google Chrome to iPhone

As you can see from the above, the tab has been received from my Google Chrome on PC to Google Chrome on my iPad. I can now continue reading the webpage on my iPad from whete I left off on my PC previosuly. It works seemlessly.

Changing Google Chrome’s Default Search From Regional Google To Google.com

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If you use Google Chrome much and love searching right from the address bar, you might be knowing that any search you perform from the address bar will take you to a regional Google search like Google.co.in or Google.co.uk etc.

Google Chrome Addess bar Search regional

In case you want the search results from the more generic version of the Google (i.e google.com) and are looking to change the settings so as to reflect the same in the Google Chrome’s address bar default search, here are the steps you need to follow:

 

Steps:

1. Right click on the address bar and choose “Edit Search Engines”.

Google Chrome Edit Search Engines

Alternatively you can access the search engines settings by typing the following URL in the address bar: 

chrome://settings/searchEngines

2. You will notice that the regional version of the Google search engine has been set as your default search engine under the ‘Default Search Options’ as shown in the following screenshot.

Google Chrome Search Engines list

3. We need to add a new custom search engine (in our case the international version of the Google) and then make it the default search engine.

Google Chrome add a search engine

To do that type the name of your new search engine in the empty box and then type the keyword (There are no rules in filling these two boxes). That now leaves you with the URL box which holds the key. As we need a international version of the Google to serve us, key in this value (and hit Enter):

http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

 

Google Chrome Search Engines add new Google

4. Now that we have added a new search engine, we are now left with making it the default search engine. Hover your mouse over the newly added search engine and you will now see an “Make default” option right next to the search engine entry. Click the ‘Make default‘ button as shown in the screenshot:

Google Chrome Search engines newly added

 

5. You will now notice that your newly created search engine has been made the default search engine and is found under the ‘Default Search Options’ listing.

Google Chrome Search Engines new default search options

6. You have successfully changed the default search engine of your Google Chrome and you might want to test it.

Google-Chrome-Addess-bar-Search-international

Perfect! Isn’t it?

[Tip] Play Angry Birds Online From Any Web Browser

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Angry Birds logo

Angry Birds, the popular iPhone game which later made its way to Android and other smartphones (with touchscreen) is now available online. Yesterday during the 2nd day of Google I/O 2011 developer conference, Peter Vesterbacka, head of ‘Rovio’ announced the launch of web based version of the Angry Birds game. The web-app version of the game has been apparently built using the Google Web Toolkit (GWT).

Though the web app is designed keeping Google Chrome in view, the game still works in most of the modern browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari etc.

Angry birds online game

How To Play Online:

Chrome users, can head over to this Chrome web store page and install the app to get started (already more than a million users using the app!).

If you are on any other web browser, visit Chrome.angrybirds.com and start playing the game right away! This is a beta release and the game is currently having 63 levels (7 additional special levels for Chrome). The game is available in 2 version; SD (Standard) version and HD version.

Quick Links: SD Version | HD Version

[Tip] Disable Built-In PDF Viewer In Google Chrome

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Google has started shipping the Google Chrome browser with a built-in PDF viewer since the release of Chrome 8. Even when you install native PDF readers like Adobe Reader of any other applications to view the PDF files on your system, Google Chrome will automatically disable the browser PDF plugins and enable the built-in PDF viewer. But the built-in PDF viewer in Chrome has got some limitations compared to a standalone PDF viewer. If you want to disable the built-in PDF viewer in Chrome, follow these steps:

1. Type about:plugins in the Google Chrome address bar and hit Enter.

about:plugins in Chrome

2. All the plugins installed in the Google Chrome will now be shows in the window. Scroll down the list until you locate “Chrome PDF Viewer”.

Chrome PDF Viewer plugin settings

3. Click on the “Disable” link under the “Chrome PDF Viewer”.

Google Chrome’s built-in PDF Viewer will now be disabled and all the PDF files from now on, will be opened using the external PDF reader plugin that you have installed. In case you want to activate the built-n PDF Viewer in future, just follow the step-1 and click the “Enable” link under “Chrome PDF Viewer”.

[Download] Google Chrome 9 Stable Offline Installer

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Google chrome 9

Google Chrome 9 stable version has been released and is coming just after two months of the release of the Google Chrome 8 stable version. Hitting the landmark of version 9.0 (current version 9.0.597.84) is quite a good achievement for the two and half year-old browser from the search engine giant.

The new version includes few enhancements like:

  • Chrome Instant: Courtesy of Google Instant, this new feature in Chrome auto-completes the URL bar with the pages that you visit frequently as soon as you start typing it in the address bar.

Chrome instant demo

  • WebGL: Bings Hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the Chrome and enables you to experience a rich 3D experiences without needing to install any plugins. Visit the Google’s demo page to test the WebGL capabilities of Chrome browser.
  • Chrome Webstore: The Chrome Webstore (integrated into Google Chrome) has been made available to the users in the United States. Users can quickly access the Chrome Web Store on the New Tab page. (Try Tweetdeck app)
  • About:conflicts: New about:conflicts lets you quickly check for any possible conflicts with third-party software that conflicts with Chrome (Windows only).

Besides these new features, Google Chrome 9.0.597.0 is coming with five important security fixes and Adobe Flash 10.2.

Download Google Chrome 9.0 :

As usual, unless the Google Chrome’s “Auto update silent mode” is disabled, you should automatically get updated to this version if you were using an older one. You can also quickly check for update by going to Wrench > About Google Chrome.

>> Online Installer:

Google Chrome 9 Stable:

Windows (Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP)

Mac

Linux

>> Offline Installer (Full Setup):

Windows (23.96 MB)

Mac (32.35 MB)

Tip: Learn how to make Google Chrome to use Flash Player 10.2

[How To] Delete Cookies In Google Chrome

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This simple step-by-step guide is to teach how to delete individual browser cookies in the Google Chrome browser. Follow the steps carefully to clear or remove individual or all cookies in Chrome.

Steps:

1. Click on the wrench icon Chrome wrench icon tools menu towards the left-hand side of the Chrome window and click “Options” from the list.

Chrome options in the Menu

2. And in the “Under the Hood’” tab, click on the “Content settings..” button.

content-settings-chrome-options

3. Click on the “Show cookies and other site data..” button.

Cookies settings in Chrome content settings

4. Now you will see all the cookies stored for different websites in Chrome

cookies-google-chrome

Select the cookies that you want to delete and click the Remove button delete that particular cookie. To delete all the cookies stored in your browser, click the “Remove All” button. The settings are almost similar on Chrome installed on other operating systems like Mac OS X, Linux etc.

Chrome Gmail Desktop Notifications For Email And Chat Messages

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gmail desktop notifications sample

We always want to get notified for new emails (read Gmail), right? Probably because we can’t always stay online or even if we are online, we just can’t keep the Gmail window open and keep looking at it. That’s why there are so many services out there offering these kind of email alerts (both offline and online). We had earlier covered how you can get free Gmail SMS alerts whenever a new email arrives. When you are online you can just install one of those widely available desktop notification application to get alerted for new emails and chat messages.
But, wait! Google has listened to us, Google has recently integrated the desktop notifications for email and chat conversations into Gmail. But the catch? You should use Google Chrome to make this thing work. The Gmail desktop notifications is based on HTML5 and even though the most of the modern browsers support HTML5, it’s just available for Chrome! But as a Gmail fan, I would like to see this feature extended to other browsers in near future. Okay, lets get into the details about how to enable the desktop notifications in Gmail if you are using Google Chrome.

1. Login to your Gmail using Google Chrome.

2. Click on the Settings link found towards the top right corner of your inbox.

Gmail settings link

3. Under the General tab, locate the settings for “Desktop Notifications”.

4. Choose the right options for you. You can get notifications for both chat messages as well as usual email messages or for just important mails.

Gmail desktop notifications settings

5. Click the Save Changes button once you are done.

Gmail desktop email alert

That’s it! You will get the notifications for  new emails or chat messages like the one shown above. In case, if you want to turn these desktop notifications off for your Gmail account, select the respective options in the step 4. Note that desktop notifications isn’t available for Google Apps users yet.

[via] Official Gmail blog

[Tip] Get Warned Before Closing Multiple Tabs In Google Chrome

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If you are used to Firefox browser for long, you might be aware of the warning message or confirmation message that appears when you try to close multiple tabs as you can see in the following screenshot:

Quit firefox confirm

This is quite useful when you hit the close button accidentally with multiple tabs opened. Unfortunately such feature isn’t there in Google Chrome by default. But thanks to “Chrome Toolbox” extension developed by Google itself, the extension adds this missing feature and can be configured from the extension settings.

To get started, just install the Chrome Toolbox, and open the extension options. Check against the “Confirm before closing multiple tabs” and that is it. Now you will get a confirmation message like below when you try to close multiple tabs in Google Chrome.

chrome toolbox confirm before close

chrome warning before closing multiple tabs

Chrome Toolbox Options is really an interesting extension which is aimed to increase the user’s productivity. You can many find various handy options which you would otherwise feel missing in the browser. For instance when you enable “When the mouse pointer hovers an image, show image floating toolbar” options, you get additional options for each image on a page to view the original image in its natural size, or to use a magnifier or to use it as your wallpaper etc. There are plenty other useful options as well. We recommend that you install this extension from the Chrome extensions gallery to enhance your browsing experience in Chrome(link added below).

Install Chrome Toolbox

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[Tip] Voice Search For Google Chrome

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Voice Search for Google Chrome is a useful extension that lets you to quickly search the web using your voice input.

Voice search Google Chrome extension

Google Voice search feature is nothing new, Google has been offering this feature for various Android, iOS and other smartphones for a while but I don’t why they haven’t really tried getting this handy feature for PC users. The extension of course is not built by Google. You need to have a built-in or an external microphone to use this feature. The extension comes with preloaded search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, WikiPedia, Wolfram|Alpha, DuckDuckGo, YouTube etc. The extension also integrates a speech button into all the HTML5 search input boxes. Just enable your microphone say a word like for instance “Sony Ericsson Arc” just add the search engine name before your query, like “Google Sony Ericsson Arc” to search in Google.

Google Voice search for Chrome

This is experimental feature and the voice input may not be accurate. Also, English is the only supported language for now. The extension is also missing a keyboard shortcut to activate the voice search. Though the extension is not so impressive but it is a good start, we hope Google comes out with an official app for Chrome, until then try using this.

Install Voice Search for Google Chrome [from Google Chrome web store]

Quick Tip: Show Or Hide Bookmarks Toolbar in Chrome

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Usage of bookmarks is surely on the rise these days, the fact that so many bookmarking related services are now increasing also explains this fact.  Google has a dedicated bookmark bar just below the address bar. Bookmarks bar in Google Chrome is pretty much useful to quickly add, or open your favorite links stored under the bookmarks folder. However you might want to have a choice whether to show the bookmarks bar or not in your Google Chrome. It’s pretty much simple and most of the Chrome users might be already knowing this tip. In case you don’t, read on..

google chrome bookmarks bar

Small tip logoTip: By default bookmarks bar is shown in Google Chrome. To toggle between enable or disable the bookmarks bar, just press Ctrl + Shift + B.

no bookmarks bar in chrome

>> Alternatively, you can right-click on the bookmarks bar and choose uncheck “Always show bookmarks bar” option to hide the bookmarks bar. Once hidden, you need to use the above said keyboard shortcut to enable the bookmarks bar again.

Always show bookmarks bar in Google Chrome