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December 11, 2009

Google Chrome: Auto Pin Tab

One of the Firefox extension that I really like is FaviconizeTab, it allows you to shrink any tab down to only a web site's favicon to save precious tab bar real estate. You can also set certain URLs to automatically launched in Faviconize state every time you launch Firefox.

In Google Chrome, this can be done without any extensions. 'Pin Tab' feature is already built into Google Chrome. To enable this feature, all you need to do is, right click on the tab and select “Pin Tab” from the bottom. However, to make Google Chrome open with permanently Pinned Tabs, you will need to add some commands to the shortcut.
  1. Locate the shortcut for Google Chrome depending on where you usually launch Google Chrome. (Start menu or Task Bar)
  2. Hold 'Shift' and right click on shortcut for Google Chrome. Select 'Properties'


  3. In the address area for 'Target:' you will need to add the following command to the end of the target path. Leave a single space in between the final quote mark and the "pinned tab count command". Enter the number of permanent pinned tabs that you would like to have in place of the "x".

    --pinned-tab-count=3 

  4. Then, you will need to add the URL for each website that you would like to have as a permanently pinned tab after the "pinned tab count command". Leave a single space in between each URL and the "pinned tab count command" as shown below.

    "C:\Users\Bobby Leong\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --pinned-tab-count=3 https://mail.google.com https://www.google.com/calendar http://www.facebook.com

  5. Once you have that finished, click "Apply", then "OK".
Once you start Chrome (and each time thereafter) you will have a very nice set of permanently pinned tabs ready to go.

 

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December 9, 2009

Google Chrome: Extensions now available!

Finally, after a year of waiting, extensions are currently available on Google Chrome Beta for Windows and Linux, and on the Dev channel build for Mac. The extensions gallery includes 371 extensions.  Most of the extensions are lightweight, simple and minimalistic interface and few of them are customizable. There's a Gmail extension that displays the number of unread messages from your inbox, an extension that lets you subscribe to feeds, a Google Reader notifier, a Google News button, an ad-blocker, a Google Tasks button, Twitter and Facebook. So far there is no complex extensions such as, toolbars, download managers and etc.

Here's a list of Chrome extensions that I'm current using:
  1. Xmarks for Chrome Beta

    I use Xmarks to synchronize all my bookmarks on my desktop, laptop and the cloud. It's also able to synchronize between Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, and across multiple profiles, if needed.

  2. Send from Gmail (by Google)

    This extension will open a Compose window in Gmail when you click any email address on a webpage. It also provides a button that will create a Gmail message when clicked, using the page title as the subject and selected page text and link address as the message. It makes forwarding a link or contents to your friends as easy as 1-2-3.

  3. Aviary Screen Capture

    Aviary Quick Screen Capture addon will perform a screen capture of the visible portion of any webpage and then open the capture INSTANTLY in a basic image editor where you can do markup (draw arrows and rectangles), edit (crop, rotate and resize) and get the exact pixel colors of the image. Must have avid bloggers and designers alike!


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December 9, 2009

Google Living Stories: A news experiments

Google have been busy launching new projects every now and then. Today, a new Google project popped up in Google Labs that is a unique extension of this effort. It’s called Living Stories, and its goal is to provide a new and efficient way to read news coverage on breaking stories from one location. The goal is to create specific pages where you can view all of the coverage on a story.

To understand the beauty of Living Stories, check out this news coverage of Battling Swine Flu by The New York Times. The page you are taken toward is a rich multimedia experience, complete with a timeline outlining key events, a sidebar that breaks down coverage (Global, vaccine related and etc), and an RSS feed-like display of recent articles. It’s clean and simple, but effectively explains key issues.

Now if Living Stories are able to aggregate the news and materials from different sources, be it either from mainstream media or alternative media, we will be able to read the news in different Point of Views without bias.

 

 

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December 8, 2009

Google Goggles: Use pictures to search the web

There is no need to type your search anymore. Google has launched a visual search application for Android phones called Google Goggles, allowing users to point their phone at anything, from buildings and landmarks to business cards and papers and search for it. Just take a picture with your mobile phone cameras, and Google will return the query results related to subject that you interested.

Unfortunately, Google Goggles is only available on phones that run Android 1.6+ (i.e. Donut or Eclair). And that makes quite a number of phones out there unable to try out this ground-breaking technology. For those who are running Android 1.6+, go to Android market from your phone and search for "Google Goggles".


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December 4, 2009

Google launched Public DNS Service

Google just launched the Google Public DNS. Just like OpenDNS, Google Public DNS will allow users to bypass their ISPs Domain Name Servers (DNS). DNS servers are, in many respects, the backbone of the Internet. DNS allows you to type a domain name like www.google.com into a browser instead of a machine-readable IP number like http://74.125.45.100/. Google argues that it wants to give consumers an alternative to their ISPs' DNS services in order to make the Internet "faster, safer and more reliable."

I've been using OpenDNS all these while, in my experience, it's definitely better and faster compared to Singnet's DNS server. Now let's see if Google's solution is any better!

Google Public DNS uses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as its IP addresses. They have also released a set of step-by-step instructions for Windows, Mac and Linux users that can be found here. For 2Wire 2701HGV-E (aka Singtel Mio Box) user, you may do the following steps:

  1. Open a Web browser and access the gateway user interface by entering 192.168.1.254 or http://gateway.2Wire.net.
  2. Click the Broadband Link tab.
  3. Click the Advanced Settings link under the tab to open the Broadband Link Advanced Settings page.
  4. Click the Manually configure your DNS information radio button.
  5. In the Primary Server field, enter 8.8.8.8.
  6. In the Secondary Server field, enter 8.8.4.4.
  7. Leave the Domain Name field blank.
  8. Click SAVE.

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December 1, 2009

Gmail Labs: Default text styling

via gmailblog.blogspot.com

Gmail editor now supports custom default text style for your messages! You can turn on default text styling from the Labs tab, then go to Settings and set your preferences just once.

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November 30, 2009

Google Wave invites to be given away!

I have got some Google Wave invites to be given away. If you want a Google Wave account, drop a comment below and I will pick 28 random winners!

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November 25, 2009

Xtranormal: Now everybody can be James Cameron!

Xtranormal is a real time movie making site featuring drag and drop animations, automatic lip synching and international voices. It features a very simple interface, you choose your characters and their world, and then start typing their dialog. It's free and perfect for putting together something quick and ridiculous. You type something, and they turn it into a movie.

Check out this 'Wedding Photographer' video done by 'chapo', it is damn hillarious!

via xtranormal.com

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November 25, 2009

Gmail: Send attachments while offline

via gmailblog.blogspot.com

For all Gmail users, Offline Gmail now supports attachments sending whether you are online or offline.You’ll be able to attach all types of files except inline images, which are images in the body of the email. When you have Offline Gmail enabled, Google says that mail now goes through the outbox when you’re online or offline, allowing Gmail to capture all attachments regardless of internet connections.

If you haven't tried Offline Gmail, visit Gmail Labs tab Gmail Labs on the top right corner of your screen follow these instructions to get started:

  1. Select Enable next to Offline Gmail.
  2. Click Save Changes.
  3. After your browser reloads, you'll see a new "Offline" link in the upper righthand corner of the Gmail page, next to your username. Click this link to start the offline set up process and download Gears if you don't already have it.

If you are not using Gmail, whatcha waiting for? Go grab one now!

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