Chrome actually create a separate process for all these tabs so that the resources of one tab do not affect others. This is very useful as it prevents the hanging of the browser due to some rendering problem in a tab. But opening multiple processes corresponding to various tabs in Chrome might end up in using lots of your system memory. If you are concerned about tabs in Chrome hogging your memory, then you use the TabMemFree extension for Chrome to automatically park such idle tabs.
Read moreDownload Torrents Quickly with One Click Download Extension for Chrome
The BitTorrent protocol has revolutionized the way we download and share files over the internet. Thanks to the bit-torrent protocol, now we can share the network load among the people interested in downloading the files without the necessity of a central download server. If you use the Chrome browser, then you can download the contents of a torrent file just like any other ordinary file using the One Click Download extension.
Read morePersonal Blocklist for Chrome : Block Undesired Domains from Google Search Results
There are millions of websites and their number is going to increase even more as more internet users start their own websites. The problem with so many domain names is that when you search for a keyword in Google search, you often get poor quality results and domains that you are not interested in. Thanks to Google engineers who have designed the Personal Blocklist extension for Chrome – now you can block undesired domains from Google search results so they will not appear again.
Read moreiCall : Make Free Telephone Calls to US and Canada
iCall is a telecommunications company based in US. It provides VoIP telephone call making features in its various applications. The good part is that it allows you to make free telephone calls to US and Canada from anywhere in the world. iCall offers iCall 7 for Windows and Mac, iCall Mobile for Android and iPhone and you can also use iCall Web right from your web browser. In addition to making free telephone calls, you can use these different iCall applications to chat with your friends.
Read moreHow to Insert Your Image or Signature in PDF Files
Many times we have to sign some PDF documents and email them back to the senders. The usual way of doing this is to take a printout of those documents, sign them using a pen and then scan them back in your computer using a scanner. Thanks to free PDF XChange Viewer, now you can copy and paste any image, your photograph or your signature into a PDF file without requiring any other tools or hardware.
Read moreCloud Save : Save Online Items Directly to Cloud Storage in Chrome
Today we have tons of cloud storage services which are great for backing up the files on your hard disk to cloud storage as well as syncing them. But what if you want to backup an online item (like an image, PDF file, ZIP file etc. available on a site) to cloud storage? There is an extension called Cloud Save for Chrome browser, that lets you backup a file directly to your cloud storage service without any need of downloading them first.
Read moreGoogle Privacy Addon : Make Sites Respect Your Privacy in Firefox
Mozilla Firefox has a feature called Do Not Track which requests websites that you do not want to be tracked when enabled. But websites may refuse to honor your wishes and continue to track your browsing behavior. You can use Google Privacy addon which forces Google and other websites trackers to respect your wish of not being tracked. At the time of writing this article, it supports Google, facebook, Yahoo!, Bing and Youtube. In the future, more trackers and sites might be added.
Read moreCreate Hotkey to Open Folders in Windows 7
Sometimes you find yourself opening a folder again and again so that you can work on the files inside it. But going through menus and clicking multiple times to open a folder is time wasting and can be very exhausting. What you can do is create a shortcut hotkey for opening that folder, so that you can open that folder just by pressing a key on your keyboard.
Read moreFluffyApp : Free CloudApp Client for Windows
If you are a Mac user then you should be familiar with CloudApp – a free online cloud storage and sharing service. CloudApp allows Mac users to quickly upload and share files with friends and family. The sad part it that CloudApp client is not available for Windows users. This is where FluffyApp comes in. FluffyApp is a free client for Windows that allows you to access your CloudApp account with the same ease as the CloudApp client has in Mac.
Read moreMiMedia : Free 7GB Cloud Storage
MiMedia is a new cloud storage service that provides 7 gigabytes of free storage space for your various needs. For now, it provides clients for Windows, iPhone and iPad only but they claim to come up with a Mac client in the near future. In addition to the desktop and mobile clients, MiMedia storage can also be accessed using their web interface.
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