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Save the Best Stuff on the Web with these 4 Chrome Extensions
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by Alex.Braz.
I refused to swap Firefox for Chrome for quite some time, but I did it and boy, am I glad. Firefox is still a cool browser, but Chrome is way better, since it’s faster, has more extentions and offers multiple accounts, which is great if you share your computer.
Now, a standard Chrome is just like a standard car. Nice, but not as great as the one with additional equipment, right?
Let’s take a look at 4 great extensions for Chrome that let you save and organize your online content.
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Chromebook is Google’s Webby and Cloudy Laptop
Posted on 09. Sep, 2011 by Alex.Braz.
A Chrome What?
Google’s started conquering a whole new niche: laptops, and they have dubbed them Chromebooks, which are manufactured by Google, Samsung and Acer for now. Chromebooks are made and optimized for the web. In fact, a Chromebook would be scrap metal without the Web. Let me explain.
Whatever you have on your Chromebook is online, stored in something called a ‘cloud’. Cloud computing offers services and tools on-demand via the Internet. That’s the smarty-pants explanation.
The street explanation is that every app, document or a setting is stored on a server and only you have the access to it. So, no matter which Chromebook you use, you get your settings and your stuff. So, if you lose your computer, you don’t have to fear your half-written novel is in the wrong hands and lost forevermore.
Buy another Chromebook, log in and voila. The only problem might be a global shutdown of the internets.
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Use Android to Translate like James Bond
Posted on 03. Aug, 2011 by Alex.Braz.
The Android Market hides many gems that can really surprise you upon finding them. CamTranslator is one of them, being an app that can recognize text and translate it, either instantaneously or by snapping a photo of it. The latter option is much faster and reliable.
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11 Android Apps You Should Probably Have
Posted on 01. Aug, 2011 by Alex.Braz.
I became a new, proud member of the rapidly growing Android family a few months ago, and if the official figures are to be believed, another 66 million people have joined since. Many applications were discovered and tested in these months, and I would like to share some of them with you. Those worth downloading, of course.
First, I wanted to list the apps in the order of “coolness”, but since most of them are pretty useful and great, I decided to list them in alphabetical order. Also, all the apps listed are free. One other thing to note is that I’ve tested all of these apps on an HTC Wildfire, so your results could vary by phone.
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Miso is Foursquare for TV and Movies
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by Alex.Braz.
Miso is a Japanese flavor, but it is also a fresh and interesting Internet application. Some of you use Foursquare to check-in on your favorite venues and gain rewards. Most of you watch TV shows, so why not merge those two activities?
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Save the World with iClippy
Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by Alex.Braz.
You may not be able to actually save the world, but you can save anything from the Net.
iClippy helps you take screenshots of parts of the screen and automatically upload them online. That nifty piece of software enables you to visually bookmark, edit images, do some OCR recognition, document scanning and so on. All with a simple Windows widget on the side of your screen.
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12 Websites That Make Reading Books More Fun
Posted on 12. Oct, 2010 by Alex.Braz.
I am a prototype of a bibliophile, for I love everything about books. Despite being submerged in the digital world of the Internet, the old-school page-turning book-reading still rocks my boat. But the Net is not a book-killer, it just helps us readers to go beyond mere reading.
I’ve found 12 great websites that will make your reading hours even better, and I’ve put them in 5 categories. Where to go online if you want to show your collection to the world, if you are wondering what to read next, if you want to read free books online or if you don’t know where to find a certain book.
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7 Fresh and Useful Websites
Posted on 06. May, 2010 by Alex.Braz.
There’s a plethora of new and cool apps on the Internet, but it’s hard to find them among billions of websites (does anyone know what’s the total number of all websites online?!)? If you are hungry for some useful novelties, continue reading, for I have found some winners.
