Majority of the world works on advertising and making money out of it. Whether it is TV shows, newspapers or online media. Whenever you access something for free, it is because of the advertising. Even if we take the example of Google, they have one of the biggest network of advertising.

But nobody likes these ads as they are directed towards a user depending upon your browsing habits making the web a place which is no more equal. They steal information from you without your knowledge and then use it to show targeted advertisements. Read more…

It’s a matter of fact that presently, a big part of our life runs around the browser, prominently chrome. We use Google Drive, Gmail, Wunderlist and a handful of so many other services straight from Chrome OS or Chrome.

As I said above, Google Chrome has a plenty of apps that you can use undeviatingly from the browser, but sadly, most of them need an internet connection. So we’ve explored the web to find the best Chrome apps that work offline, so you don’t have to bother about being connected to the internet to use them. Read more…

Adobe Photoshop is the best photo manipulation tool you could ever find. It has an unrivalled set of tools and a community of third party developers who are constantly new add-ons to make PS more popular.

Regular, updated plugins and highly functional extensions continue to make Adobe Photoshop a must have tool. Below is a list of twenty free Photoshop plugins that, as a designer, you’ll feel compelled to try. Read more…

You may not have given much thought to your Chrome browser‘s new tab page. It’s just where you type in the URL to the next page you want to go, right? Wrong. With these 30 (yes, 30!) Chrome extensions, you’ll have a chance to personalize your new tab page to fit your needs exactly.

The extensions fell into two categories: those that primarily served to help you be productive, stay on task, or find information more easily, and those that serve as a make-over to brighten your day and make your Chrome experience a little more beautiful. However, just because an extension’s main use is improving your productivity, it doesn’t mean it isn’t nice to look at! Many of the productivity extensions also feature attractive designs and/or great art and photography. Read more…

It’s not only your headache, everyone wants to remove those annoying ads from Facebook, YouTube, websites as well as apps on mobile devices.

Most of the free web services and mobile apps generate revenue through online ads. While some of them display moderate amount of ads, the others avidly show excessive ads that fill up the entire screen while using the online service or app.

One of the best ways to get rid of these distracting ads is to install an ad blocker service to stop the ads from showing up on the screen of your computer or mobile devices. Read more…

Due to the popularity of Facebook and Twitter, many social media related add-ons and extensions have been developed for web browsers like Firefox and Google Chrome. Just like your mobile apps, these thirty party tools allow you to update and track your Facebook right from your web browser without having to access to the Facebook homepage. If somebody posts on your wall or “Like” your status update, you’ll know right away and make a quick response to them.

So, for those of you who spent hours on Facebook, following are some of the best Google Chrome extensions you’ll absolutely love them. Enjoy! Read more…

Unlike the standard computers we used in the good old days, now we have many types of devices such as laptops, tablets, netbooks, and smartphones which can be used to access Internet. Each device will have its own screen size, resolution and this makes the web design process more difficult than before. Web developers and designers have to make sure their websites or online applications compatible with most of the possible screen resolutions.

It’s unlikely to test designs in all of the Internet-capable devices, but what developers can do is to resize the browser dimension as per the screen size of a particular device. To make the job easier, here we’ve gathered some excellent online tools, Firefox addons and Google Chrome extensions that enable users to test websites and web application in different screen sizes and resolutions. We hope you’ll find these tools useful. Read more…

In the previous post, we talked about getting links from high Page Rank websites and blogs can help you improve your site’s SEO and increase your PageRank score. But before that, you need to make sure the backlinks you obtain do not contain “nofollow” attribute as this kind of links won’t give you any SEO benefits. To make your life easier, below we’ve gathered some search engines for you to dig out websites and blogs that allow you making comments and generating backlinks without “nofollow” tag. It’s important to make constructive and useful comments, contributing value to the post’s discussion. Bear in mind that any spam comments you make will be easily filtered by the system like Akismet or manually deleted by the site owner. So please, don’t spam!

In addition, we’ve also included useful Firefox addons and Chrome extensions assisting you to highlight “dofollow” and “nofollow” links on any webpage you surf. Read more…

Google PageRank is a link analysis algorithm used by Google Search Engine to determine the importance of every webpage. It assigns a numerical weighting to each webpage ranging from 0 to 10. In Google’s eyes, the higher PageRank a webpage obtains the more important it is. In most of the cases, websites with higher PageRank will get better ranking in Google’s search results. That’s the reasons why many web developers and website owners are working hard to get better PageRank.

Google takes many factors into consideration when it calculates a PageRank for a particular website, but the most important factor is still the quality and quantity of incoming links a webpage has. Therefore one of the best ways to improve your PageRank is to get more quality links. In today’s post, we would like to recommend 6 Google PageRank tools and Add-ons that every web developer and website owner should use or at least know them. Read more…

Pinterest is one of the fastest growing content sharing services that allows users to “pin” images, videos and other objects to their pinboard. Since its debut 2 years ago, the online service has successfully attracted millions of users as well as social media marketers. In addition to easy image sharing functionality, Pinterest also has other social networking features that let you to make friends from around the world who share your interest. If you happen to be a blogger or website owner, use it to promote and market your site.

In today’s post, we’ve gathered 19 amazing web tools, Chrome extensions and Firefox add-ons to help you enhance your Pinterest experience! Just check them out and choose one that best suits your needs. Read more…

Bored of seeing the same blue and white Facebook homepage every time you login? Well, it’s time to change the Facebook login page with your own custom design! Yes, you heard it right! You are allowed to change and customize the background of your Facebook login page. Does it sound unbelievable? Today we would like to introduce you a cool Google Chrome extension that allows you to set a custom image URL as your Facebook login page’s wallpaper. Be it a picture of your loved one or beautiful landscape photography, you can have any background customization you want.

Without further ado, let’s follow the simple tutorial below to set your favorite image or photo as your Facebook login page’s background! Read more…

Sometimes we come across some web pages that we wanted to add note, highlight texts or draw diagrams, that’s where web annotation tools come in allowing you to perform these jobs with ease. This is pretty much like what we normally do with pen or pencil on a real book and newspapers. With annotation tools, you can discuss, exchange ideas and brainstorm with your friends and colleagues effectively. They allow you to mark up websites you visit with notes, and add comments to any web content that interest you. This makes web annotation tools especially useful for groups to communicate in a direct and easy to reference way.

In today’s roundup, you can find 26 most popular web annotation and markup tools, bringing you a new level of convenience to communicate and collaborate with a friend or group. We hope you’ll find them useful! Read more…

Google Mail, Gmail is one of the most popular email services on the web. It comes with many awesome features that can meet most of your email needs, but it doesn’t mean you cannot ask for more. Due to the popularity of Gmail, many online tools and addons are created to further enhance the Gmail functionality and bring your emailing experience to the next level. Here’s our best collection of 44 Gmail tools and resources including Firefox addons, Chrome extensions, web tools, notifiers and scripts. Try them out now and let us know which one is your favorite!

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Two of the most powerful and widely used web browsers are Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, but which one do you think is more suitable to web developers and designers? We all know that one of the reasons that made Firefox so successful is the Firefox add-ons. What about Chrome? Other than simplicity and speed, Chrome also provides extensions which have similar function to Firefox addons.

In today’s post, we would like to show you more than 50 Chrome extensions which are extremely helpful for web designers, developers and bloggers. They are all selected based on our in-depth research on their usefulness and popularity. So, give them a try now to boost up your productivity and enhance your work’s competency. Read more…