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Here’s how to Update Extensions in Chrome and Microsoft Edge

New Microsoft Edge based on Chromium supports Chrome extensions. You can install extensions in Edge from Chrome Web Store or Edge Add-ons Store. As of now, the latter contains a limited number of extensions. Contrary to Edge Add-ons... More of this article »
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Microsoft removes malicious Extensions from Edge Add-ons Store

Microsoft Edge Add-ons Store which is growing in terms of the number of extensions may have been hit by some malicious extensions. Microsoft was quick enough to act and quietly removed the extensions containing malicious code after... More of this article »
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OneNote Web Clipper for Chromium Edge is now available on Microsoft Edge Extensions Store

Microsoft for the first time has brought its extensions –OneNote Web Clipper and Microsoft Personal Shopping Assistant –to Microsoft Edge insider Add-ons store and are available to download for Chromium Edge browser. After... More of this article »
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How to repair Extensions in Chromium Edge browser

We already covered how to repair corrupted extensions in Google Chrome browser, here we are again letting you know what you should do when the Edge extensions page shows “This extension may have been corrupted” error for... More of this article »
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You can now Customize Vivaldi New Tab Page with Extensions

Vivaldi has added ‘Controlled by Extension’ option New Tab Page settings. Vivaldi by default, sets New Tab Page to Start Page, so whenever you open a new tab, you’ll see same old speed dials. Like Google Chrome,... More of this article »
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How to install extensions in Edge from outside Windows Store?

With the Windows 10 anniversary update, Microsoft Edge is available to public with extensions support, you can now visit Windows Store and install extensions in Edge browser. What if the extension that is available for other browsers... More of this article »
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Firefox 40: Make Add-ons Manager to display version Number for Extensions and Plugins

When you install or upgrade to Firefox 40 on your computer, you’ll  not only notice the new welcome page, but also the new design for the add-ons manager, this was done based on the In-content Preferences style, what you... More of this article »
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Vivaldi adds Clear browsing data and ‘Show Extensions’ Options to the Tools Menu

After Technical Preview 4 version, another snapshot has been released by Vivaldi Technologies for Vivaldi and is available to download for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. Till now there is no way to clear Vivaldi browsing data from... More of this article »
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Make Firefox Add-ons Page to display Extension or Plugin Version

How to See add-on version number like before in Firefox. Mozilla has stopped showing add-on version information in Add-ons manager in Firefox 41 (currently in Nightly). When you visit Add-ons page, you first see version numbers for... More of this article »
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Firefox 40: Add-ons Manager shows Warnings for Unsigned Add-ons

To protect Firefox users from malicious add-ons, Mozilla has announced extension signing and they’ve started to sign add-ons in AMO, meanwhile, add-ons manager in Nightly or Firefox 40 now showing a warning notification for unsigned... More of this article »
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You can now install Extensions in Vivaldi browser from Chrome Web Store

Vivaldi browser is still in technical preview, its company started to add features to it, are you missing extensions? Don’t worry! You can install apps, extensions and themes from Chrome Web Store in Vivaldi browser and they... More of this article »
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Chrome Canary now shows a disable button for the extensions that overrides its Settings

Summary: Google already offers Reset button for Chrome Settings if they are hijacked without your knowledge, now the Chromium team has gone ahead and shows the culprit extension that manipulated crucial Google browser settings and... More of this article »
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Chrome 25 to block Extensions Installed by Programs

Google starts to give more control to users over extension installations in Chrome browser as they decided enough! not to allow extensions installed by third party programs on Windows from Chrome v25 onwards. Till now Chrome allowed... More of this article »
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Official Save to Google Drive Chrome Extension Released


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Google Drive has released official extension, Save to Google Drive for Chrome browser which lets you save web content to your Google drive. After installing the extension you have the options to save the content to drive from toolbar... More of this article »
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Unshorten.it: Know Where Short Links Points to and Their Safety Ratings

If you’re suspicious about short links received in email or on Twitter you can rely on Unshorten.it online service which uncovers the original URL for a short one and shows safety ratings for that site powered by Web of Trust. This... More of this article »
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Google Chrome lets you View Extensions Interacting with the Page

Google is testing new experimental toolbar UI feature, Script Bubble for Chrome on Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS which shows extensions interacting with the page you’re on with an icon in the address bar. Clicking on that icon... More of this article »
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Opera 12.10 Release brings More Powerful Extensions for Users

Opera 12.10 final version for Windows, Mac and Linux has been released and available for download from Opera website. This stable version brings retina support for Mac & extensions,  SPDY, DNS prefetching, basic touch support... More of this article »
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Google Chrome to Notify and Automatically Disable External Extensions Installed by Programs

Google Chrome finally gets a security feature which notifies user about extensions installed by third-party software on your Computer and Chrome disables them until user acknowledges it. Feature has been landed on Chromium build which... More of this article »
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How to install Third-Party Extensions in Chrome

Every extension uploaded by a developer in Chrome Web Store is approved by Chrome team and are supposedly safe to install in Chrome, but Google can’t control or analyze extensions for malicious behavior hosted on websites other than... More of this article »
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Import/Export Firefox Extension Preferences with OPIE

Some extensions does allow to import/export their preferences/settings which is useful when installing those for a new profile (same as the case when installing Firefox freshly after reinstalling windows) and while syncing multiple... More of this article »
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Preference Monitor Notifies When Firefox About:Config Preferences Changes

Firefox lets you view and edit all user preferences in its about:config page. Till now we used to tweak /disable some Firefox features using about:config preferences, third-party add-ons can change Firefox preferences without user... More of this article »
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Quorafox is Firefox Add-on for Quora

Q&A site, Quora continues to impress and gaining publicity through tech blogs, Quora extension for Chrome already available for download from Chrome Web Store  are you a Firefox user? looking for Quora extension for Firefox,... More of this article »

List of Browser Extensions File Types

Firefox is popular and most successful because of its ability to  customize and add more features to the browser through add-ons.Currently Google Chrome, Safari,IE ,Opera  (Opera 11 alpha)supports extensions. Except for Chrome ... More of this article »
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Open Google Chrome Extensions Gallery and Extensions Pages with Single click in Google Chrome

Though this is simple tip but productive one for Google Chrome users who used to open Google Chrome extensions gallery and extensions pages frequently, I decided to write this tip after seeing extensions been evolving to open Google... More of this article »
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Try Extensions in Safari now

Having covered about Safari 5 features and other posts on Safari despite Apple statement that extensions gallery will be available for users later this summer,  as you all know  Safari 5 now already supports extensions but... More of this article »