When you open an iTunes link inside the Google Chrome browser for iPhone and iPad, all you get is some gibberish text. We have a simple fix.
15 July 2013
How to Open iTunes Links inside Chrome for iOS
Losing Track Of Your Goals? Give Your Self-Development A Visual Boost With PowerUp
I often ask myself, why am I so good at goal-setting and so bad at goal-achievement? Lack of motivation is an old enemy and lack of follow-through is its child. Perhaps, that's why I like trying out new systems which would help me achieve at least a few goals on my bucket list. PowerUp is an interactive tool with color cues that helps you log every small step you take towards your goal.
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Use Google as a Proxy Server to Bypass Paywalls, Download Files
You can use various Google services as proxies to access web pages, documents and other files that are other blocked at your workplace.
Pitchfork Media Launches New Movie News And Reviews Site: The Dissolve [Updates]
Film fans will soon have a new source to read about upcoming flicks. The Dissolve, a new website developed by the people behind the well-established music site, Pitchfork, was launched on Wednesday.
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Why Google No Longer Needs Google Toolbar
Google Toolbar is the first software released by Google. The first version of the add-on was released back in 2000, when Google's most important services were the search engine, Google Directory and AdWords. Here's Google's homepage from December 2000.
At that time, Google suggested to "get the Google Toolbar for your IE browser and take the power of Google with you anywhere on the web." Internet Explorer was the dominant browser and it didn't have a search box, so Google Toolbar was a great way to promote Google. It also made it easier to search the web.
Since then, Google Toolbar added many new features: pop-up blocker, online bookmarks, custom buttons, inline find-in-page, automatic translation, spell checking, suggestions on navigation errors and more. Some of these features were integrated in Internet Explorer. Google made a lot of business deals and many popular applications bundled Google Toolbar. Google also developed a version of the Toolbar for Firefox, but it was discontinued in 2011.
For many years, Google Toolbar was the most important Google software. Internet Explorer was the only popular browser that didn't use Google as the default search engine. "Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser, now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in 2003," mentioned a BBC News article from 2010.
Internet Explorer's market share has decreased as Firefox and Google Chrome became more popular. Even though Microsoft started to update the software more often and Internet Explorer became faster and added support for many HTML5 features, the 5-year stagnation between IE6 (2001) and IE7 (2006), the 2-year gap between IE7 and IE8, IE9's lack of support for Windows XP, as well as the increased popularity of web apps like Gmail or Google Docs - all of these made Internet Explorer a distant memory for many users.
Google Chrome is now the most popular browser, according to Google. This means that Internet Explorer is no longer the dominant browser from the early 2000s. Google now focuses on promoting Chrome, which is a lot more important for Google: Chrome users are more likely to use Google's services and Google can improve the overall browsing experience, instead of only adding a few features.
Just like Google discontinued Chrome Frame, you can expect to see a similar announcement for Google Toolbar. Google Bookmarks will also disappear if Google Toolbar is discontinued, since Toolbar is the only product that uses it.
The last major Google Toolbar release was in 2011, so the Toolbar is probably in maintenance mode. If you visit the Toolbar site in Chrome, you'll see this message: "You're using Chrome, that's great. All of the features of Google Toolbar are already built into your browser." That's not quite true, but Google probably thinks that the missing features aren't very important or can be replaced by Chrome extensions.
Toolbars are no longer fashionable, they take up a lot of space and slow down browsers. Today's browsers have minimalist interface and use most of the space to display web pages. More reasons to discontinue Google Toolbar.
Virtual Machine Starter Adds Booting From USB Support To VirtualBox
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VMware Player and VirtualBox are the two popular free virtualization software out there for Windows operating system. Even though both have their own pros and cons, VirtualBox is probably the most popular one as it’s an open source software and offers more number of features. A lot of us use VirtualBox to test preview versions [...]
Rovio to release a New Angry Birds Game Today
Rovio plans to release a brand new Game today, “Attention, Angry Birds fans! Stay tuned on Monday, July 15th, for big news about a brand new game! We’re talking the biggest character line-up ever, awesome new powers, and maybe even a few surprises!”
Rovio didn’t provide any further details about the new Angry Bird series game, so lets wait a bit more.
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How To Authenticate Over SSH With Keys Instead of Passwords
SSH is a great way to gain remote access to your computer. When you open the ports on your router (port 22 to be exact) you can not only access your SSH server from within your local network, but from anywhere in the world. However, you don't want to risk using a weak password for authentication. Luckily, it's very easy to set up your global SSH server in a very secure manner by using key-based authentication and disabling password authentication on your server altogether.
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New Google Maps in Your Mobile Browser
The mobile web app for Google Maps now uses the new map styles from the updated Google Maps for desktop. The same map styles are also used by the latest version of Google Maps for Android.
If you open maps.google.com in your favorite mobile browser, Google now redirects to the encrypted Google Maps, which uses SSL, so you'll be sent to https://maps.google.com. There's also a strange "null" message below the map, which shows that there are still some bugs that need to be fixed.
While the mobile web app uses the new map styles, it still has the old interface, but that will probably change soon.
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