Kim Barloso, Author at Make Tech Easier

How To Adjust Text Size In Firefox

If you work with computers a lot and find that your eyesight isn’t as good as it used to, you’ll be happy to know that a Firefox add-on called NoSquint allows you to zoom in and out the text of a webpage.

How to Sync Bookmarks Between Firefox and Chrome

If you work with both Firefox and Chrome, and need your bookmarks to be available on both of them, here is how you can sync bookmarks between Firefox and Chrome.

Get Aggregated Notifications With Chime for Chrome

It takes a lot of time and effort to keep track of all that goes on in different social networks we have signed up for, but we do it anyway. Fortunately for Chrome users, Chime is an extension for bringing consolidated notifications of networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and many others.

How To Save Files Straight to Google Drive In Firefox

Working with Google Drive is a convenient way to manage files on the go. If you’re frequently downloading files from different sources on the Web, you’ll be glad to know that the Save to Google Drive for Firefox add-on lets you save files directly to Google Drive.

Use Google Fonts for Any Website with Font Changer Extension for Chrome

If you don’t like how a website looks, you can now change its font with the Font Changer extension for Chrome. It alters a website’s font face (through Google Web Fonts), type and size.

How To Open Any File In Firefox With rollApp File Opener

Cloud storage is great for accessing files from multiple computers, but having to download them every time can be time consuming and tedious. RollApp File Opener for Firefox lets you open and edit any file in your cloud storage from within the browser, without having to install any other application.

How To Open Links From Your Pocket Account in Google Chrome

If you read web content on a daily basis, chances are you’ve heard of and are probably already using Pocket. If you want to conveniently scan your saved articles from your Chrome Browser, Pickpocket for Chrome allows you to view the contents of your Pocket account from a pop up window.

Add Evernote Functionality to Gmail with Everbot Firefox Add-on

If you’re a frequent Evernote user, you can now send single emails or entire email threads in Gmail to your Evernote account and save it into a specified notebook, and insert notes from within Gmail and send as a link to the recipient. Here’s how it works.

How To Convert Text to Speech in Chrome with SpeakIt!

You don’t need complicated software to read through text. With SpeakIt, you can easily enable the text-to-speech function in your Chrome browser and have it speak to you.

Check Shortened URLs in FireFox with Unshorten.It Add-on

Shortened URLs could contain unsafe content that can harm your computer and even steal your personal information. If you use Firefox, here is how you can preview shortened URLs and makes sure the source is safe for viewing.

Hide Irrelevant Tweets with Slipstream for Chrome

Filtering noise in Twitter can be a troublesome chores. Slipstream allows you to hide irrelevant tweets in Twitter according to a given parameter, so you can have a Twitter timeline worth reading.

Increase Firefox Security By Preventing Unauthorized Downloads and Access to Websites

Sharing a computer and keeping it safe from virus or malware attacks can be a challenge. In Firefox, you can easily improve its security by preventing unauthorized downloads and access to certain websites. Here is how you can get it done.

This Week’s Best Chrome and Firefox Extensions

A lot of web extensions for Google Chrome and Firefox are added daily, it’s hard to determine which one is really worth a try. With this roundup, we aim to make your life easier by giving you only the best new web tools that pass the MTE standards. Here are this week’s picks.

How To Send Web Pages To Kindle in Google Chrome

Come across an interesting article on the Web and you are keen to read it on your Kindle? Here is how you can easily push the web page to your Kindle with a simple Chrome extension.

How To Send Private Links To Your Friends From Your Browser (Firefox)

Sharing web content is something any avid web user does, usually through social networks. Share This Page is a Firefox add-on that allows you to share a URL privately to your contacts in Twitter, Facebook and Gmail. This is great for those instances where you find a link that you only want to share with a specific person and not necessarily to all your friends or followers.

Sync Tabs Across Multiple Devices With TabCloud for Chrome

If you work from more than one computer, then you probably have a system in place for syncing data between them. TabCloud records and saves your Google Chrome open tabs in real time so you can view them at a later time or on another device. Here’s how it works.

How To Access Multiple Email Accounts in Firefox With Simple Mail

Having multiple email accounts and checking them separately can be time consuming, yet it’s something we all must do to stay connected. Simple Mail is a Firefox add-on that allows you to set up multiple email accounts within the browser.

How to Access All Your Web Apps in the New Tab for Chrome

Web applications allow us to work anywhere we want. It gets rid of the need to install software, and is readily available from a browser. If you do your work online using web apps, chances are you have most of them bookmarked for easy access. Wouldn’t it be great if you can see all your web apps in one place?

Reply To Facebook And Twitter Notifications From Your Email With PowerInbox

Power Inbox is a feature-rich extension for both FireFox and Google Chrome that allows for multiple interactive functions from within the email account. However, its best and useful feature is being able to reply, like or comment on any email notifications from sites like Facebook and Twitter. Here’s how it works:

Unsocialize Lets You Read Facebook Articles Without Installing Apps

Facebook is a great place for sharing information with friends and anyone in our network. In fact, it’s often where people look for relevant news and any information that they’re interested in. This practice has been easy for most of us before social readers came along.

How To Remove Gmail Ads in FireFox

Most free web services rely on ads to support their sites, and email is not an exception. As much as we love free email service, sometimes ads can be a minor nuisance. If you’re always distracted with advertisements in Gmail, or just want to get rid of the visual noise, this handy Firefox add-on can help with that.

Manage Your Time With My Time Organizer for Chrome

There are hundreds of calendar and organization apps found in the Internet, and they all promise to help you manage multiple tasks as you go along your day. For people who are mostly working in front of the computer and cannot be bothered to install any task management software or to-do list, My Time Organizer extension for Chrome might just prove useful and more accessible.

How To Send Big File Attachment Over Email Using Attachments.me [Google Chrome]

What if you want to send big file attachment and your email provider don’t allow you to? Attachment Me for Google Chrome is a great solution.

How To Get Websites To Load Automatically in FireFox

If you visit specific websites at regular times within the week, you probably have it bookmarked for easy access. However, if you want a more automated solution, you might want to try this method.

Feedly: View Your Favorite Sites In A Stylish Magazine Format (FireFox)

Our browsers have somehow replaced the daily newspaper, and it’s often what we use to access information that we want to know at the start of the day. With Feedly for FireFox, your go-to sites can now be viewed in a stylish, magazine-like format for your reading pleasure.

Read Ebooks In FireFox with ePub Reader

If you’re a frequent e-book reader, chances are you have some kind of software installed in your computer to conveniently read these files. With FireFox’s ePub Reader extension, you can now do away with the bulky software and open epub files from within the browser.

Highlight, Bookmark and Save Articles With Diigo [Chrome Extension]

Information in the Internet can be overwhelming, especially when you’re viewing multiple sources at one time. Diigo, primarily a research tool, is a way to focus and highlight important parts of an article and save it for viewing later.

Evernote Clearly Allows You to Focus on Web Content And Not Get Distracted [Google Chrome]

If you read a lot of content on the Internet, chances are you also see a lot of ads, pop-ups, and other distracting elements that go along with a website. You might start out to read an article but never finish it because you were diverted into clicking another link or buying things online. Google […]

View Your Twitter Feeds in FireFox with TwitBin

Whether you access Twitter for business or personal use, it’s probably a daily routine that makes up for your time on the Internet. However, other online activities such as checking e-mail, reading articles or watching videos, might cause you to neglect checking your Twitter account. I’m always in awe when people are able to tweet […]

Organize Your Bookmarks In Style With Super Start Extension for Firefox

Bookmarks are helpful tools for quick access to any favorite site. However, creating and keeping track of them can be a tedious task for most people. Even getting to the bookmarks folder requires a few extra clicks. Super Start, a visual bookmark extension for Firefox, is a great solution for easily saving your most visited […]

How To Take and Edit Screenshots With PicMonkey Chrome Extension

Screenshots are great learning visual aids for any reader to understand a particular topic. This is why most tech blogs require at least one or two of these for most of its content. If you’re a regular tech writer, you’ll find that taking and editing screenshots is not as simple as it seems. There are […]

5 Must-Have Firefox Extensions For Blogging

If you have been blogging for a long time, you would know the time and effort that goes into creating quality posts consistently. Blogging takes at least an hour of your time and all of your bright ideas. There are instances, however, that tasks related to blogging can slow you down and take up too […]

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