In order to build Google Chrome extensions, you will need to familiar with scripting and codes. These are small programs that add additional functions for programmers. It is a compressed directory. These files must have a particular name: i.e. "manifest" (manifest.json). An extension will have at least one of the following: browser actions, page actions, content scripts, and utility web files.
When you start off using a web browser, one of the most common things is the homepage. More than anything the homepage is connected directly with the browser, but that can all be changed easily. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to set the homepage to Internet Explorer 8 to whatever you like. ESPN, Google, Facebook, and maybe even a website dedicated to how to videos. Just a suggestion. Enjoy!
This video will show you how to clear the cache for Safari for Mac. It is important to clear your cache from time to time. Just follow these steps to clear your Safari cache: In the Safari menu, click on "Empty Cache". You will be asked if you are sure you want to empty the cache. Click "Empty". Reload the page. Your cache is now empty.
Gary Rosenzweig of MacMost teaches us how to best utilize Mac's Safari web browser, and how to, when it's not necessarily immediately intuitive, search through your Safari internet browsing history. Selecting first the History option in your browser, and then Show All, you'll find that, oftentimes, there will be quite a large volume of information presented. Months and months of browsing history is unwieldy and too intricate. The solution, of course, is to use the search bar there will be ava...
While Apple and Google have paved the way for developers to create web-based AR experiences through their respective mobile toolkits, an open source option has entered the space.
Silicon Valley-based startup 8th Wall has spent much of the last few years building a reputation for enabling AR experiences that are platform agnostic via web browsers and mobile apps. Now, 8th Wall is promising to give developers the freedom to build and host AR experiences from anywhere via a simple web browser.
Facebook, parent company of Instagram, has allowed you to download photos and other account data for some time now, but the data request feature is also now available on Instagram to meet the GDPR data portability requirement in the EU — and it's available worldwide, not just in Europe.
If you have a Mac, you can use Apple's Handoff feature to open one of your Safari desktop tabs in Safari on your iPhone. But if you prefer to use Google Chrome as your desktop browser, whether or not that's because you have a Windows PC, you can't "hand off" open tabs from Chrome desktop to Safari on your iPhone. There is a cool workaround, however.
The latest cosmetics brand to launch its own augmented reality try-on tool is Cover Girl, which introduced its browser-based experience this week.
If you're tired of Google tracking you, but love how Chrome works, CyanogenMod has you covered. Their browser is called Gello, which is based off Chromium, Chrome's open-source counterpart. It's basically a souped-up version of Chrome—without all of the intrusive Google stuff. So if you're uncomfortable with Google displaying personalized ads based on your browsing history, or using your location to bring the "Physical Web" to your phone, you won't have to worry about any of that with Gello.
Opera's web browser for Android, Opera Mini, now comes with integrated ad-blocking technology for a less cluttered browsing experience. More importantly, it decreases the amount of data being loaded, which Opera claims increases webpage loading times by 40 percent. This is in addition to the 90 percent data reduction from Opera Mini's compression technology.
The desktop browser market has some stiff competition going on, but Opera has always been able to maintain its market share by offering innovative features such as a data saver option. With over 350 million users, it's safe to say folks are appreciative of the efforts being made by the web browser's development team.
When it comes to news, updates, and arbitrary nonsense, it's hard to find a better source than Twitter. And for some of us, the best way to consume Twitter is through the web (versus a mobile app). But as much as I prefer the standard browser version, it's easy to make it better, faster, and more convenient using a few Chrome extensions—and here are my favorites.
Welcome back, my tenderfoot hackers! Not too long ago, I showed how to find various online devices using Shodan. As you remember, Shodan is a different type of search engine. Instead of indexing the content of websites, it pulls the banner of web servers on all types of online devices and then indexes the content of those banners.
Amazon just signed a deal with HBO to host the cable channel's original content on its Instant Video service. For those of us with Amazon Prime accounts, this is great news—but there aren't any readily apparent options for playing it on Chromecast.
With the the general computer users understanding of Information security rising (at least to the point of not clicking on unknown links), and operating system security getting better by default. We need to look for new and creative ways to gain a foothold in a system.
Greasemonkey is a Firefox add-on which works as a script manager for the collection of scripts available on the userscripts.org website. It can be used to manipulate the view and functionality of websites which has a user script. Greasemonkey only works in Firefox and not on any other web browser.
Typos are a constant annoyance that we all deal with thanks to the cramped touchscreen keyboards on smartphones. For many, nothing beats the feel of a good old physical keyboard when it comes to typing fast with minimal errors. Fortunately, WhatsApp has an awesome feature which lets you use their messaging service right on your computer.
Welcome back, my budding hackers! This is the initial post of a new series on how to hack Facebook. It's important to note here that each hack I'll be covering is very specific. I have said it before, but I feel I need to repeat it again: there is NO SILVER BULLET that works under all circumstances. Obviously, the good folks at Facebook have taken precautions to make certain that their app is not hacked, but if we are creative, persistent, and ingenious, we can still get in.
Welcome back, my aspiring hackers!
This HTML web design tutorial will explain what HTML is and how it can benefit you rather you are looking to build a website from the ground up or you are planning on using a combination of automated software and HTML Design and need the flexibility to still make fine tune edits to your website. From a simplistic view the primary purpose of HTML design is to interpret and display text based content in a given web browser. For example when you read articles online from places like wall-street ...
Seems like everybody's blogging on the web these days. If you don't want to be the last one to the party, CNET shows you how you can get started with your own blog. If you know how to use a web browser, you should have no problem! Most bloggers use blogging services like Blogger or WordPress. Other sites like MySpace also let you blog. Or if you want, you can set up a blog on your own server. Learn all about getting started.
In this how-to video, you will learn how to see high quality pictures of your own house. First, go to your web browser and click on Maps and Directions in the directory on the MSN website. Next, click on locations and type the address of your house or whatever place you want to see. Once this is done, click on bird's eye to get a closer photo of the area. Next, click zoom in until you get an even larger image. You can also click on the picture and drag to move around the image. This video sho...
Not sure how to enable javascript on your computer? Follow these steps to enable all the functionality javascript provides.
After you’ve uploaded your XML and audio files, then your podcast is, technically speaking, available for anyone to subscribe to. Just like if you had a URL for a web page, you could just type it in to your web browser to get there, you can use iTunes to get to your podcast with just a URL.
The new Flock web browser is out and better than ever! In this video tutorial screencast we talk about how Flock has integrated your Facebook friends (and Flickr, MySpace, YouTube) right into the sidebar. You can keep the People bar open while you surf the web and make updates to your status, write messages, subscribe to media and share with your friends with just a simple drag-and-drop. This is the version of Flock you've been waiting for, trust me.
Firebug is an essential Firefox extension for web designers and developers. You are able to quickly target any element on a page to see the markup, the CSS, the layout, and the DOM in an instant. Not only can you see all of this juicy information, you can edit and see the results directly in the browser window. This makes Firebug the go-to tool for debugging CSS trouble. Also indispensable for Javascript programmers. So all you Internet website designers out there, pay close attention to this...
Browsing the web can be dangerous. With all of the various threats out there, it isn't enough to just avoid bad links and visit only HTTPS websites. You need to take advantage of the tools available to you so you don't end up the victim of some scam. Fortunately, Opera is making this a bit easier.
Directory traversal, or path traversal, is an HTTP attack which allows attackers to access restricted directories by using the ../ characters to backtrack into files or directories outside the root folder. If a web app is vulnerable to this, an attacker can potentially access restricted files that contain info about all registered users on the system, their permissions, and encrypted passwords.
When you do an internet search, you'll see ads that are relevant to your query mixed in with the rest of your results. Nothing surprising there—it's how the internet is funded. But then, when you click one of the search results, you'll also see ads that are related to your initial search. Now that's a bit creepy, because it demonstrates that one webpage knows what you typed into a different webpage.
Android has a built-in browser called WebView that any app can use, which makes it easy for developers to display webpages without actually having to build an internet browser into their apps. But WebView is a stripped-down, bare bones browser with no ties to Android's default browser, Chrome, so none of your synced data like bookmarks, passwords, and history is available when an app is using WebView to display a page.
Welcome back, my tenderfoot hackers! WordPress-based websites are among the most numerous on this planet (maybe other planets too, but I can't vouch for that). According to WordPress's own website, WordPress powers 23% of the top 10 million websites. That's approximately 2.3 million sites using WordPress!
Airports are terrible germ-infested purgatories where people sit around for hours without Wi-Fi while they anxiously await to get wherever they really want to go. Unfortunately, there isn't much we can do about waiting, but this little Wi-Fi hack could help make the waiting a little less boring.
With the release of Jelly Bean, Chrome became the default web browser on Android. The wildly successful desktop browser was now fully entrenched in the world's largest mobile operating system.
The Internet has had a huge influence on many areas of our lives, but, in particular, has resulted in nothing short of a revolution in the way we work. The web has offered the sort of flexibility to the individual that few people would have dreamed of just a couple of decades ago. And where once a global marketplace was available only to a handful of multinational corporations, today thanks to the Internet, we can all access it.
Sometimes you come across problems and glitches when you're playing FarmVille, FrontierVille, any of your facebook games, or even just using the internet for ordinary purposes! It might just be getting really slow, or you might start losing data or in-game items. As the Zynga customer support article will tell you, you sometimes need to clear you browser and flash cache! Here are some simple steps to do just that!
Firefox lets you create add ons which allow for customizing or altering the appearance of your web browser. This tutorial shows you how you can create your own persona (or theme) for use by you, or anyone who dowloads it.
Moving away from a webpage you were looking at accidentally is always frustrating. Get back to what you were doing as quickly as possible by using these keyboard shortcuts for Mac browsers to move back a page quickly and easily.
If you've been using the internet for many years, chances are you've come across Internet Explorer at some point. Nowadays there are a whole wide variety of Web Browsers including Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. So if don't have IE downloaded on your computer this tutorial will help you. Check it out and understand how to download and install Internet Explorer 8 on your computer. Enjoy!
Whether you are protecting your children or hiding personal information, there are ways to block unwanted websites from your computer. Follow this tutorial and learn how to accomplish this on a Windows PC easily.
