Tomorrow is going to be kind of a big day for the internet. Google Chrome, the most popular web browser on the planet, is getting its own built-in ad blocker in a bid by Google to make the internet a more pleasant place for everyone without depriving publishers of their main source of revenue. How […]
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Remember when you were in school and had a friend change your Facebook password during midterm and finals seasons? Well, Icebox isn’t exactly the same thing for Amazon, but we can see the parallels! With the sheer amount of stuff on Amazon and the malevolent and cruel simplicity of the one-click buy button, we don’t […]
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Earlier this week, we took a look at Countable, an app you can use to look at pending legislation and get in touch with your Congressional representatives. Today, we have the opposite of that. If you’re ready to throw your hands up and be done with it all, a new browser extension for Chrome will […]
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Ethical shopping (itself a slippery concept) is difficult in practice — once you’ve taken a step in that direction, staying consistent takes a remarkable amount of research, dedication, and commitment. A public benefit corporation called DoneGood has created a Chrome browser extension to automate the research part by straining out bad companies and directing you to […]
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Microsoft is — how do we put this? — excited about Windows 10. They were excited enough to make refusing to upgrade before the one-year free window ended harder and harder, but the operating system itself isn’t the only thing they really want you to start using. They’re also very proud of Microsoft Edge, their new web browser […]
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HP has updated its Chromebook offering in a huge way, unveiling the HP Chromebook 14, which features Intel’s new 4th generation Haswell core processors. That’s a lot of power for a machine running Chrome OS, which only runs Google Apps, including Chrome for Web browsing. Besides having a Haswell processor, the Chromebook 14 features a […]
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Tonight Lady Gaga was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Of course, the pop princess was there to promote her new album Born This Way, which will be released this Monday. She even performed three songs off of the album, including Judas and part of Edge of Glory and lastly Born this Way. But […]
