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Easily Access Google Drive Items

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Google Chrome Experimental Features

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chrome://flags Google Gooru  recently posted an awesome article about enabling experimental features on Google Chrome. Here are the steps to enable features: Go to  chrome://flags Find a feature you would like to enable in the list provided Click on 'Enable' Restart your Chrome browser WARNING: It is important to note that these features are experimental! The warning at the top of the Chrome webpage explains that these features can "change, break, or disappear at any time." And the most frightening of all is that "your browser may delete all your data, or your security and privacy could be compromised in unexpected ways." Watch Google Gooru's tutorial for more information!

Create a Chrome App for Your Class/School Site

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This post features all the resources I used to create my  Chrome App  (The app is actually only a link to my website.). You can download the app at the  Chrome Web Store . Resources I used to create my Chrome App: 1. First, I created my Chrome app image with  Google Drawing . 2. Second, I converted my image to a Chrome icon with  IconJ . You must have  specific dimensions  for your PNG icon. 3. Then I used the Chrome tutorial,  "Create a Chrome app,"  to build, text, and pack my app.  Here is the example Google provides you with for your manifest.json .txt file. 4. Next, I used the Google Developers tutorial to  publish my app.   This process included registering to Google Checkout Merchant, paying the developer signup fee, and verifying that I was the owner of the website. Since my website domain, davidleeedtech.org, is under  Networks Solutions , I had to  complete a specific process  to...

2 More Google Chrome Extensions!

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In an article by  Lifehack ,  100 Chrome Extensions That You Should Install , I found two cool extensions (yes, only 2!) that I installed onto my Chrome browser. Here they are: Smartr Inbox for Gmail You can find your Facebook and Twitter contacts and updates in your Gmail page. However, you will need to sign up for a Xobni account.  Search by Image (by Google) You can find your do a Google search based on an image you find on the web. Right click an image and click on "Search Google with this image."

OneTab: Solution to TOO MANY TABS on your browser!

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Is your Chrome web browser cluttered with too many tabs? OneTab is a Chrome app that lets you modify your numerous tabs into one convenient list. You can restore your tabs whenever you need them. The app also claims that you can save up to 95% memory.  Download this Chrome app in the  Chrome Web Store .