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Speed Up Terminal by Clearing ASL Logs [Terminal Tip]
Posted on October 18, 2010
Change Directories and View Files in One Custom Command [Terminal Tips]
Posted on October 12, 2010
We occasionally enjoy geeking out at the command line, so we love timesaving Terminal shortcuts. Reader the-soup suggests a simple tweak that combines two common commands into one: cd and ls, switching to a directory and listing its contents in one line. More »
Google Instant in Chrome Is Awesome, Even More Useful than on Google.com [Video]
Posted on October 1, 2010
If you’re keen on the as-you-type search results you get from Google Instant, you’ll really like Instant integrated with Chrome’s omnibox. Just launch your dev/canary release, type about:labs, enable Instant, restart Chrome, and prepare for some interesting browsing. More »
Burnbit Turns Any Web-Hosted File into a Torrent [File Sharing]
Posted on September 14, 2010
Paste a link to any web-hosted file into webapp Burnbit, and it'll turn the file into a torrent you can download and share with other people—particularly handy for quickly sharing large files with multiple people. More »
Chrome to iPhone Sends Links to your iOS Device from Chrome [Downloads]
Posted on August 24, 2010
Chrome: The Chrome to iPhone extension adds a handy button to your Google Chrome toolbar that, when clicked, quickly shares your current URL between your desktop browser and iOS device. More »
Keep Your “Waiting For Response” Emails Visible so You Don’t Forget Them [Gmail Tip]
Posted on August 16, 2010
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If you’ve ever sent an email and waited eons for a reply, only to forget you even sent the email in the first place, here’s a simple Gmail trick to keep track of important sent messages you need to remember. More »
Grocery IQ Is a Brilliant Grocery List Application [Downloads]
Posted on August 11, 2010
iOS/Android: Grocery iQ builds and manages your grocery shopping list with an impressive feature set. You can search and add items to your list manually or by scanning barcodes, share lists with family members or roommates, sort items by aisle, and more. More »
Google Just Became a Quicker Dictionary Search Tool [Google School]
Posted on July 26, 2010
Google’s OneBox has long offered quick definitions when your search query includes text like “define flummox” or “what is flummox“, but the search engine has just added “implicit triggering” that automatically offers a dictionary result when you search for single words. More »
Google’s Search Features Page Rounds Up Some of the Best OneBox Tricks in One Place [Google]
Posted on July 9, 2010
Most of you are probably familiar with some of the more common Google OneBox tricks—-searching for "weather cityname" to get local weather or using the search box for basic calculations—but Google has dozens more OneBox tricks up its sleeve. More »
Google – search – Search Engines – Companies – Web search engine
Increase the Frequency Gmail Checks Your Other Email Accounts for New Mail [Gmail Tip]
Posted on July 6, 2010
Gmail’s Mail Fetcher tool checks POP email more frequently when your email account regularly receives email. Reader maltesh writes in with a clever strategy for keeping Gmail’s POP-checking frequency high using only Google tools. Here’s how: More »
Gmail – Email – Google – Windows – Clients