We'll be tweeting, blogging, and live streaming all the royal wedding goodness you can handle here on the Sugar Network, but if you're not interested in getting any royal updates in your Twitter stream, here's a quick solution for you Chrome users. Called Proxlet, this Chrome extension allows you to filter specific hashtags from your stream in Chrome, your iPhone's Twitter app, and even works Read more

There's already an ex blocker that helps to keep Mr. What's His Name out of your social space, and if you're currently going through a breakup with Facebook (or someone on Facebook perhaps), Facebook Blocker can help keep the social network out of sight and out of mind. An extension that works with Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, this blocker erases all signs of Facebook from the web, including Like Read more

Google gathered a small number of press today at its San Francisco HQ to introduce a few new mobile products aimed at making your life easier. First up is Voice Actions, which adds voice commands to a number of daily activities with a single tap. A few of the features that are now Voice Action capable include text messaging, alarms, notes, email, web browsing, calls, translate, directions, and Read more

Google's lightning-fast Chrome browser is quickly moving up the food chain after recently being named the third most-used browser. And with so many people to please, developers everywhere have come up with some fantastic extensions to help make your browsing life a bit easier. One I'm already in love with is called View Thru, which lets you see the full URL of a shortened link. Want to discover a Read more

Similar to PageAddict for Firefox, Chrome plugin StayFocusd helps you block out all of the time-wasting websites to stay focused on the task at hand. The plugin, installed directly to Chrome's toolbar, restricts the amount of time you can spend on any number of websites you elect to block. You can control the amount of time you allow yourself on certain sites (the default setting is 10 minutes) Read more

You already know the dangers of clicking on links from people you don't know, and have a right to be wary of clicking on shortened links in fear of contracting a nasty computer virus. If you're using Chrome (and a lot of you are), you can download a handy extension that lets you see the entire URL just by hovering over the link. Called View Thru, install this add-on, hover over any shortened Read more

Gone are those annoying advertisements that show up as you're writing or reading your email in Gmail. With Rapportive, a Firefox and Chrome extension, the ads beside your messages are replaced with contact information, social networking profiles, and even recent tweets from the person you're corresponding with. While this can be especially fun when you're corresponding with friends, it will be Read more

It just became the third most popular Web browser, and now Chrome is even more customizable. A new Chrome extension allows you to view the number of unread messages in your Gmail inbox. Think of Chrome extensions as apps for your browser, or small shortcuts that allow you to access content or receive new information quickly. The Gmail extension adds a small icon to the right of the address bar in Read more

In its quest to tailor search results to the searcher's exact taste, Google has just introduced Personal Blocklist, a Chrome extension that blocks certain domains or extensions from ending up in your search results. You can set your own preferences, and a link at the bottom of the search results provides easy access to blocked results — just in case you want to check them out. When users block Read more

New to Chrome? Here's a handy tip that might save you some time. Rather than manually typing in the web address to your most frequently used sites in the Chrome web browser, you can opt to download the extensions instead. Extensions are little icons to the right of the web address bar. Clicking the extension icon sends you to the site directly or allows you to quickly review the latest updates Read more