How-To: Browse Privately on Your iPhone


Updated 02/18/12 8:30 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Browse Privately on Your iPhone or iPad

Another day, another privacy concern. This time (in basic terms), Google (and other companies) were able to bypass the iPhone and iPad's privacy settings in order to track which websites you visit on Safari. This isn't limited to Google sites — any site you visit is trackable. Whether or not Google meant to track your browsing history is moot. They have since reworked the bypass and have Read more

An Explanation of Amazon's Silk Browser


Updated 10/11/11 6:24 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

What Is Amazon Silk Web Browser?

Along with a slew of Kindle devices, Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos also unveiled a new browser made just for Amazon's Kindle Fire device called Silk. Amazon Silk is a new kind of browser, as it is split up into two parts — the browser you see on your tablet, and one part that lives in the cloud. Amazon is able to drastically cut down load times on webpages thanks to this new technology. How many Read more

Happy Birthday Google Chrome!


Updated 09/02/10 3:50 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Google Chrome Extensions and Tips

Time flies when you're having fun! Google's Chrome web browser turns 2 today, and oh how it's grown! It's quickly climbing up the ranks as one of the most popular web browsers, and there's good reason as to why — it's fast and easy to use! Take a look back at a few of our favorite Chrome tips, tricks, extensions, and developments over the past two years in this slideshow! Read more

Tab Candy Will Eliminate Browser Clutter


Updated 07/27/10 3:41 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 6 comments

Tab Candy For Firefox 2010-07-27 13:15:33

You already know that I have a problem with browser tabs. They pretty much take over my life. Although I can try to organize my tabs by moving them horizontally along the browser bar, I still have to pan left and right to see them all. All of my tab mismanagement problems would go right out the window with this upcoming Firefox feature called Tab Candy. Built by a creative at Mozilla, Tab Candy Read more

Background Noise on Websites: Love It or Leave It?


Updated 07/23/10 7:41 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 9 comments

Website Music

While it seems there are far fewer websites containing background music than there were, say, eight or nine years ago, occasionally I'll stumble across a site that starts playing music upon entering. Recently, I've noticed it on sites from restaurants to resorts, even my most recent website of the day. I absolutely cannot stand music and noises that play on a site — especially if they play in a Read more

Bing Adds Updates to Its Web Search and iPhone App


Updated 06/23/10 10:35 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Bing Updates Web Search and iPhone App

I live in constant jealousy of my friends with Android phones over my favorite Android app — Google Goggles. In particular, the ability to scan barcodes and images for visual recognition is pretty impressive! Now, one of my favorite iPhone apps — Bing — has gotten a big update, and now features my most-lusted-after Google Goggles feature: barcode and image recognition of products. Also in Read more

5 New Features in Safari 5


Updated 09/01/11 1:15 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

New Features in Safari 5

Apple had quite the Monday — first Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone 4 at the WWDC keynote, then later that day, announced the availability of Safari 5. Coming with a bunch of new features, Safari 5's productivity is touted as being 40 times that of Safari 4! Can you handle it? Take a quick tour of five interesting new features you'll find inside Apple's next browser. Read more

Geek Tip: Drag and Drop in Firefox


Updated 04/05/10 4:15 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 2 comments

Organize Your Web Browser Tabs

As a compulsive tab-opener in Firefox, I'm always on the hunt for easy ways to organize my open tabs. While there are plenty of add-ons for managing tabs (Too Many Tabs and Colorful Tabs are two of my favorites), some days I just can't get them under control. I tend to work in multiple windows with multiple tabs, and if you do the same, this tip might come in handy. One of the easiest ways to Read more

How to: Export Your Bookmarks Before a Browser Breakup


Updated 08/25/09 2:34 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 5 comments

How To Export Your Bookmarks Before a Browser Breakup

Dealing with a faulty web browser that keeps crashing is like banging your head against a wall. You need it to surf the Internet, but you long to break free of all of its issues. So if you've totally had it with your current browser (I'm talking about you, Firefox), but are afraid to separate due to your intricate organization of your bookmarks, don't be. You can export your bookmarks from Read more