Web Talk

Google is getting ready (as stated in the official Adsense Blog) to roll out a new interface for its ads program, Google Adsense.  Such interface is still in beta but it has got interesting features which are going to change the way publishers look at their “clicks”! The most notable changes and improvements are: more detailed performance reports, daily stats in graphical formats, additional metrics such as the amount you’ve earned from various ad, bid types etc. What follows is a simple trick which will let you turn on and enable the new Adsense interface. Continue reading »

One of the latest features in Twitter lets you add your location to your tweets. Such a feature, called “Tweet Location” is turned on by default for those users who open a new account. If you are concerned about your privacy and do not wish to share with other users where you live, here is a simple trick which will let you turn off the Tweet Location from your Twitter account! Continue reading »

Skype is one of those useful tools which lets you talk for free everywhere in the world. But Skype goes beyond all this. In fact it also lets you instantly chat with whoever you want thus allowing you to make new friends. A big limit of chatting is that you can only  read and write in your own language (and the ones you have learned, of course). But what happen when you have to communicate with a person whose language is different from yours? Here is an interesting add-on which translates chats automatically, in real time and without effort! Continue reading »

There are a lot of ways which let you make windows frames transparent.  However, if you are not a geek and you don’t feel secure to tweak Windows registry keys, I have found an interesting, free application which in one click will let you make transparent windows in Windows 7!  The tool is really easy to use and comes with an easy user interface. Continue reading »

If you use Google Search often, you should have noticed that it shows you a new sidebar on the left of its pages, randomly. Such a sidebar contains interesting options to search among images, news, blog or to search the latest 24h, past week etc. If you like the old, good Google interface, there is a nice add-on for Google Chrome able to remove and turn it off in one click! Continue reading »

Surfing the Internet exposes you to a big variety of risks. The risk of being tracked by a third party on your network, the risk of being spotted by hackers and viruses and so on. That’s why Google, well-aware of this issue, has recently introduced an interesting feature which lets you search Google Search Engine over a SSL connection. SSL connection is a security protocol which provides  encrypted Internet connection which protects you from malicious users and software. Continue reading »

Digg is one of the most famous social bookmarking websites in the Internet. To  survive, it “rents” space on its pages and the ones belonging to its users (personal profiles)  to private companies  to  show their ads. If you can’t stand this and you want to have a rather minimalistic and simple Digg page which goes “straight to the point” I have just found a nice add-on for Google Chrome able to remove and turn off all ads, including the toolbar and the footer information from Digg in one step! Continue reading »

After a long wait, finally Mac and Linux users can enjoy the first, stable release of Google browser, Chrome 5.0! These new versions differ from the previous beta releases for better speed and an incredible quantity of new features! Google Chrome for Mac is compatible with OS X 10.5 or later, Intel only. Google Chrome for Linux is compatible with Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE. Other important features include Incognito Mode for Chrome applications and the ability to synchronize browser preferences, themes, web settings, zoom settings etc. Continue reading »