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The Best Google Chrome Features

A lot of thought and innovation was put into the development of the  Google  Chrome browser and it shows in the many features that make it very distinct from other browsers. These features will have you wondering why you are not using Google Chrome already. Resize Textboxes The textbox provided on a website may be too small and consequently when you are typing in text, previous lines move up to make room for subsequent ones. Wouldn't it be better if you could see most or all of your text as you type? Google Chrome allows you to increase (or reduce) the size of the textbox provided on any webpage. Look at the bottom right-hand corner of the textbox and if it can be resized, you will see a few small lines in the angle. Place your cursor there and drag to resize the textbox. Other browsers do not offer this simple feature. Task Manager This is a very cool and useful feature that only Google Chrome can boast of. On your Chrome browser, there is a task manager just like the...

Best Free URL Shorteners

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URL shortening services (also known as URL shorteners) have become very popular and widely used thanks to Twitter's 140-character restriction on tweets. There are numerous URL shortening services available but a lot of them are not even worth mentioning. Some of them are very slow to use and their services are not always available which means that short URLs created using them may not always work. Many of them do not provide the ability to track data and analyze traffic generated by the short URLs you have created. However, there are few URL shorteners that provide fast and stable services and also offer extra features other than basic URL shortening. They include: Goo.gl:  This is Google's own URL shortening service and is one of the newest shorteners available. These are some of its extra features: - Fastest and most stable URL shortening service available according to Google and other independent sources. - Provides security measures as a warning message is...