Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Chrome Extensions are here

Maybe you are using IE Explorer , Firefox, Safari, or Opera. Now with some chrome extensions you may want to use a faster, safer, easier browser with some awesome updates. Try these ten easy to install extensions.

Update your Chrome browser to 4.0 429.30 (To find version - About Google Chrome, under the wrench)

1 Docs PDF Viewer - Automatically previews pdfs, power point presentations, and other documents in Google Docs Viewer.

2 Send from Gmail - Makes Gmail your default email application and provides a button to compose a Gmail message to quickly share a link via email. No longer launch outlook.

IE Tab – This is fantastic for developers, display web pages using IE in a tab

4. Google Sidewiki - Contribute and read helpful information next to any webpage.

5. Google Quickscroll - Quick Scroll lets you jump directly to the relevant bits of a Google search result on the bottom right part of the screen

6. Bookmark Sync – Using any computer in the world you can now have your bookmarks synchronized.

7. Stumble – Random web site browsing

8. Google News – Why watch the news when you can get the news here – top 5 Latest stories

9. Google Calendar – Faster way to launch your calendar

10. Similar Pages – When you are on a web page, see if there are any very similar to the one you are viewing

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Real Time Streaming on Google Finance

Ever since Google launched real-time and streaming quotes on Google Finance last year, Google has been receiving requests from users how vital that up-to-date information has been. Especially in today's volatile financial environment, current information can be the difference between a seizing an opportunity and missing it. Today, they have taken a big step towards improving access to current financial information: streaming financial and market news on Google Finance.


Streaming keeps information fresh

Streaming real-time quotes eliminates the 15- and 20-minute delays often associated with pricing data. Streaming the quotes keeps information on the page up to date, without having to reload. In addition they will be streaming news as well. You will see stories appear on Google Finance as they develop minute by minute, throughout the day.