URL Shortener If you share links on social media, email, or text message, did you know that you can shorten long, messy links like this one: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/url-shortener/godoifjoiadanijplaghmhgfeffnblib?hl=en with short links like this one? https://v.gd/b0SaYm There are dozens of browser extensions that can shorten URLs, but we’ve found none better than one called – ironically 🙂 –… Read More »
How to Enable Chrome’s Hidden ‘Reader Mode’ for Distraction-free Reading It started off as reader mode and disappeared. Then it came back as “distill web pages” and disappeared again. Now it is back again, but it’s still not enabled by default. Chrome’s reader mode is a great way to remove ads, distractions, and other nonsense from… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #886 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #886, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, October 2, 2020, at approximately 7:20 AM, Eastern Daylight Time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. We suggest, if… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #884 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #884, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, September 18, 2020, at approximately 8:10 AM, Eastern Daylight Time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. We suggest, if… Read More »
Our Updated Tutorial on How to Set a Start Page in Your Browser & More This tip was updated on 9/12/2020. It includes how to add a home page to the latest and current versions of Chrome, Firefox, and the Microsoft Edge. We’ve also included a link at the end of this article to our tutorial… Read More »
When Ads Start Popping Up All Over Recently, we’ve been getting emails from people who have just installed a Windows update and now when they browse the web or check their email with their favorite browser ads start appearing. Their first thought, quite naturally, is to blame the update. Well, we’ll admit, Windows updates have not… Read More »