There’s a lot of information out there, from social network happenings to the new video on YouTube going viral and you can get it all in a neat package on your Google Chrome, all thanks to the extensions.
Similarly, here are some of the extensions for your chrome browser that you can find which helps you with blocking the websites to easily saving the videos you have found online as compiled by the Business insider with some extra inputs.
# Adblock Plus
This is a must-have extension for those who visit various websites and forums all day long. The AD block Plus with more than 10 million downloads is
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Be it Facebook ads, Youtube ads, pop-ups or other kinds of intrusive and offensive ads, Adblock Plus removes them all. You could choose to support your favorite website by white listing them and block the ads on those websites that go way overboard.
# Flash Video Downloader
Are you losing mobile data watching videos online? Here is just the tool that helps you save it. Flash video downloader is an add on extension on the Google chrome that helps you download videos from websites and lets you directly save it on to your device.
Pocket lets you save your favorite articles, tweets, videos and photos with one click. It also syncs the same to your phone, tablet or computer in
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This will come in handy when you do not have the time to read a particularly long but interesting article; with one click you can save it in Pocket and read it later on a device of your preference.
# Chrome To Mobile
Chrome to Mobile helps you with sending the web pages from your chrome book to the Android phone or tablet with chrome. This extension helps you to send live URLs from the computer and helps you choose to send the copy of the file for the offline viewing too. It requires an Android phone running OS version 4.0 or later or an iPhone, iPad or an iPod touch with chrome installed in it.
This is an excellent extension to be installed on your chrome book if you have to take home the office related web pages or link with you.
# Chrome Remote Desktop
Need an important file from your Office desktop? Chrome remote desktop helps you out with that. The remote desktop from chrome allows you remotely access a computer through the chrome browser or a chromebook.
The connections are secured and it can make available for short term or long term for accessing the files on your desktop. This extension is available for the Windows, Mac and linux users at any time and gives access for it from any device using chrome browser or a chromebook.
# Pin Search
The Pin Search lets you perform a Google Image Search on any picture on Pinterest. This extension leverages the power of Google Search by Image to
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Find out about the designer, author, chef, photographer who created the picture. This extension adds a 'Search' button that only appears when you hover over a picture.
# Ghostery
This is another cool little security add-on that helps you monitor those who are watching you!
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It lets you detect trackers, web bugs, pixels, and beacons placed on web pages by Facebook, Google Analytics, and over 500 other ad networks. In addition to providing you with links that present you with an opportunity to learn about them, it also allows you to block scripts, images and objects from companies you do not trust.
# HTTPS Everywhere
Created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Tor project, this important security enhancing add-on encrypts your communications and protects your identity when accessing unsecure websites. Not every website offers HTTPS support and even those that do can be difficult to use and might not be completely secure.
HTTPS Everywhere fixes that by automatically switching over from the unsecure HTTP connection to the secure HTTPS connection on the fly whenever needed. It protects the users from many forms of surveillance and account hijacking.
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