10 Chrome and Firefox add-ons that streamline data sharing, storage, and security
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Use Pushbullet to share data and notifications between your phone and computer
Use Pushbullet to share data and notifications between your phone and computer
Arguably the most useful extension day-to-day is Pushbullet, which is available for Androidrnand iPhone,rnas well as Chrome,rnFirefox,rnOpera,rnand Safari, and system-level native appsrnfor Windows and Mac. The Pushbullet app allows users to share clipboards, share calls or texts between a phone and a computer, and send links between devices.
Move tabs between devices with TabCloud
Move tabs between devices with TabCloud
TabCloudrnis an extension that allows the user to save the tabs in an open browserrnwindow and re-open them on other browsers, computers, or devices — a very handyrnfeature when moving between a desktop, notebook PC, tablet, and smartphone.rnExtensions exist for Chromernand Firefox,rnand an Androidrnapp is also available.
Capture and annotate web pages with Evernote
Capture and annotate web pages with Evernote
Evernote Web Clipper gives the user the ability to save and annotate web pages inrnChrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer for use with the standalonernEvernote service on any device with an Evernote app.
Open a wide variety of files with rollApp
Open a wide variety of files with rollApp
rollApp, a filernviewer add-on for Chromernand Firefox,rnallows users to view over 500 file formats in the browser, such as filernarchives, ebooks, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, diagrams,rnand desktop publishing file formats.
Call landlines using RingCentral
Call landlines using RingCentral
RingCentral is arnbusiness-oriented VoIP solution with a Chrome plugin, which allows for integration with their infrastructure. With the RingCentral plugin, users can make calls, listen to voicemails, schedulernconferences in Google Calendar, and manage business SMS conversations.
Test your website using BlazeMeter
Test your website using BlazeMeter
BlazeMeter allowsrndevelopers to test the strength of their back-end design and serverrninfrastructure by sending cloud-originated traffic to the website to test howrnit holds up under pressure. Using the Chrome plugin, users can create and record traffic events to determine weakrnpoints in website infrastructure. It requires a free account atrnBlazeMeter, where performance graphs and other analytics can be viewed. BlazeMeter isrncompatible with Apache JMeter.
Save files or screenshots to Google Drive
Save files or screenshots to Google Drive
Using the Google Drive plugin provided by Google, users can save photos, screenshots of webrnpages, and other web content to their Google Drive account.
Connect SugarSync and Google Drive
Connect SugarSync and Google Drive
Using this browser extension from cloudHQ, users can sync files and folders with Google Drive and SugarSync, Evernote, orrnBaseCamp.
Use consumer-level Amazon Services in the cloud
Use consumer-level Amazon Services in the cloud
On Chrome, the Amazon MP3 Cloud Music Player allows users to stream music purchased on Amazon, including physical CDs purchased from Amazon that are eligible for AutoRip. You can also store and manage data in Amazon Cloud Drive, and read books using the Kindle Cloud Reader.
Encrypt data with Boxcryptor
Encrypt data with Boxcryptor
Data stored in Dropbox, OneDrive, and many other public filernstorage clouds is not encrypted in any way, which leaves your data vulnerablernto inspection and mining by your cloud provider. Boxcryptor is availablernas a Google Chrome plugin. The standalone versions forrnWindows, OS X, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry, allows you to storernand retrieve encrypted data from public cloud providers.
