15 Best Google Chrome Extensions to Make Life Easier

Ad block Plus - Ad block Plus, one of the most popular Google Chrome extensions, lets you clean your web pages, by removing those clumsy advertisements from sidebars and everywhere else. The free plugin can block various kinds of ads, such as animated ads, pop-ups & pop under, Facebook ads etc. Also, there is an impressive level of protection from tracking and malware. It is to be noted that Ad block Plus does not put end to web advertisements; on the other hand, there’s a set of acceptable ads that do not interrupt your web browsing. Plus, this open-source extension is customizable as well.

Honey - No one likes it when retailers spam your email with updates and newsletters, even if they do include coupons. Honey eliminates that annoyance by pulling up discount codes with the press of a button so you no longer have to sift through promotional emails. Once the extension is installed, simply hit the Honey button during checkout and a list of codes will appear alongside your shopping cart. It works with shopping sites such as Target, Victoria’s Secret, Amazon, and Macy’s, among others.

Blur - Blur is a companion you really need when living in a world of privacy threats and online frauds! By means of Blur, it’s possible for you to do different things, such as managing your passwords, securing online payments you make and to have better privacy options by acting against tracking and all. Some of the notable features of Blur include protection from non-cookie-based tracking, disallowing companies from collecting data, auto-fill options for saved credit cards, masked cards, ability to create highly-encrypted passwords, with the strong algorithm. When adding multi-platform support, Blur secures you, more or less completely.

Boomerang For Gmail - Boomerang is a helpful tool for scheduling emails and keeping track of sent messages. The extension gives you the option to send emails at a later time, with preset choices ranging from a few hours to a month. If you want to get more specific, you can set your own custom time and date as well. It’s particularly useful for remembering who you’ve emailed and when, since you can choose to have a message boomerang back to your inbox if you haven’t heard a reply.

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Side Notes - SideNotes is an excellent tool for jotting things down quickly as you peruse the Web. As its name implies, the extension launches a blank notepad in a sidebar alongside a website so that you can take notes without having to switch between apps or windows. Those notes are then saved to Dropbox so you can access them later.

Last Pass - Coming from one of the most popular password managers, Last Pass Google Chrome extension is a useful solution for those who have a huge number of passwords to manage. After setting up Last Pass in your chrome browser, you will have to provide a master password and it is the last password you have to remember, for that matter. There is a lot of additional capabilities that await you, such as the ability to save files, credentials etc that you want to be safe. The tool, in addition, enhances your online security through multi-factor authentication, replace weaker passwords etc. If you’re ready to pay more, premium version of Last Pass has more features to offer.

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HTTPS Everywhere - As you all know, HTTPS is a sign of trust and security, especially when it comes to confidential data such as credential for payments and all. The plugin, in effect, switches thousands of sites to HTTPS from the non-secure HTTP. So, it can protect you from a lot of threats such as privacy hijacking, frauds and some kinds of surveillance that is present, almost everywhere. If you’re concerned about security and privacy of your online browsing, HTTPS Everywhere is an extremely useful Chrome extension, we bet.

Evernote Web Clipper - Evernote is popular as an inventory to save notes, web pages, images and what not that you consider important and need for easier access. You would have Evernote installed in various devices of yours but Evernote Web Clipper lets you add articles you read, images you get and many other things you stumble upon into the Evernote inventory with a single click. When you’re up for a research story or some other stuff, Evernote Web Clipper will prove helpful, in a set of instances. It weighs a bit, but it’s worth it.

Readability - Readability is a Chrome extension that prepares web articles in such a way that you can read them in a convenient & impressive form, right now or later. There are two options — Read Now and Read Later. If you take the Read Now, it will clear other part of website and bring ready-to-read content in the browser screen in seconds. On the other hand, with the Read Later part, you can save the article for later reading. Other notable features of Readability include the deep integration with Facebook and Twitter for sharing, feature to organize reading list.

Save to Pocket - We hope you’re familiar with Pocket — the service that lets you save articles and web content for offline access! This extension lets you save a website or such content to your Pocket so that you can read it later, in your Smartphone or Tablet PC. Save to Pocket is truly usable in the sense that it can be integrated to the Chrome context menu, ability to add different tags and you can even create a keyboard shortcut to save web pages to Pocket, along with the toolbar button for instant access.

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Google Dictionary - For those who find hard to understand words while browsing web, Google Dictionary is a must-have extension for Chrome. Google Dictionary as an extension is truly intuitive, because you can double click on a word to see meaning of the word in a pop-up. Not only English, there is support for various languages and you can depend upon Google Dictionary plugin when you’re reading a jargon-filled or ornament-ally written article. There is also an option to hear the word pronounced, right away.

Goog.gl URL Shortener - Goog.gl URL Shortener will be useful for those who share links quite frequently. It lets you create goog.gl short URL of a page, through a single click on the toolbar button. It offers features such as the ability to use a keyboard shortcut for creating short URL, auto-copy to clipboard, QR Code, the option to share the link through various popular services including Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. If we are to take all these into consideration, Goog.gl URL Shortener is good-enough.

Awesome Screenshot - You’d be familiar with Awesome Screenshot if you have ever sought screen capturing solutions with a twist! UI of the extension is so simple that almost anyone can start using the screen capturing solution in seconds. Though quite low in terms of size, Awesome Screenshot lets you take screenshots, edit them by adding effects such as blur and adding annotations etc. Along with these, you have the option to upload these screenshots into image sharing platforms so that you can share them easily. Recently, they have added support for working with Google Drive as well.

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Pocket - Pocket allows you to save articles, Web pages, images and videos for your reading or viewing pleasure. Then it syncs everything across numerous devices, such as your smartphone or tablet. There's also a new Pocket Chrome App for viewing saved content on your desktop.

Web of Trust - Web of Trust is a crowd-sourced browser add-on that rates websites with a color-coded symbol based on a site's trustworthiness, vendor reliability, privacy and child safety. While any reliable Internet security and antivirus suite can protect you against malware, Web of Trust gives you an extra layer of defense by allowing you to gauge a link's reliability based on the experience of other users worldwide.