Google chrome is creating history by being The Most-Used
Browser in the World, according to statcounter. Google Chrome now has 310 million
active users according to Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice-President of Chrome at
Google Inc.
Google Chrome Apps are also one of the success keys apart
from being Fast, Simple & Secure Web-Browser. Apps are web-based
applications or programs that are designed to be used entirely within the
browser. These apps serve us for performing tasks like creating documents,
editing photos, listening music... and many more, without having to install
complicated software in your system. You can easily use them by just installing
an app plug-in in your chrome browser.
Chrome provides us several free apps for entertainment,
education etc... Here I am listing some of the best chrome apps of their
category.
Entertainment Apps:
TV: The first one
here comes in this category is TV app. It gives you an Internet-TV experience.
You can find popular TV channels of many countries like America, Europe etc..
You can probably find Indian channels like TV9, ZOOM, and NDTV etc...All you need
to do is select a channel & play your favourite program in that channel.
Picasa: It
provides you fast & easy online photo sharing. You can upload your photos
& videos right from your Chrome browser. Google provides 1GB of free
storage for every Google account to upload your photos & videos in Picasa.
So upload photos & videos, tag your friends & share with your friends
using the 1GB of free storage.
Download this
Chrome’s Picasa app
MagicScroll: It is a simple eBook reader that provides you unique scrolling experience. You can read millions of books from online libraries using MagicScroll .You can even upload your eBook for reading your book with MagicScroll experience. Most interesting feature is MagicScroll works with offline support and you can enjoy your reading even without Internet.
MagicScroll: It is a simple eBook reader that provides you unique scrolling experience. You can read millions of books from online libraries using MagicScroll .You can even upload your eBook for reading your book with MagicScroll experience. Most interesting feature is MagicScroll works with offline support and you can enjoy your reading even without Internet.
Download this
Chrome’s Magic Scroll App.
AudioSauna: It is a full-featured audio workstation. Here you can apply live effects to your song. You can upload your song from your local system & add effects to your song. You can play & record songs using your computer keyboard. You can download or export your saved song as an audio file.
AudioSauna: It is a full-featured audio workstation. Here you can apply live effects to your song. You can upload your song from your local system & add effects to your song. You can play & record songs using your computer keyboard. You can download or export your saved song as an audio file.
Download this chrome’s AudioSauna App.
Guinness World Records: Guinness Records provides the absolute entertainment that was being watched in 90 countries worldwide. Google chrome provides you the opportunity to watch the very best of these Guinness Records through Chrome video channel. You can also create your playlist with your favourite videos of Guinness Records.
Guinness World Records: Guinness Records provides the absolute entertainment that was being watched in 90 countries worldwide. Google chrome provides you the opportunity to watch the very best of these Guinness Records through Chrome video channel. You can also create your playlist with your favourite videos of Guinness Records.
Download this
chrome’s Guinness World Records App
Utility Apps:
Google Drive: You
can access your files & share them with your friends using Google Drive.
Google Docs is a built in function in your Google Drive, so you can create
& edit your documents, spreadsheets & presentations whenever you want
and share with your friends. Google Drive also provides 5GB of free storage for
storing your files.
Download this
chrome’s Google Drive App.
Boomerang: It allows you to schedule messages to be sent or returned at a later date. Just write your message & schedule your message whenever you want to send it and this app will send your message even if you are not online. It will be greatly useful to people for scheduling birthday emails, people who are communicating with people in different time zones, etc...
Download this
chrome’s Boomerang App.
AdBlock: This is one of the most popular Chrome extensions. AdBlock blocks ads all over the web when you are surfing the web through Goggle Chrome. So you can access your favourite websites like YouTube, Facebook, etc.. without any adds.
AdBlock: This is one of the most popular Chrome extensions. AdBlock blocks ads all over the web when you are surfing the web through Goggle Chrome. So you can access your favourite websites like YouTube, Facebook, etc.. without any adds.
Google Dictionary: It allows you to view definitions easily as you browse the web. All you have to do is just install this app in your Google Chrome and just double click on the word that you want to know the meaning. It is very useful for those students preparing for competitive exams like GRE, TOEFL etc...
Personal Blocklist: It blocks domains or links from appearing in
your Google Search results. After installing this app you can find link like “Block www.abc.com” in the Google results. If you
click on that link then that link or domain is blocked from your Google results
and will not displayed in the results even if you search in the Google until
you unblock it again.
Download this chrome’s Personal Blocklist
App.
Educational Apps:
Planetarium: It
is an interactive sky map for exploring the stars & planets. Planetarium
app makes you to feel like that you are looking at the night sky through your
Google Chrome browser. After installing this app, it asks you to set your
location so that you can view your screen as if you are looking at sky form
your location. You can also adjust the time and your viewing location that
appear at bottom of your screen to see the sky from any point around the world.
You can also view a star’s or planet’s details if you point at them with your
mouse.
Download this chrome’s Planetarium App.
TypingClub: This app helps you to increase your typing speed and accuracy. You will have 100 typing lessons and the next lesson unlocks only if you completes the current one. After completing the each test you will be given a rating for your typing and accuracy. This is very useful for those who want to increase their typing speed.
TypingClub: This app helps you to increase your typing speed and accuracy. You will have 100 typing lessons and the next lesson unlocks only if you completes the current one. After completing the each test you will be given a rating for your typing and accuracy. This is very useful for those who want to increase their typing speed.
iVocab: It is a
set of free quizzes to test & improve your vocabulary skills. These quizzes
mainly focus on competitive exams like TOEFL, GRE etc... All you have to do is
just sign up , select a course and take a test to analyse yourself. The quiz timer and the results generation are
the interactive features in this app.
Bio Digital Human:
It allows you to explore your body in 3D. This is unique Chrome’s app that
allows knowing more about human body. You can explore & examine each every
human part through this app. You can also check some diseases and their
effective areas in your body and also the symptoms. The 3D view of the body is
the most interesting part in this app.
Daum Equation Editor: It allows you to create & edit
your formulas easily & quickly. It is easy to write a formula in this app
as it provides all the math & scientific symbols with just a click. You can
also change the size and layout of your formula. You can save your formula in
either as a text file or an image file in your pc.
Download this chrome’s Bio Digital Human
App.
Game Apps:
Angry Birds: This
one of the most popular games all over the world. The game starts with a small
story to take revenge on the green pigs who stole the Bird’s eggs and the
updated version of Angry Bird’s has more than 400 game levels to play. All you
need have is little logic and skill to clear each level. The next level of the
game unlocks only if the present level is completed. Most interesting feature
in this app is, it is offline supported.
Battlefield: It
is a free online multiplayer game with interactive graphics. This game takes
you to a realistic world through its graphics. You can customize your weapons,
you can create your player in game and you can be a lead in your game. Just try
this, you feel awesome for its graphics.
Cut The Rope: The
game is all about feeding the little monster, Om Nom with a candy. The little
monster Om Nom arrives to your system in a box and each box is a different
level.
The outstanding graphics and game playing mechanisms are the
key features in the game.
Poppit: It is old
classic game but still it is made interesting. All you have to do is to pop the
group of 2 or more same coloured balloons until you clear entire screen. You can earn some gifts & some powers
during the progress of the game. You can challenge yourself with easy, medium & difficult levels.
Download this chrome’s Poppit App.
Other Useful Apps:
Full
Screen Weather: It is an interactive weather with a user friendly
UI. It is having Google maps like interface so that you can view the world and
check out the weather condition. You can search a city or place and Full Screen
Weather allows you to view the updated weather conditions of that city or
place.
WordPress.com: It
provides you an easier, faster and interactive blogging experience. All you
have to do just signup and create your own blog or site of your own theme. It
provides an interactive UI for blogging and it also provides 3GB of free
storage for your pictures that you uploaded in to your blog.
Turn Off The Lights: It
provides you unique video watching experience. All you have to do is just
install this app and click on the bulb icon that appears beside that URL box in
your chrome browser then you will start experiencing your page fading to dark
by highlighting your video. You can also adjust the dimness of the page and
this app supports for multiple video sites.
After watching your video, click on the bulb at the URL another time to
make your page normal.
Download this chrome’s Turn Off The Lights
App.
Dropbox: It is a free cloud service that allows storing your files in a secure way. You can have your files back anytime, anywhere by using your Dropbox app. You must install this app in your pc to start using it. It provides you 2GB free storage area for your files and you can get an extra 500 MB for every referral.
Dropbox: It is a free cloud service that allows storing your files in a secure way. You can have your files back anytime, anywhere by using your Dropbox app. You must install this app in your pc to start using it. It provides you 2GB free storage area for your files and you can get an extra 500 MB for every referral.
Gmail Offline: It is a Gmail app built to support offline access to the mails of your account. After installing this app you can read your mails without any network access. You must synchronize your account to start using this app. This app automatically updates your mails if once you are connected to a network.
Download this chrome’s Gmail Offline App.
Try using some of
these Google Chrome’s Apps and make your browsing experience better and easier...
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1 comment:
Very useful article..a wonderful birds-eye view of some of the key apps of google.
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