| Chrome Remote Desktop allows you to control your PC from your smartphone from any location as long as you have an internet connection. Once you have downloaded the chrome extension, you can then download the Chrome Remote Desktop app on your Android or Apple smartphone. After granting permission for your PC to be accessed by that device you can start controlling your computer in a very simple easy-to-use way. |  |
| Want to get rid of all those annoying ads that pop-up when you're browsing the internet? Adblock plus does exactly that, you can say goodbye to all those ads and roam the internet ad free. This will speed up your internet browsing because the ads aren't having to load along with the webpage. It's also safer from a security perspective as some ads carry malware in them, meaning you can get a malware infection why just viewing the site. |  |
| Honey is great for those who make a lot of their purchases online. Honey will automatically try to find coupons and apply them when you are checking out. Honey will find all kinds of discount codes to save you money. At the moment, there are no ads or anything intrusive and hopefully that doesn't change in the future! Just click on the Honey button during checkout and Honey will automatically apply coupon codes to your shopping cart. A truly effortless way to save money! |  |
| Grammarly will check your spelling and grammar as you type in a whole bunch of different web apps. Most web browsers like Chrome already check spelling, but Grammarly will give you Word-like suggestions for sentence structure and proper wording. It also comes up with a suggestion when it thinks you may wrote the wrong word by mistake. For example, if you write the following sentence, 'The dog was vary nice', Grammarly will prompt you to change the word 'vary' to 'very'. |  |
| Taking screenshots of what's in your browser is a very easy way to relay information to someone, or to remind yourself of some information at a later date. This plugin is a very neat alternative to the Windows Snipping tool. FireShot can capture full scrolling web pages and save them as images or PDF files. You can capture all tabs at once to a single PDF and upload it to OneNote. You can also edit the screenshots and annotate them. |  |
| For those who watch a lot of videos on their computer, this extension can enhance the experience hugely. Turn Off The Light will blur/block (depending on the settings you choose) all the area around the video, so your focus is purely on the video. It also reduces the stress to your eyes as your eyes aren't having to process as much complex information background information around the video. |  |
| uBlock Origin will block you from loading websites intended for phishing as well as websites that have malware embedded. Once you install it, you choose the different lists you would like to protect yourself against and that’s it. Sometimes it’ll block something it shouldn’t, but it’s super easy to disable it for the current website you are on. This is an excellent extension from a security perspective. |  |
| Disconnect is an extension that you install and then just leave to do its magic. It’s a great privacy tool for making sure every website you visit isn’t tracking everything you do online. In addition, because it blocks tracking, it also saves data and reduces the load time for sites. A lot of requests made to a website are just for the tracking cookies and tracking scripts, not actually the content which you see. |  |
| If you want to brighten up the new tab page, this extension will do just the trick. You can personalise it to your needs and is great for those who want quick access to their favourite sites. Speed Dial 2 does that by allowing you to organise all your pages and apps into groups. You can also customise the theme and heavily customise the layout. Lastly, you can create an account and sync everything across all your devices. |  |
| A password manager lets you create complex passwords that are different for each site. Now if you're using different complex passwords for every site you use then memorising them is an impossibility. The obvious fear most people have is that one of these companies will be hacked themselves and all your passwords will be leaked. That is a possibility and that’s why a lot of people use local databases. That being said, LastPass has been around for years and so far no incidents have resulted in compromised passwords. |  |
