5 Top Extensions for Microsoft Edge

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Microsoft Edge is the new default Windows browser for Windows 10. It doesn’t have as many browser extensions as Chrome or Firefox. However, there are already a few awesome extensions for Microsoft Edge you should know about.

Adblock Plus

Nobody enjoys seeing endless ads on their computer screen when all they want to do is read their favorite news sites. Adblock Plus is an extension that will help block unwanted ads. Use it to enjoy an ad-free browsing experience.

Ghostery

Afraid of websites tracking your browsing history and collecting data? Ghostery will stop tracking codes that are found in websites you visit. Doing this will also speed up the load times of those sites.

LastPass

In this age of cyber threats, it’s important to safeguard your online data by using secure passwords. One way of doing this is by using a password manager, which will generate a different password for every site you have an account on. You can control all your passwords and log in to any site by accessing your password manager. You can sync your accounts on multiple devices.

Save to Pocket

Ever saw an interesting article that you wanted to read, but couldn’t because you had no time? With Save to Pocket, you can now save interesting articles to your Pocket account. You can access your saved articles from any device.

Office Online

Office Online lets you access your Office 365 account straight from your browser. You can access and edit your documents. You can also create new ones.

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Momentum: Customize Your Home Screen

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Do you love beautiful computer screen wallpapers? Do you want to organize your workday efficiently straight from your computer screen? Our computer tip of the day will teach you how to do just that. We are talking about a Google Chrome extension called Momentum.

Momentum replaces your Google Chrome home screen with a beautiful new background each day. The images are usually stunning captures of nature. Your local time will be displayed in the center of the screen, along with a short message — “Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening, [Your Name Goes Here]. What Is Your Focus For Today?”. You can then write in your main focus in the space provided, which will help you stay focused on your main task for the day. If you wish, you can turn off the focus message.

On the bottom of your screen, a new motivational quote will appear each day. You can remove this feature if you wish.

On the bottom-right side, you will be able to add tasks to a list. Each task comes with a checkbox that you can check when you complete it. You can expand the list, minimize it, or remove this feature altogether.

You can add your favorite links to the top-left corner, along with a search bar that lets you search the web using Google. Your local weather will appear in the top-right corner.

If you enjoy a particular background or quote, you can favorite it and save it. You can also create a Momentum account so that you can sync different computers.

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