Google Chrome is the best web browser around right now, and part of Chrome's appeal is owed to its excellent extensions. The good news: It's not that hard to get started making your own Chrome extensions. In this guide, we'll take you from the most simple Hello World extension (no HTML or JavaScript knowledge required) to a more complex RSS-fetching extension to get you started down your path as a Chrome-extension-making guru. More »

Chrome: Like the name suggests, the Awesome New Tab Page extension adds a new New Tab page to Google Chrome. The result is a Windows 8 Metro UI-inspired new tab page that's fully customizable with apps, widgets, bookmarks, and so on. More »

Chrome/Firefox (Greasemonkey): If you're not a fan of the Google+ integration in Google Reader or you simply wish you could still use the old sharing system, ReaderSharer is an extension that restores those functions.More »

Chrome: Google has released two official Google+ extensions for Chrome allowing you to quickly share links and get notifications while browsing, as well as new YouTube integration for your Google+ profile.More »

Chrome: If you want to skim through your Facebook news feed without stopping for each YouTube video someone posts, the Facebook Video Player extension will play videos in the upper right-hand corner of your window, allowing you to keep browsing as it plays. More »

Chrome: Over the weekend, Google unveiled Chrome Remote Desktop, a new Chrome extension that allows you to remotely control and manage another Mac, Windows, or Linux system through Google Chrome, as long as you have the extension installed on both systems. More »

Chrome: Watching YouTube videos almost always generates ideas for more videos to watch, but initiating a new search means closing the current video. With YT Background Search, you can look up what you'll queue next without closing the currently playing video.More »

Chrome: If you're trying to send someone to a specific passage of a large article, it's difficult to tell them exactly what you want them to see. Yellow Highlighter is a Chrome extension that lets you highlight text and send a link directly to it.More »

Chrome: When we looked at some of your favorite Facebook customizers, many of you noted that all you really wanted was for Facebook to restore your news feed to its proper form. Facebook Classic is a Chrome plug-in that does just that. More »

iOS/Android/Firefox/Chrome/Safari: Previously mentioned social feed reader

Regardless of how you feel about Facebook's recent changes to its layout, there are plenty of tools that can help you take control of your experience without sacrificing your ability to keep in touch with friends and family.

The most annoying new feature in the Facebook redesign has to be the news ticker (although you can make an argument for some of the other additions as well). Tech blog SumTips came up with three ways to kill this feed. More »

Firefox/Chrome/Safari: Previously mentioned to-do manager and browser extension Taskforce has rolled out a number of new updates to its service, including the ability to share and collaborate on lists with other users, add recurring tasks, and fully integrate with Google Tasks, so you can manage your to-dos even when you're using a computer or device where Taskforce is unavailable. More »

Chrome: Quick Links is an extension for Google Chrome that allows you stuff 11 links into a single, covert button on your toolbar.More »

Chrome: If you find yourself opening way too many tabs in Chrome and sucking up memory, TooManyTabs can suspend a few of them for awhile to make it run a little smoother, while keeping quick access to those tabs for later. More »

Chrome: If you don't like Chrome's Autofill function for forms, Insert Text is an extension that stores any text you want for quick pasting into forms or emails. More »

There are plenty of bookmarking tools out there, but Pistash.io separates itself from the pack by allowing you to sort those bookmarks into categories and set reminders to visit the link later on. More »

Chrome: If you use Google Docs to collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and other files, you know it can be nerve-wracking to wait for someone else to update your document before you work on it again. WatchDoc takes the surprise out of it and lets you know when the document's been updated and by whom, as soon as it's been updated. More »

Apps like FbCal already scour your Facebook friends list and puts their birthdays on your calendar, but what if you want to send them greetings without even thinking about it at all? HappyBirthday can do that. More »