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All Things Appy: 5 Best Firefox Education Add-ons
2013-04-10 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Nothing beats the raw power of laptop and browser for academia and research. Firefox plays well in this combo with numerous academic apps that Firefox calls "Add-ons." This week TechNewsWorld takes a look at the top five must-have education and academia tools within the Firefox environment. They include translation, article clipping, research management, old-school highlighting and power toolbars.
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All Things Appy: 5 Best Firefox Add-ons for Mobile-Desktop Syncing
2013-03-13 13:00:00| TechNewsWorld
One of the killer features in the Firefox Web browser is its ability to sync between desktops and mobile devices. Well, you don't have to stop there. Firefox's desktop Web ecosystem includes add-ons that will let you sync open tabs across other ecosystems, like over to Chrome; keep favorite Firefox extensions synced with all your computers; sync passwords; and sync reading matter.
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All Things Appy: 5 Best Firefox Add-ons for Research
2013-01-04 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Before we became used to the slew of apps cluttering up our smarthones, desktop browsers environments like Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox created "add-ons" and "extensions" -- the precursors of apps. For all intents and purposes, Firefox add-ons are app-like helpers, and using them is a good way to streamline your browser without having to perform a cumbersome favorites or bookmarks browse.
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