A cleaner web experience with Self-Destructing Cookies

Self-Destructing Cookies is a cool little plugin I found yesterday that deletes cookies as soon as you’re done with them. Apps like CCleaner are great, but you need to run them on a schedule, so cookies will linger until the task is run. Self-Destructing Cookies runs as soon as the browser tab is closed and deletes all the cookies associated with that tab. This means all those useless cookies will be deleted right after you leave the site, not several days later. Why would you care? Have you seen the number of cookies that get downloaded from a site these days? It’s both shocking and distressing. I’m not going to sit here in a tin foil hat, but sites are serving up more than just ads. All sorts of "beacons" get written down and whether or not they track your movements, they’re utterly useless, especially after you leave. Of course, none of those get deleted, so they sit there collecting […]

Downloading Video and Audio Content from the Internet with Audials One

No doubt the Internet has become a major source of media content, whether it be Netflix, Amazon, Hulu or even the TV stations themselves such as NBC, CBS, ABC or Fox. And while streaming content is great, what if you want to record or download that show so you can save it for later? For example, I recently paid for a subscription to the Live broadcast of the Tour de France. Because of the enormous duration, that is something I would like to watch again. But how? The answer comes in the form of a multi-faceted app called Audials One. Audials One is a combination of Tunebite, Radiotracker, Moviebox and Mediaraptor. Each one of these apps allows you to record a certain type of Internet media. Audials One brings them all together. Depending on the website and the steam they offer dictates which form of “recording” method Audials will use. In some cases Audials One can simply download the file […]