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Google Previews A ‘Material Design’ Inspired Look For Chrome OS
All of Google’s properties will eventually bear a look inspired by ‘Material Design‘ and Android L, and Chrome OS is part of that sweeping visual overhaul, too. A new preview…
This wasn’t a huge surprise because we’ve heard quite a few rumors about this in the past, but Google today announced that Android apps are coming to Chrome OS. They…
Chromebooks Could Soon Be Unlocked Automatically When Your Smartphone Is Near
Passwords, geez those things suck. You may not need them to login to your computer in the future, and Chromebooks might be the first PC device to offer that feature…
Samsung’s New Chromebook Apparently Getting The Leather Look Of Galaxy Devices
Samsung’s next Chromebook has broken cover, courtesy of pro device leaker @evleaks, and the Chrome OS-powered notebook has a familiar design trait that’s becoming a Samsung trademark: faux leather. Like…
Microsoft Said To Be Considering A Free Version Of Windows 8.1
Microsoft is looking at a cost conscious crisis, relative to both mobile and desktop hardware, and on the heels of the news that it might be reducing its Windows Phone…
Chrome OS Doubled Its Share Of Web Traffic Since Last September, Now At 0.2%
Last we heard, Chrome OS was quickly increasing its reach in the business world, but despite its recent advances, a new study by ad network Chitika shows that it still…
Google And VMware Make Accessing Windows Apps, Desktops From ChromeOS Easier
Google and VMware today announced that they are working together to make it easier for Chromebook users in the enterprise to access Windows apps and the Windows desktop on their machines.…
Dell Unveils Its First Chromebook, An 11-Inch Portable Designed Specifically For Education
Dell has finally made its entry into the Chromebook market official, as it follows in the footsteps of many other PC OEMs who are looking around to shore up flagging…
Google’s fall harvest of new products includes some new Chromebooks, including an adorable and pugnacious little whippersnapper in the HP Chromebook 11. With its smooth, unmarked white plastic lid, you…
Google Reveals HP Chromebook 11, A $279 Chrome OS Notebook That Charges Via Micro-USB
Google unveiled a new addition to its growing stable of Chromebooks today, the HP Chromebook 11. The $279 device is on sale now, and offers a white plastic case that’s…
Google Expands The Chromebook Family With New Intel Haswell Hardware From Toshiba, ASUS And More
Google had some news to reveal at this year’s big Intel Developer Forum conference today, including new Chromebook hardware from brand new OEM partners, as well as a few existing…
Google Chrome’s Parental Controls Feature Spotted In The Wild
Google has been making progress on the development of parental controls for its Chrome web browser, a feature which first showed up in test builds of the browser this past…
Android And Chrome OS Could Reap Big Windfalls From Slowing Worldwide PC Economy
The global PC market is shrinking, and continues to trend downward according to recent numbers, which means there are a lot of concerned device-makers looking around for what to do…
Google Adds In-App Purchases To Chrome Build, Pretty Soon The Web Could Be Mostly Freemium, Too
Chrome is a platform unto itself, and Google likes to push it forward to make it an ever-more powerful one, too. Next up for the browser and the desktop OS…
The Chromebook Pixel is the Chromebook I’d pick as my personal Chromebook – if money was no option, and if I felt I really needed a Chromebook. It’s an impressive…
The Time Has Come For Chrome In The Home
I’ve spent the last two weeks wandering around London, Paris, and Istanbul (not Constantinople.) As an experiment, I left my trusty MacBook Pro behind and brought only the $199 Chromebook…
Google Brings Its Cloud Messaging Push Notification Service To Chrome
At last year’s I/O, Google launched its Cloud Messaging push notification service for Android. This week, it extended this service to Chrome and Chrome OS, which, Google says, allows Chrome…
Chrome’s Native-Like Packaged Apps Now Discoverable In The Chrome Web Store For Windows And Chrome OS Dev Channel Users
A few months ago, Google announced the Windows Start button-like app launcher for Chrome on Windows, and with it, a way to easily launch Chrome packaged apps, a new way…
No Winning Exploit Found For Chrome OS At Annual Hacking Competition, Pwnium 3
Google’s operating system Chrome OS survived all attempts to hack it at this year’s Pwnium 3 competition, which took place at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, BC this week. Google, which…
Report: Chrome OS Web Traffic Share Up 700% Since Last June, Still Just Accounts For 0.07%
According to a new report from ad network Chitika, Chrome OS usage continues to increase, but it still trails the PlayStation and the various flavors of Linux that the company…
Google Launches Sign Language Interpreter App For Hangouts, Adds Accessibility Features To Gmail, Drive And Chrome
At the CSUN International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference this week, Google announced that it has added a number of accessibility to Chrome, Chrome OS, Gmail and Google Drive…
Those Rumored Google Stores Are Starting To Make A Lot Of Sense
When talking about Apple’s rise from near-bankruptcy to become the most valuable company in the world, people often credit the amazing string of products from the iMac to the iPod…
Maybe Those Chromebooks Weren’t Such A Crazy Idea After All
When Google launched its Linux-based Chrome OS in early 2010 and its Chromebook pilot program later that year, most pundits didn’t quite agree with our own MG Siegler’s premise that…
Chrome OS: Google’s Most Underrated Project That You’ve Already Been Testing And Just Didn’t Know It
There are hundreds of devices to choose from when you’re considering a new desktop computer, laptop or mobile device. We’re overwhelmed by all of the choices we have, but choice…
Google Chooses Kendo UI-Powered Camera App As Default For Chrome OS
The latest version of Google’s ChromeOS now features a Camera app. That by itself wouldn’t be all that interesting, given that operating systems like OS X have long included built-in…
Google’s Chrome OS Will Soon Look More Like Windows Than A Browser
It’s hard to say how popular Chrome OS, Google’s browser-centric operating system, really is. There can be little doubt, though, that Google is quite serious about this initiative. Today, Google…
Microsoft Strikes Another Patent Deal With An Android, Chrome OS Device Maker: LG
Microsoft has signed a patent licensing agreement with LG, maker of tablets, phones and other consumer electronics devices running Android or Chrome OS. This marks the 11th deal with a…
Why Aren’t Chromebooks Saving Password Changes?
There’s something weird going on with Chromebooks – the Google-branded laptop computers powered by the company’s web-based operating system Chrome OS. They’re not saving the password changes you make to your…
Chrome Getting Native Gamepad, Webcam, And WebRTC Support In Early 2012
It’s not always easy to tell when Chrome has been updated, and at any rate the changes aren’t always significant enough to even wonder about it. But a pair of…
Google Now Lets Businesses & Schools Buy Chromebooks Without Subscriptions
Google announced today that its business and educational customers now have a second option for purchasing its new Chrome OS-powered laptops: upfront pricing, sans subscription. Previously, Chromebooks were only available…
