Tag: Chrome OS
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Google I/O 2016: Chrome OS to Support Android Apps and Play Store
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Chromebooks are compact, light, and are great for use on the go – as long as you have a mobile hotspot for Chrome to use. They’re completely reliant on the Chrome browser for laptop functionality, using services like Google Drive to replace Office software and using websites rather than specialised apps. That may be about…
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Chromebooks New and Improved from Google and Intel
Google has teamed up with Intel to release a whole bunch more of its budget minded Chromebooks, we can expect to see new models coming out from the likes of Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, LG, and Toshiba. The news came last week of a new Intel Core i3version of the Acer C720, due for…
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Google sneaks Chrome OS into Windows 8
I love trying out new software, particularly new operating systems. I’ve run every version of Windows from 95 to 8.1, dozens of Linux distributions, and even got OS X running on most of my machines over the years. There’s one big – and growing – OS that I haven’t been able to try, though –…
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Google announces high-end Chromebook Pixel notebook PC
High resolution premium laptop for the Chrome fanatic
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Google Chrome to Get Native GamePad Support in 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. However, a pair of features worth caring about are user-bound come early 2012, according to Google developer advocate Paul Kinlan, who spoke recently at the Develop conference in Liverpool. The conference…
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Samsung Series 5 Review
Samsung are just about to release the first laptop powered by Google’s Chrome OS operating system. This is an operating system that removes the common desktop, start menu and file system and replaces it with a browser based experience. Unfortunately due to this the Chrome OS is far from perfect and it may be a…
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Microsoft has no fear of the Google Chromebooks
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When Google unveiled Chromebooks at the Google I/O developer conference earlier in the month, the presenters logged into the Chrome OS machines using one of Microsoft’s Senior Director’s names: “Tom Rizzo”. This subtlety didn’t go unnoticed by the man in charge of Microsoft’s online services business. Network world had a chat with the man after…
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ChromiumPC – first desktop computer running Chrome OS
It’s been confirmed that the company who created the extremely small Modular computer, Xi3, will be the first manufacturer to release a Chrome OS desktop PC, and have decided to call it ChromiumPC. The Xi3 Modular can easily fit into your hand – it’s that small – and has three interconnected modules; one for the processor…
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Google Preparing Offline Access Support For Google Docs
The latest news from the team over at Google Docs and Apps is that they are planning on introducing a new offline feature which will allow users to access their documents/files without having to be connected to the net. As Google Chrome OS draws nearer, the ability to be able to use Google Apps or…
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Google Chrome OS says no thanks to Tablets
Google has confirmed that they will not be putting the Google Chrome OS on to tablet devices! The news was broken by Google Chrome’s Vice President, Sundar Pichai at Google IO, stating that even though the operating system is easy to use and in no way power hungry, it will not make the switch from…
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Google I/O: Samsung reveals Chrome OS laptop
It’s official, we’re starting to see the Chrome OS netbooks making an appearance, and the latest is an offering from Samsung which they are calling the Series 5 ChromeBook. The new netbook will be based on Google’s new standard ChromeBook spec – which will mean that it will feature a dual-core Intel Atom processor, and…
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Acer Chromebook 11.6-inch laptop unveiled by Google
Cloud-based laptop will run Chrome OS, sell for peanuts