By Todd Haselton |
Google doesn’t have plans to merge its mobile operating system, Android, with its desktop operating system Chrome OS, the company’s chairman Eric Schmidt recently said. There has long been rampant speculation that Google has plans to combine the two operating systems, especially as Android becomes…
By Todd Haselton |
We love Google Now notifications on Android — it helps deliver the latest traffic information, sports scores, weather conditions and even alerts of our FedEx package shipments — and now it’s about to make its debut on the desktop. Chromium Code Reviews recently noticed that…
By Adriana Lee |
Google’s new Chromebook Pixel is, in a word, stunning. The hardware’s form factor is beautifully designed — by the company itself, not some third-party partner — and many of the details are droolworthy: i5 processor, a touch display with impressively high resolution (even more than Apple’s…
By Killian Bell |
Google is said to be planning its own Chromebook for release during the first quarter of 2013, according to news sources in Asia. The notebook will reportedly boast a 12.85-inch touch display built by Taiwanese manufacturers Compal Electronics and Wintek, with initial shipments already making…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung recently refreshed its Chromebook, now priced at $249, but now Acer is offering an even cheaper model. The C7 Chromebook, introduced today, will cost consumers just $199. There aren’t any hidden fees or contracts, either. That’s the final price. The drawback, for some, is…
By Mark Hearn |
The latest update to the Windows version of the Google Chrome browser bolsters Flash security features. Google and the Adobe team have added sandbox protection to Adobe Flash Player, which isolates the plug-in by restricting access to the computer’s filesystem. Sandboxing greatly reduces the…
By Todd Haselton |
Google announced on Thursday during the second day of its I/O developer conference that its cloud-storage solution Drive will be available for Chrome OS and iOS devices later today. Drive now has more than 10 million users and has already been available as a mobile…
By Sean P. Aune |
Google and Samsung have announced a new generation of Chrome OS devices, and this time the desktop is the target as well as the laptop market. The original Chromebook has been out for around a year now, but hasn’t exactly been making huge waves in…
By Brandon Russell |
Further moving forward on his diplomatic tour through Asia, Eric Schmidt excitedly advocated Google’s Chrome OS as a “high-profile” operation system for PC makers. Schmidt urged the industry to give the OS a try, repeatedly touting its fast boot up, no cost, virus free environment.…
By Killian Bell |
A store in London has become the world’s first official retailer of Google’s lightweight Chromebook laptop. Currys and PC World on London’s Tottenham Court Road is now stocking the machine from £349 (approx. $543). The Chromebook actually launched way back in June, but until now,…
By Noah Kravitz |
This past May during the Google I/O developers’ conference, Google announced the forthcoming availability of Chromebooks, the consumer-facing evolution of their Chrome OS-based CR-48 laptop pilot program. Where CR-48 was a limited edition, free to the chosen few, beta program, Chromebooks were to be a…
By Jack McGrath |
During Google’s annual conference for developers recently, the technology monolith announced its plans to launch its Chrome OS to the world in June. Touting a plethora of cloud-based features, Google is claiming that its operating system requires no virus protection to remain secure. If we…
By Noah Kravitz |
Here’s something you might not know: I used to be a school tech guy (check out the first bit of advice posted here). For five years I was a classroom teacher, showing the fine youth of our country how to make crazy things with computers.…
By Sean P. Aune |
With the veil officially lifted on the Acer and Samsung ChromeBooks this morning at Google I/O, we finally have a better idea of what we can expect from these new netbook-esque creations that Google has been working on. Sure, we got a taste with the…
By Adriana Lee |
Today has been, in a word, Chrometastic. Not only were two ChromeBooks announced at Google I/O, but also a Chrome OS desktop with an “Aw shucks, how cute — but hey, still kind of slick” styling. Indeed, the black and metal finish of the Samsung-made…
By Emily Price |
Today at Google I/O the company announced the upcoming release of two new Chrome laptops. Called “Chromebooks” the laptops are able to boot in 8 seconds, and are immediately connected to the web. The laptops have built-in connectivity options, pay-as-you-go web (with 100MB of 3G…
By Logan Cooke |
I am not the luckiest person in the world, and when I came home today to a mysterious package I figured it was a bomb or something that would bring pain and disdain to my household. Little did I know inside of the box was…
By Winston Sih |
Earlier a few months ago, we introduced you to the Google Chrome OS, a full-fledged Chromium Operating System. ”The question that everyone is asking, though, is why are they even bothering?” “Announced back in July of 2009, Google announced the Chrome OS which is a…
By Jack McGrath |
Today, Google decided to dive headfirst into the computer industry, announcing a competitive operating system alongside a platform that will rival Apple’s Mac App Store. The creatively titled Web Store went live a few hours ago, refining the experience that was seen at Google’s I/O…
By Sean P. Aune |
It appears that Google is finally ready to inch closer to the release of its Chrome operating system. Today invites went out for a Dec. 7th (i.e. next Tuesday) event surrounding the long gestating OS. No details are known at this time as to what…
By Sean P. Aune |
It seems that Google is finally ready to launch the Chromium operating system. The question that everyone should be asking, though, is why are they even bothering? Announced back in July of 2009, Google announced the Chrome OS which is a new operating system that…
By Sean P. Aune |
Google has made a name for itself over the years by building some amazing applications such as its search engine and Gmail. However, it has also had some rather infamous flops such as Orkut, Google Wave, and the way Buzz seems to be going. So…
By Travis Harvey |
Apparently the iPad hasn’t quite killed off the idea that a tablet need only run a web browser. Both priced at $499, Fusion Garage CEO mentioned in an interview with SGEntrepreneurs that preorders for the JooJoo increased following the announcement of the iPad. Prior to…
By Sean P. Aune |
On Dec. 31st, 1983 and Jan. 22, 1984, Apple aired a commercial for the impending launch of its Macintosh computer. The ad is now known as the infamous 1984 ad, and is considered a milestone in advertising history. The commercial was directed by Ridley Scott who was in…
