I woke up to this treasure trove of Google leaks this morning. Droid Life has literally leaked the October 4th Google hardware event. I am hoping that there will still be some surprises for us on the 4th. Okay, to the Pixelbook. Pixelbook The third generation Chromebook Pixel is expected to be called Pixelbook. (Google […]
Smoke – School Recalls 1,169 Lenovo Chromebooks
In an embarrassing incident, a school in East Bridgewater Massachusetts has recalled 1169 Chromebooks after at least three incidents of smoke coming from Lenovo Chromebooks. According to news reports, after these incidents, the school “made the decision to confiscate the computers to ensure the safety of students, staff and buildings”. Currently these Chromebooks are kept outside the […]
Samsung Chromebook Pro Core i7 Shows Up Online
Samsung Chromebook Pro might get an new powerful variant, with an Intel i7 processor and additional RAM. Our friends at Chrome Unboxed had earlier posted about benchmark reports showing up for such a Chromeook. Today, they are back with more solid evidence on this. Chromebook Pro With Intel i7 According to the report, when you […]
“Undo Delete Password” Coming To Google Chrome
Accidental removed a password from Chrome’s saved passwords? An undo function is soon coming to your rescue. This is currently being developed, so it may take a while before you get it. Here are the details. The Code The CL says the following: Implement “Undo Delete Password” in Settings Page This change implements an UNDO […]
Google Details Chrome’s Plan to Distrust Symantec Certificates
Google is preparing to distrust Symantec security certificates on Chrome. In a blog post today, the company detailed the plan to gradually roll this out. Chrome will drop Symantec certificate around October 23, 2018 when Chrome version 70 releases. Around the week of October 23, 2018, Chrome 70 will be released, which will fully remove […]
Now You Can Keep a Tamagotchi On Chrome New Tab Page
Tamagotchi is now available on Google Chrome as a new tab extension. It wants to help you be more productive by reducing distractions on your browser. Fewer tabs = happy Tabagotchi (a play on the word Tamagotchi, with Tab!) . More tabs = angry Tabagotchi. Tamagotchi Tamagotchi is a digital pet that was popular in […]
Record a Short Video And Use it as Your Profile Avatar – Coming Soon To Chromebooks
I don’t know about you, but this news reminded me of those moving portraits from the Harry Potter series! Okay, here is the news. Recently, the Chrome OS team added animated profile icons. The team is improving up on this new feature. Soon, you will be able to record a short video using your Chromebook’s […]
Google Sends Free Chromebooks To Microsoft Azure Partners
The latest marketing effort for Google Cloud is sending free Chromebooks to Microsoft Azure partners. Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure are cloud solutions by these companies, trying to gain market share in a market dominated by Amazon Web Services. The laptop is intended to be used for a Google Hangout, which will feature Google Cloud representative […]
Inspect Chrome Internal UI and Updated Wallpaper Policy For Managed Chromebooks
Welcome to today’s edition of Chrome and Chrome OS #comingsoon updates. Today we have two new upcoming features to discuss. An option to inspect Chrome’s internal UI has been added to the Canary channel. The wallpaper policy for managed Chromebooks seems to be getting an update. Inspect Chrome Internal UI This is a piece of […]
“Notifications Per Screenshot” and Per User Time Zone Preferences #comingsoon
Here is a quick post to share two upcoming Chrome OS features. These are two minor changes, but I am sure you will find these two useful. I found these in internal code commits. So, as always, these changes may or may not make it to the Stable channel of Chrome OS. Notification Per Screenshot […]