Here is a quick video to share a hands-on video of the new Acer Chromebook 15, from IFA 2017. As the photos suggested, this Chromebook looks a lot like MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. Here is one more hands-on review article from Android Authority.
Pocket Launches Chrome New Tab Page Extension With Popular Content
Pocket, my favorite reading app, has announced a new Chrome extension. They already have an extension to quickly save content to Pocket. The new one is a New Tab Page extension that will display curated content. The new extension, Pocket New Tab, adds popular articles from within the Pocket network. According to an email from Pocket, […]
Google Chrome To Add Support For Windows 10 Action Center Notifications
Google Chrome is adding support for a popular Windows 10 feature called Action Center. The team is currently working on this, and we might see this soon on the Canary channel, behind an experimental flag. Action Center is a notification area, with actionable notifications, plus some additional controls similar to your notification try on Android. […]
“70 Million Students are Currently Using Chrome OS” Says Google
Chrome OS fans always crave for sales numbers of Chromebooks. Google does not give out such information. We see occasional mentions of Chromebook sales in interviews and other articles. Here is my favorite so far. In a recent article on Time, titled “Stop Calling Google’s Chromebooks Toy Computers”, Rajen Sheth, a senior director of product management […]
Chromebooks To Get “Reverse Scrolling”
Chrome OS is getting an additional control for connected mouses. If you are currently using the Australian scrolling feature, you are going to appreciate this new addition. According to François Beaufort, this feature will come in handy for those who already have “Australian” scrolling on everything except the mouse wheel. This feature is currently available in […]
Acer Announces Chromebook 15 Aluminum Body and 12 Hours Of Battery
Acer has announced a new Chromebook, the 15 inch, err.. Chromebook 15, at IFA 2017. Apart from the big screen, the other attractions are the aluminum design and the 12 hour battery life that Acer has promised. My favorite? The black variant: Specs According to the Acer website, there are three variants available. CB3-531-C0K9 Intel® Celeron® […]
Tablet Mode On Chromebooks Getting Split Screen Snapping
Chrome OS been preparing for a tablet for a long time. I remember listening to Kevin C. Tofel’s podcasts. His co-host used to tease him for being a firm believer of Chrome OS tablets. From a far tech-fantasy, Chrome OS tablets are now a reality, well almost. We currently have plenty of Chromebooks with the […]
Will Google Assistant Come To Chrome’s New Tab Page?
We have seen plenty of rumors and Assistant sightings on Chrome and Chromebooks. Voice search has been part of Google Chrome’s new tab page for a long time. That is why a new flag and a few mentions in the code base about voice search on “local NTP” caught my attention. From the way it […]
Hands-on With ASUS Chromebook Flip C101
ASUS Flip C101, the true successor to the might successful Chromebook Flip is almost here. The official release is still pending. However, a teacher has managed to get a hands-on video uploaded to YouTube for our viewing pleasure! Here is the video: If you remember, the C101 showed up at Computex recently. The Flip 2 […]
You Can Soon Permanently Mute Websites On Google Chrome
The ability to mute tabs / websites was an innovative feature that Google Chrome added. Now, the team has improved this feature by moving it to the list of Site Settings. With this feature, you can permanently mute websites. According to François Beaufort: The Chrome team is currently experimenting with a setting to mute/unmute a […]