Amazon Prime is a service that lets you pay an annual fee to get free 2-day shipping and access to thousands of streaming movies, TV shows, eBooks, songs, eBooks, and other content. Soon it could also include access to Android apps that would normally cost money. Or maybe Amazon plans to launch a standalone service […]
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Chrome Remote Desktop now lets you control Chromebooks (from other PCs)
Google’s Chrome Remote Desktop app for the Chrome web browser lets you remote control another PC with the browser (and app) running. But up until recently you’ve only been able to use it to remote control a Windows or Mac computer. Now you can remotely login into a Chromebook as well. You’ve always been able to […]
Google Chrome Remote Desktop now available for iOS
Want to use your iPad to remotely control your PC? Google’s Chrome Remote Desktop app is now available for iPhone and iPad. The free app is available from the App Store, and it lets you use a mobile device to login to just about any Windows or Mac computer that has the Chrome browser installed. […]
Lilbits (7-11-2014): Hacking Android Wear
Android Wear may be an operating system for smartwatches… but under the hood it’s a lot like Android for phones, tablets, TVs, and other devices. So it’s not surprising that shortly after the first Android Wear watches started shipping we started to see developers creating custom ROMs. Want to know how to get a little […]
Google launches Chrome Remote Desktop for Linux (beta)
Google’s remote desktop app which lets you log into one computer from another (or from a smartphone or tablet) is now available for Linux. Chrome Remote Desktop for Linux is still in beta, but it now supports Ubuntu, Debian, and related Linux-based operating systems. That means you can use a Linux system to log into […]
Google launches Chrome Remote Desktop for mobile
Want to remote control your PC from your phone or tablet? You could use a VNC app or a dedicated tool like TeamViewer or SplashTop. But if you’re using the Chrome browser on your desktop, now there’s a new option: Google has launched Chrome Remote Desktop for mobile. You can install the Android app on […]
Lilbits (4-2-2014): Reversible USB cables and MIPS-based wearables
ARM-based chips get a lot of love from makers of smartwatches and other wearable devices, and Intel is making its own play for the wearable space. But Imagination Technology doesn’t want you to forget about MIPS-based processors. The company points out that it’s already partnering with Google to support the upcoming Android Wear platform for wearables… […]
Chrome Remote Desktop app for Android heads to the Play Store soon
Google’s Chrome Remote Desktop add-on lets you remote control any PC with the Chrome web browser from another computer running Chrome. But up until now if you’ve wanted to remote control a PC from a mobile device like a phone or tablet, you’ve needed to look elsewhere. That could soon change. Google’s been working on […]
Google’s Chromoting remote desktop app coming to iOS (and Android)
Google’s Chrome Remote Desktop is a tool that lets you remote control one PC from another. Just launch Chrome on a PC, install the add-on from the Chrome Web Store, and you can login to your work PC from home, access your desktop from your laptop, or basically take control of any PC that you […]
Chromoting app will let you control your PC, Chromebook from Android
Google’s Chrome web browser for Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, and Linux has a feature that lets the browser act like a remote desktop utility. Basically you can use Chrome Remote Desktop to login to another computer with Chrome installed and remote control that device from your web browser. Soon you’ll be able to do it from […]