Google has removed the beta label from its Chrome browser for Android. Not only will the new Nexus 7 be the first tablet to ship with Chrome as its default web browser, but anyone can now install the app on a phone or tablet running Android 4.0 or later. For the most part, the only […]
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Google Chrome OS: It’s not for tablets (right now)
Google Chrome OS is an operating system designed around the Chrome web browser. Right now it’s available on Chromebook laptops and Chromebox desktop computers. But what about tablets? We’ve seen signs that the developers behind Chrome OS were working on a tablet-friendly user interface in the past. But it looks like there are currently no […]
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Chromium OS gets a desktop and window manager, looks like a proper OS
Right now Google Chrome OS is little more than a Google Chrome web browser running on top of a Linux kernel. There’s no desktop or taskbar, and there aren’t many native apps built into the operating system unless you count the file browser or media player which open in in browser tabs. But Google may […]
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Chrome web browser comes to Android, app store, extensions behind
Google has launched a public beta of the Google Chrome web browser for Android. It’s available from the Android Market for phones and tablets running Android 4.0 and up. The new browser uses the same rendering engine as the desktop version of Chrome for Mac, Windows, and Linux — and it has the same user […]
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Google Books lets you download eBooks in Chrome for offline reading
Google Books has launched a new feature that lets you download and save books using the Chrome web browser, allowing you to read eBooks even when you don’t have an internet connection. That makes Google Books a heck of a lot useful if you’re one of the handful of people that has a Chromebook, or […]
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Chrome OS to get better bookmarks for websites, apps
Google’s Chrome web browser and Chrome OS operating system store bookmarks in a couple of places. There’s a bookmark bar that you can view near the top of your browser, links for frequently visited sites on the new tab page, and you can load an old fashioned bookmark manager. The new tab page also shows […]
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Discover web apps for Google Chrome without visiting the Web Store
The Chrome Web Store is a pretty good place to find web apps and extensions for the Google Chrome web browser. But sometimes you just don’t think to go to the store to look for an app and instead use a browse the old fashioned way: by entering URLs or search terms in the location […]
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Panelize turns any website into a Chrome OS Panel
One of the slicker features in Google’s Chrome OS is referred to as Panels. They’re the pop-in panes you see in some Chrome OS screenshots for things like the file browser, download shelf, and Google Talk. Those native features are pretty slick in panel form, but wouldn’t it be cool if you put your favorite web […]
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Google bestows free Chromebooks on Pilot Program “gurus”
The first time Google handed out free Chromebooks, the computers hadn’t even been given a retail-friendly name yet. The Cr-48 was shipped off to select members of the technology press corps and later to enthusiasts who registered via the Web to join the Pilot Program. Google’s goal: to get the Cr-48 deployed to a group […]
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Google Chrome OS 12 hits beta
Google has just pushed an updated version of Chrome OS beta. Chrome OS R12 Beta is essentially the version of the operating system that’s likely to ship on the first Chromebooks from Acer and Samsung next month, but as the beta label implies, Google is still looking to squash a couple of bugs. There are […]
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Dell releases Chromium OS build for Inspiron Mini netbooks
It’s been nearly 18 months since Dell released a Chromium OS build for the Dell Inspiron Mini 10v netbook — allowing users to test out a pre-release build of Chrome OS long before it would be ready for the public. Now the computer maker has released a brand new build with updated wireless drivers which […]
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Google introduces in-app payments for Chrome Web Store (Angry Birds for the web)
Google has announced that the Google Chrome web browser now has 160 million users, and the company is pushing new features such as speech input and updates to the Chrome Web Store — including support for in-app payments. Developers can now add the ability to use Google’s payment system to a web app simply by […]