Asus recently launched the first PC stick to ship with Google’s Chrome OS as its operating system. The Asus Chromebit is a tiny device that looks a bit like a USB flash drive, but which plugs into the HDMI port of your monitor or TV to turn nearly any display into a Chrome OS computer. Now […]
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Asus Chromebit coming soon for $85, turns any TV into a Chrome OS computer
The Asus Chromebit is a tiny stick that you can plug into the HDMI port of your TV to run Chrome OS on a big screen. It’s the first device of its type to ship with Chrome OS, although we’ve seen similarly-sized PC-on-a-stick products running Android and Windows. Asus first unveiled its Chromebit in March, […]
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Google says Chrome OS isn’t going anywhere
Google says it has no plans to kill Chrome OS and replace it with Google Android. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Google was planning to merge the two operating systems in the future, but Google’s senior vice president of Chrome OS and Android says that while the company continues to work to “bring together […]
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Make your own Chromebit with an Intel Compute Stick and Chromium OS
Earlier this year Asus unveiled the first Chromebit: a tiny computer-on-a-stick that runs Google’s Chrome OS software. Plug it into the HDMI port of a display or monitor and you’ve got a Chrome-powered computer. But it’s been more than half a year since the Chrombit was introduced, and you still can’t buy one yet. But you can […]
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Lilbits (4-02-2015): When Kickstarter messes up
The makers of the Jide Remix Ultra Tablet wanted to drum up interest in their tablet with a Microsoft Surface-like design, a magnetic keyboard cover, and a custom version of Android that lets you run apps in full-screen or windowed modes. So they launched a Kickstarter campaign, offering 200 early backers the chance to get […]