The HP Chromebook x360 14c is a convertible laptop with a full HD touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, and premium features (by Chromebook standards) including speedy storage, an aluminum lid and keyboard deck, a backlit keyboard, and a fingerprint sensor. First launched last year with 10th-gen Intel “Comet Lake” processor options, HP is updating the […]
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Dynabook Chromebook C1 features a Snapdragon 7c processor and 4G LTE
Dynabook’s first Chromebook is an 11.6 inch convertible model designed for the education market. Announced late last year in Japan, the Dynabook Chromebook C1 is also one of the first Chromebooks powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c processor and featuring 4G LTE support. It’s unclear if or when this model will make its way to other […]
Lilbits: Qualcomm’s current and next-gen laptop chips, Google Voice loses a key feature
Windows laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon processors have been around for a few years… but they’ve offered generally underwhelming performance, especially now that Apple has shown that laptops with ARM-based processors can be much faster than equivalent models with x86 chips. But Qualcomm isn’t done making laptop processors. Details about an upcoming chip are starting to […]
Chrome OS picks up new features for its 10th birthday
Google is throwing a birthday party for the operating system that powers Chromebooks, and as Chrome OS enters its double-digits, Google is giving it a few presents to commemorate the milestone. Here are some new features coming to Chrome OS as the operating system turns 10 years old. Keep in mind that Google is rolling […]
Acer Chromebook 511 with Snapdragon 7c chip coming this year
This week Google announced that 40 new Chrome OS devices are on the way this year, but the company didn’t provide details about specific brand names, models, or specs. But it looks like the company may have inadvertently confirmed that at least one model will be an Acer Chromebook 511 powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c […]
Google Pixel smartphone display mirroring may be coming to Chromebooks
Google makes the Chrome OS operating system that runs on Chromebooks and the company also makes the Android software that runs on billions of smartphones. In recent years the company has been bringing the platforms closer together by doing things like allowing you to run Android apps on a Chromebook, use an Android phone to […]
Lilbits: Bezos out
Nearly three decades after founding an online bookstore, Jeff Bezos has become the richest person in the world after transforming Amazon.com into an online retail behemoth (and a store where you can buy practically anything) and expanding into digital media, groceries, and first-party hardware, among other things. Now Bezos has announced that’s he’ll step down […]
HP introduces 5 new Chromebooks for education
Over the next few months HP plans to release five new Chromebooks designed for use in the classroom. The HP Chromebook 11MK G9 EE and HP Chromebook x360 11MK G3 EE are 11.6 inch models powered by MediaTek processors, while the HP Chromebook 11 G9 EE and HP Chromebook x360 11 G4 EE have Intel Celeron processors and the new […]
Asus launches two Chromebooks with Intel Tiger Lake processors (and one with AMD)
Asus has launched two new Chromebooks, both powered by 11th-gen Intel Core “Tiger Lake” processors. The new Asus Chromebook CX9 (9400) is a 14 inch laptop with a starting weight of less than two pounds, and the Asus Chromebook Flip CX5 (CX5500) is a 15.6 inch convertible with a touchscreen display that weighs in at 4.2 pounds. […]
Lilbits: TCL’s flexible displays, more NVIDIA RTX laptops, and new 4G for an old Chromebook
LG has been grabbing a lot of headlines for providing a sneak peek of its upcoming “LG Rollable” smartphone during the company’s CES event this week. But LG isn’t the only company working on rollable displays that could be used in phones that stretch to become tablets. TCL rollable AMOLED display (6.7 to 7.8 inches)TCL […]