Sep 12
Google+ is now rolling out many of the image adjustment tricks included in its Auto Awesome feature
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Sep 11
Google+ brings Snapseed-powered photo editing tools to desktop Chrome (video)
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Google added Snapseed photo editing to its Google+ apps on Android and iOS back in March, and now it’s bringing them to the desktop. The new tools include Auto Enhance, selective adjust editing, and filters, all powered by the Chrome browser’s Native Client tech. Not familiar with how that works? Google brought Native Client to Chrome back in 2011, and it allows developers to port code written in languages like C and C++ so it runs in the browser. Vic Gundotra said on Google+ that this is the Snapseed app built for Chrome, so we’ll see if more mobile apps and features follow it over.
If you’re not using Chrome you’ll have to live with basic crop and rotate editing tools on Google+, but even those have been shifted around to make them easier to find. Once the new options are available on your account (as usual, they’re rolling out slowly over the next few weeks) all you’ll need to do is select one of your photos in Chrome and hit “edit” to see them. Until then, check out the video demo embedded after the break.
Source: Josh Haftel (Google+)
Sep 11
Chrome OS expands with ASUS and Toshiba: Acer, HP also onboard with Haswell
Posted in: Today's ChiliThis week the folks at Google have successfully teamed up with ASUS and Toshiba to make the number of top-tier manufacturers working with Chrome OS reach a cool six. New products announced this week with Intel’s 4th Generation Haswell processor technology (so far) include a new ASUS Chromebox, an unnamed Toshiba Chromebook, HP Chromebook14, and […]
Sep 11
Chromebooks aren’t known for being the beefiest machines out there, but they’re getting some hot new guts. Google just dropped the news that there are Chromebooks on the way rocking Intel’s new 4th generation CPUs
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Sep 11
There can be little doubt that the low-cost computer universe has begun to accept Chrome OS into its life, especially given today’s confirmation by Intel that a new generation of Chromebooks will be working with Haswell. This is Intel’s 4th Generation core technology, and as Intel and Google have made clear, it’s expected that this […]
Sep 09
Arcade Fire’s ‘Just a Reflektor’ music video takes cues from your smartphone
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Arcade Fire already knows how to immerse its fans in a web music video. For its new “Just a Reflektor” video, though, it’s also bringing smartphones into the action. The band’s Chrome-based project links a PC to a mobile device through a webcam, turning the handheld into a visual effects controller — halos, reflections and wireframes in the video adapt to every movement. As the experiment is open source, viewers can even tinker with the web code (primarily JavaScript and WebGL) to build their own masterworks. Whether or not you’re a fan of Arcade Fire’s indie rock, you’ll likely want to give “Reflektor” a look for curiosity’s sake; just don’t be surprised when the video looks back.
Filed under: Internet, Alt, Google
Source: Just a Reflektor, Google Chrome Blog
Sep 05
Chrome is celebrating its fifth birthday today, and amidst the fan fare is a new announcement: Chrome Apps have gone (near) native on Windows and Chrome OS, gaining a launcher and allowing for use on desktops in the same way apps are used on a tablet or smartphone. The “new breed of Chrome Apps” are […]
Sep 05
Up until now, Chrome’s Web Apps have been trapped in your browser, living with the rest of your internet like glorified tabs. Well, Google’s putting an end to that today. A new breed of Chrome Apps is here, and they live on your desktop.
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Sep 05
Chrome apps gain native powers and desktop launcher on Windows and Chrome OS, Mac, Linux versions to follow
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The line between native and web apps has been blurring more and more with the advent of HTML 5, and now Google’s taking things even further with what it’s calling a “new breed of Chrome apps.” These new apps, while built with web technologies and the Chrome browser, appear and act like native apps. In fact, Google is rolling out a Chrome app launcher for Windows to allow users to launch these new apps directly from their desktop. Windows and Chrome OS users will get first crack at using these apps, with Mac and Linux folks getting them a bit later.
To give these apps a native feel, Google has given devs a whole host of new tools. Apps work offline, can save data locally or in the cloud, provide desktop notifications and can connect with any device hooked into your computer via USB or Bluetooth — meaning games can be designed to use external controllers. And, apps won’t look tied to the browser as they won’t be saddled with tabs, buttons, text boxes or any other browser-esque visual cues. The idea is to create Chrome apps that are nigh indistinguishable from their locally installed counterparts. For now, there are over 50 such apps available in the Chrome Web Store, with offerings including games, basic photo editing and task tracking apps, among others. However, we have a sneaking suspicion that Google’s going to ensure that number grows exponentially in the near future.
Source: Google Chrome blog
Sep 05
Chrome OS beta adds touchscreen support for selections, drag and drop (video)
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We don’t know when Google plans to release another device like its Chromebook Pixel, but Chrome OS support for touchscreens is continuing to improve. A new update in the beta channel brings support for both touch enabled text selection and touch enabled drag and drop on touch based devices. Right now the Pixel is the only Chrome OS laptop that supports it, but who knows what could be around the corner. Google “Happiness Evangelist” François Beaufort noted the new feature in Chrome OS’ dev channel a couple of weeks ago and recorded a demonstration video, which you can check out after the break. Otherwise, Chrome OS users living on the not-quite-bleeding-edge can also expect tweaks like an audio source selector in the tray menu, ability to share folders and files from the Files app and an improved UI for the release channel switcher.
Source: Chrome OS Releases
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