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If you’re running Chrome OS betas like it’s not even a thing, we’re pegging you as a bit of a maverick. The latest update (29.0.1537.32) rewards your non-conformity with a bevy of small, but useful new features. There’s Kernel 3.8 for the Pixel and Samsung 550 users, but likely you’re more interested in the new “immersive” full screen mode that hides the shelf and tool bar. Or, what about the ability to pin apps to the shells with drag and drop? There’s other tricks, too, such as wallpaper sync (across all your machines), UI scaling and a smarter app launcher. There’s a full list at the source, but knowing you, you already went there, right?

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Source: Google Chrome Releases Blog

This week the folks at Google appear to have released the full version of the “Chrome App Launcher” for Windows machines. Though you’ll only be able to work with this app on Windows 7 and Windows 8 – not RT at the moment – you’ll find the functionality to be – perhaps – a bit liberating if you’re used to working with Google services on the regular. While this isn’t a return to the Start button, by any means, Google does make it easy here to keep you in the fold.

If you’ve used Google’s Chrome operating system, you should be well familiar with the abilities of this app. What it does for Windows is offer up a pocket – more than just a folder, as it were, of access for apps inside a Google Chrome web browser. You will need the internet to access most of these apps, while we’re expecting offline support for bits and pieces as Chrome OS has.

ABOVE: Chrome app launcher as it exists in Chrome OS – essentially the same as it looks in Windows 7 and Windows 8. You can learn more about Chrome OS and the devices it runs on natively in our SlashGear 101: Google Chromebook from all the way back in 2011. Then get an updated look through our recent

And yes, if you’ve heard the rumors but haven’t ever used Chrome OS, you can indeed work offline with Chrome OS devices.

As a tip to Engadget suggests and our own tests confirm, you can indeed download and use the app launcher working with Windows starting today. Out of Beta mode, that is.

For those of you working with OS X or Linux – you too can use the system, but you’re still in Beta. The difference between out-of-beta and Beta modes is slight, essentially circling around a guarantee from Google that everything is in working order. Make with the clicking!

Chrome app launcher for Windows out of beta: why you want it is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Feeling productive? So are the folks at 6Wunderkinder, who’ve been busy little bees translating the popular desktop and mobile productivity tool, Wunderlist, into a packaged application for Chrome. The Wunderlist for Chrome experience is about as close to native as it can get — because it’s a packaged app, it works outside your Chrome browser, just like the desktop version. Included with the app are nifty features like voice dictation for your to-do list, desktop notifications, offline availability and a tagging system. Linux users will be especially happy to know that the Chrome version brings Wunderlist back to their OS, after having lost it when the company abandoned HTML5. To get your productivity on, head on over to the source link below to download the free app. And for a quick preview, check out the video after the break.

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Source: 6Wunderkinder, Chrome Web Store

Now that Android has received that new Chrome update, it’s time for iOS users to get some of that love as well. Google has released a Chrome for iOS update that introduces improved integration with other Google apps — signing into Chrome will automatically prompt you to sign in to other apps like YouTube, Google+ and Google Drive. You can also set up a preference where all directions links in the browser will lead to the Google Maps app instead. Aside from the tighter integration, the new iOS update also introduces fullscreen browsing on the iPad, access to your full browser history and an experimental data compression service that promises faster and more secure browsing. So if you’re a fan of that alternative iOS browser from Mountain View, go on and download the update from the source link below.

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Source: Google Chrome (App Store), Google Chrome Blog

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