Chrome OS adds onscreen keyboard: tablet, convertible possibilities tapped

Keyboards on the screen of your computer are only really helpful when you have no physical keyboard in front of you. Instead of hunting and pecking on a display, it’s … Continue reading

Heartbleed test extension keeps hacker bug at bay

Supposing you’re aware of the Heartbleed bug – which has been patched in many locations around the web already – you know that it’s a massive deal in the internet … Continue reading

Chrome Bug Can Turn Whole Pages Into Record Buttons for Eavesdroppers

Chrome Bug Can Turn Whole Pages Into Record Buttons for Eavesdroppers

We’ve seen eavesdropping issues in Chrome before, like one exploit that lets sites ask for permission to the microphone, and then keeps listening long, long after . But now a new one discovered by Guy Aharonovsky goes a step further: it triggers listening with no permission, even if your microphone is completely disabled.

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Three Simple Tricks to Make Your Chromebook More Like a Real Laptop

After a few weeks of using a bare-bones 13-inch Toshiba Chromebook as my primary laptop, I found it isn’t hard to achieve pretty much everything a casual user would do on a traditional desktop or a laptop.



Google Chrome Could Arrive On Windows Phone

Google Chrome Could Arrive On Windows PhoneWindows Phone users would not have been too thrilled in recent memory as Google does not seem to want to allocate resources to develop apps for the mobile operating system simply for the fact that the number of users as opposed to Android and iOS platforms are tiny in comparison. Well, a leopard might not be able to change its spots, but a company can change its policy. It seems that Google might introduce Chrome to Windows Phone eventually.

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    Google I/O 2014 registration in April with random selection

    Supposing you’ve been frustrated in the past with Google I/O and the registration process which always leaves developers wanting without a quick trigger-finger, today may make you happy. Google has … Continue reading

    Google brings Now to Chrome desktop version for Windows, Mac

    Google is rolling out Now to the desktop version of Chrome. Via Twitter, the Chrome team announced that over the next several weeks, they will be introducing Google Now to … Continue reading

    See Your Entire Browser History In a (Somewhat Terrifying) Favicon Grid

    See Your Entire Browser History In a (Somewhat Terrifying) Favicon Grid

    This is what a life online looks like. If you’re interested in seeing your very own browser history all piled up, head right on over to Iconic History; a plug-in that turns your page clicks—all of them—into an unfiltered grid of favicons.

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    Samsung Chromebook 2 13.3 hands-on and first-impressions

    With the newest generation of Chromebooks they’ve got prepped for the public, Samsung brings on their Galaxy styling to the web-based OS’s hardware. With the Samsung Chromebook 2 13.3″ model, … Continue reading

    Good news, Android-loving Chromecast users: the newest beta of Chrome for Android adds casting abili

    Good news, Android-loving Chromecast users: the newest beta of Chrome for Android adds casting ability for YouTube videos and thus, basically any standard HTML5 video. It’s a beta, so it might be a little clunky, but hey, now your casting abilities aren’t limited to your computer. [AndroidPolice]

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