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It goes without saying that any decent modern day office would come with at least one computer, whether it is for administrative purposes or simply as a productivity tool. Having said that, what kind of browser do you run in your enterprise environment? Assuming you have heard so much about Chrome from Google and have been raring to give it a chance, how about now, considering how additional improvements for Chrome at the office have been introduced recently.

The browser, after all, is a program that will see action most of the day, where it is used to access useful information, remain connected with people, and even to run web apps, regardless of whether you are at home, at work, or on the move. Chrome for Business might be the ideal candidate at the office, where it offers the flexibility for your IT administrator to configure Chrome so that it can automatically launch an alternate browser whenever you are running a web app built for older browsers. Should you want to use Chrome at work but fall back on older apps, it is painless ot switch seamlessly between the two browsers. That ought to provide you with enough peace of mind, no?

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Not one to leave its business customers out of the loop, Google updated its Chrome for Business browser today with a couple of new features: legacy browser support and cloud-based management for Google Apps. With the former, those who are obliged to use older apps at work (poor you) will be automatically switched to an alternate browser when needed, while the cloud-based management allows employees to log in to their Google Apps for Business or Education accounts from any device. Of course, both features require the approval of your friendly neighborhood IT administrator, so do remember to offer him or her a token of appreciation the next time their special day rolls around.

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Source: Google Enterprise blog

Fresh off of a trip to North Korea, Google’s executive chairman has found himself on stage here in New York City. Eric Schmidt is kicking off the second day of D: Dive Into Mobile 2013 here in the Big Apple, and we’re just a few feet away — you know, so we can liveblog every last word of it. And, to ogle his fashionable sneakers. For those looking for a glimpse into yesteryear, you can relive our liveblog from Schmidt’s D9 keynote in 2011 right here. Head on past the break for today’s interview!

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Google rolled out a Chrome Beta update yesterday, bringing with it a couple of improvements that have been long-anticipated, and that provide Android users with some much-needed functionality. After updating, Chrome Beta for Android users will have easy full-screen Web browsing and improved search via Omnibox. The update can be grabbed now from the Play Store.

Users have been waiting quite a while for such the fullscreen feature added into Chrome, with it now automatically switching into the browsing mode when the user begins scrolling, causing the upper navigation bar to disappear from sight. By touching the screen, the navigation bar will reappear, making it all-around unobtrusive and convenient.

Swiping upwards will make the toolbar reappear with the URL field and navigation options, such as the back and refresh buttons. Fullscreen feature aside, the latest update also brings with it simpler searching than before by altering the way Omnibox search works. While the current version requires searches to be retyped in their entirety, after updating users will be able to edit queries via the search bar without hassle.

There are a few other more minor things, such as holding the back button to reveal search history and added client-side certificate support. There are also some known bugs, including a “noticeable lag” when typing in certain text fields, duplicate items in the history tab, slow tab opening on occasion, and possible flickering pages.

[via Android Community]

Chrome Beta for Android updates with full-screen mode and improved Omnibox is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Google issued a fairly minor, but still noteworthy update to its Chrome iOS app today. The update now includes full-screen browsing, as well as new printing options, allowing users to take advantage of Google’s CloudPrint protocol or Apple’s AirPrint feature. The update also comes with support to save a website to a PDF directly to Google Drive.

As for the full-screen browsing capability, there’s not much to it, although it does get rid of the address bar when you scroll down a webpage, allowing users to take advantage of the whole display when web surfing. So, instead of the address bar remaining static, it moves along with the scroll, meaning it’ll get out of your way when you scroll down a page, which probably didn’t take too much coding effort, but it’s a very convenient feature to have nonetheless.

As for printing webpages, you can do so either via Google’s CloudPrint or Apple’s AirPrint, which is also a convenient feature to have handy when web surfing, although printing usage has gone down for casual purposes, since the use of Evernote allows users to save a website for later. Plus the new PDF saving feature to Google Drive is a nifty way to save websites as well.

It’s not every day when you see the option to save a website as a PDF file. Normally, you can only save it as an HTML file, along with the assets that go with the website. Saving for PDF gives you a simplified version of that, and then you can easily print out a copy if need be from your computer or mobile device. Google Chrome is a free download and the update is available now in the iTunes App Store.

Google Chrome for iOS updates with full-screen browsing, new printing options is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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