Chrome OS “Easy Unlock” feature surfaces

Chromebooks are simple devices, and if a yet-unfinished feature that has surfaced ever comes to fruition, they could get even simpler. “Easy Unlock” is a feature that unlocks a user’s … Continue reading

Chrome Remote Desktop for Android hands-on

While we’re not attempting to suggest that the Android version of Chrome Remote Desktop is perfect right off the bat, it is pretty excellent that we’re already able to launch … Continue reading

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

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

Google and VMWare partner to bring Windows access to Chromebooks

Chromebooks have their benefits and limitations, and unfortunately for many users, those limitations are of the sort involving lack of access to needed software. Taking aim at this issue, Google … Continue reading

Lenovo ThinkPad X131e Chromebook made available to Schools

There’s a call for Chrome OS in schools – so says Lenovo with their newest device, the ThinkPad X131e Chromebook. This device works with a rugged exterior with a rubber bumper around the top cover as well as “stronger covers” to protect the machine in case of drops during a normal school day. This machine […]

Acer C720-2848 Chromebook bucks the upward trend

With the Acer C720-2848 the company has decided to cut the line, so to speak, making the device which appears the same as the earlier model cost just a bit less due to changes to its innards. What you’ve got here is a $199.99 model of the C720, this version working with the same Intel […]

Google Chrome Beta browser gets noisy tab indicators, other changes

The newest Chrome Beta browser build has a new feature that indicates which tab or tabs are playing music or other audio. That way, when you’re browsing with multiple tabs open and suddenly hear some guy blabbing about a fabulous new way to make money on the Internet, you can see at a glance which […]

Google+ Snapseed photo editing now enabled on ARM-based Chrome OS machines

Google has fixed an oversight that prevented some Chrome OS users from accessing the new photo editing tools in the Web version of Google+. Previously, ARM-based Chrome OS machines could not use the Snapseed-powered tools, which provide advanced image editing functions above and beyond the basic editing tools. The Snapseed functions can now be accessed […]

LG ChromeDesk, ChromeStation, ChromeOne coming soon with Chrome OS

It would appear that the folks at LG have decided that their venture into the Google universe with Android was lucrative enough that they’ll be pushing in to the other quickly rising OS from the company: Chrome. Three trademarks have been filed for recently by LG, each of them appearing with the brand Chrome in […]