This morning, Best Buy ignited an insane deal that you can go and pick up right now – Anyone who buys a Chromebook valued at $299 or more can pick up a free SteelSeries Stratus Duo controller at no additional cost. However, that’s not all – the biggest news here is that you’ll also get […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat will now automatically suggest quick sync groups based on your Calendar
Adding to its ability to suggest 1:1 chat groups based on your meetings in Google Calendar, Google Chat will now suggest chat groups based on your Calendar that contain multiple people. It’s an expansion of an already useful feature, and Google hopes that by making it more diverse, you and your teams can quickly open […]
Continue ReadingYour Chromebook’s Phone Hub may soon drain your phone battery less quickly
Google’s addition of the Phone Hub to Chrome OS is a welcome one – being able to access your phone notifications, toggle your handheld’s wifi hotspot, and even ring it if it gets lost – all from your laptop. It’s a lot better, in my humble opinion than Microsoft’s ‘Your Phone’ application for Windows. It […]
Continue Reading[Opinion] Windows 11 tried to make Chromebooks irrelevant, but Google just destroyed its efforts
Updated: The title of this post was adjusted to reflect its editorial nature. Our apologies for the original title that alluded to the fact that this was anything other than that. I’m no application developer, so I won’t pretend to understand the intricacies of Android Package files (APKs) which can be downloaded officially from the […]
Continue ReadingXbox Cloud Gaming Beta joins Stadia in the web browser and you can play it right now
Less than a month ago, we reported that you’d soon be able to play Xbox games directly through your web browser. This meant that Chromebook gamers specifically would have loads more to play in addition to Stadia, Nvidia GeForce Now, and other cloud game streaming services that are already available to them. Well, that time […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Drive for Desktop adds Google Photos upload and multi-account switching
Earlier this year, Google announced that it was transforming its Google Drive File Stream for Workspace into Google Drive for Desktop – a solution that would also become available to all users, Workspace or not. Instead of having to constantly download and upload files between your PC and your Drive storage in the cloud, Drive […]
Continue ReadingChrome is taking steps to untangle your sacred bookmarks from the Reading list
Recently, the Chrome development team gave a second function to the browser’s bookmarking star icon and it upset a lot of people. Instead of simply bookmarking the current page as it’s done since, well, forever, it currently pulls up an option to either do what it was designed to do or to place it into […]
Continue ReadingGoogle is coming down on spammy Chrome extensions by requiring devs to enable 2FA
Google has been trying very much to clean up the cesspool that is the Chrome Web Store as of late. In just the past year alone, it’s created a new ‘seal of approval’ for extensions that respect user privacy and data, has introduced new protections against downloading malicious extensions, stopped them from sharing processes to […]
Continue ReadingUpcoming Chromebook shelf ‘drag to pin’ apps feature is simple but useful
To date, when you open an application or a web app on your Chromebook and it’s not pinned, it will appear to the right of a nearly invisible separator. This thin, white, nearly transparent line will divide pinned apps from non-pinned apps so that the user can understand what will disappear after being closed and […]
Continue ReadingWindows 11 borrowed more than a few things from Chrome OS, but that’s not a bad thing
Microsoft’s Windows 11 Preview 1 for Windows Insiders just became available a few days ago, and I installed it as soon as I could. There has been a lot of hype surrounding its refreshed visual design, and the idea of the O.G. operating system finally being modernized in a way that allowed it to compete […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Contacts updated with a new experience for Workspace relationships
Google Workspace is now rolling out a new Contacts experience for all customers, including G Suite Basic and G Suite for Business that gives more information on the connection between colleagues. For example, detailed information regarding an individual’s management chain, department, and title as well as a history of your Workspace relationship together (see below). […]
Continue ReadingYour Stadia Pro games for July include Moonlighter, Terraria, and more
Stadia Pro subscribers can claim four new titles in just a few days on July 1, 2021, adding to their already impressive library of games that require no downloads, updates, or installs. This month’s content includes Moonlighter, Street Power Football, Terraria, and The Darkside Detective. Remember, if you have yet to claim Steamworld Dig, Ary […]
Continue ReadingChrome’s ugly Tab Search icon is being redesigned to fit in with its surroundings
Ever since Google introduced the excellent and extremely useful Tab Search feature to the Chrome browser, users have complained about how out of place the button’s visual design was against its surrounding elements. The close, maximize, and minimize buttons for the top of the browser are all in alignment with one another, but the Tab […]
Continue ReadingYoutube TV is finally rolling out its 4K Plus add-on package – here’s what it includes
After being announced in February, Team Youtube is now rolling out its 4K Plus Youtube TV package. It includes 4K streaming quality, the ability to download shows and movies for offline viewing, and the option for streaming to an unlimited number of screens within your home Wifi. Now, everyone in your Google Family Group can […]
Continue ReadingZoom is releasing a PWA specifically for Chromebooks on the Google Play Store
In the face of the global pandemic, Google has stepped up to the plate and completely transformed its services to better meet the needs of the hybrid ‘Anywhere classroom’. More specifically, Google Meet has become the go-to service for video chats across the education and enterprise space – well, nearly. Its competitor, Zoom, has kept […]
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