The time has finally come: The ASUS Chromebook Flip C434 is in the house and we’re cracking it open to take a first look at the production-level hardware. For those of you who are around the site or YouTube Channel on a regular basis, you’ve undoubtedly heard us talk about this device and likely saw […]
Continue Reading4K Video Editing on Chromebooks May Be Possible Soon
There are a few things that users bring up when they talk about the limitations of Chrome OS and the Chromebooks it runs on. Gaming, photo editing, and video editing tend to top that list. Over the past couple years, some of those have been addressed via web apps, Android apps, and/or Linux apps.
Continue ReadingThe ASUS Chromebook Flip C434 Is Officially Shipping Now
Just today, news broke that the highly-anticipated ASUS Chromebook Flip C434 became available for order on ASUS’ website. For the time being, the only model on offer is the baseline Core m3 model with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage for a rather steep $569 asking price.
Continue ReadingUnboxing The Best $250 Chromebook You’ve Never Heard Of
Flagship, high-end Chromebooks come through our office with high regularity. We love them and we love getting to try all the latest, greatest hardware on offer from various, well-known manufacturers.
Continue ReadingWireless Charging is Coming To New Chromebook Tablets
Just this weekend we uncovered news of an upcoming duo of tablets coming soon that will feature the newer Mediatek 8183 processor. The duo will both be using the baseboard ‘Flapjack’ and look to be arriving with both an 8-inch and 10-inch version. And while I’m pretty excited about a couple smaller tablet options with […]
Continue ReadingHow To Enable Swipe Navigation For Chrome On Android Right Now
One of my favorite gestures for Chrome OS that has been around for years is the ability to use a 2-finger swipe in either direction to forward or back in your browsing history. Combined with the 3-finger swipe to jump between tabs and you have gesture support for a few of the most-used navigation needs […]
Continue ReadingSnag A Google Home Max for $100 Off
The Google Home Max is, without doubt, my favorite smart speaker on the market. It’s $399 price tag put people off for a long time and I think that sticker-shock was warranted. After all, this speaker doesn’t functionally do anything more than the $129 Google Home or the $49 Google Home Mini. In fact, functionally […]
Continue ReadingLenovo Yoga Chromebook C630 $150 Off With Free Google Home
As we’ve said many times in articles and videos around here, these 8th-gen Intel-based Chromebooks are seemingly on a rotating schedule of being on sale and on sale in big ways. As 2019 goes, we’ve seen $100-$150 price drops on multiple devices like the Lenovo Yoga Chromebook C630, Dell Inspiron Chromebook 14, and the HP […]
Continue ReadingStadia – Google’s New Game Streaming Platform – Could Finally Make Chromebook Gaming A Reality [VIDEO]
There’s so much to say about Stadia that we’re taking a day or two to absorb all the info and catch our collective breath. Right now, you just need to know that Google is launching an all-out effort to become a major player in the multi-billion dollar gaming industry via a streaming game service and […]
Continue ReadingWith Chrome 73, PWA Support Is Now Available on Every Desktop With Mac OS Support
PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) have been around for quite some time, but at Google’s Chrome Developers Summit back in November, functionality for support of PWAs across the board was kicked into overdrive. This uptick in available technologies doesn’t mean we’re now flooded with new PWAs everywhere we look: it simply means that the doors are […]
Continue ReadingPixelbook vs. Pixel Slate: #madebyGoogle Showdown Reveals Definitive Winner [VIDEO]
We don’t get the opportunity to do versus videos as often as I’d like, but we’re ready to try and change that in the coming months. The truth is, with review units it is pretty difficult to catch two interesting devices in the office at the same time. Right now we have quite a few […]
Continue ReadingWhy I’m Not Worried About Google’s Laptop & Tablet Employee Team Shift
Business Insider reported a few days ago that Google has internally communicated to employees in its laptop and tablet division to find new jobs within the company. Since the Pixelbook, supposed Pixelbook 2, and Pixel Slate are the only current laptop and tablet devices Google makes, this move (if it is actually happening) could easily […]
Continue ReadingAhead of Google’s Big GDC Announcement, Nintendo Switch Controller Support Being Added To Chrome
It looks like Google is set to attempt to make a big splash at GDC (Game Developers Conference) in just 6 short days according to their teaser video that just went live yesterday. There’s little to be gleaned from the video itself, but a tweet from Rick Osterloh may give us a bit more info […]
Continue ReadingASUS Chromebook C434 Shows Up At Staples
We know the arrival of the hotly-anticipated ASUS C434 is just around the corner. What, with the FCC filing already out of the way and the listings already on education/enterprise resellsers like Promevo, the clock is ticking against the full-tilt release of the successor to the very popular ASUS C302.
Continue ReadingHow To Get The Updated Skype For Web Working On A Chromebook
A couple days ago, Microsoft pulled the wrapper off a brand-new, updated version of Skype for Web and, in the process, left quite a few users out in the cold. In what looks like an effort to consolidate development around the most-used browsing platform (Chrome), Microsoft has shuddered support for the web version of Skype […]
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