More and more details are arriving for the upcoming Chromebook known only as ‘Hatch’ at this point. We already knew it is being based on the Comet Lake 9th-gen Intel chipset and that it will have a fingerprint scanner, but today we’ve found full evidence that ‘Hatch’ will also employ a garaged stylus.
Continue ReadingChrome Incognito Mode Getting Even More Private in Version 75
There are plenty of users who leverage Chrome’s Incognito mode on a daily basis, but for many people, Incognito Mode isn’t nearly as secure or private as you would think. As a matter of fact, lots of websites can still leverage cookies while you are on the site and track you as long as the […]
Continue ReadingUpcoming Chromebook ‘Hatch’ Getting A Fingerprint Scanner
After seeing the new Acer Chromebook 714 and 715 at Acer’s event this week, we can finally use the plural Chromebooks when talking about Chrome OS devices with fingerprint scanners. Up to last week, we’d only had the Pixel Slate as the lone Chromebook with biometric support. Now with the addition of the Acer 715 […]
Continue ReadingHands-On With The New Acer Chromebook 715 and 714 [VIDEO]
Today in Brooklyn, Acer unveiled the newest Chromebooks in their growing lineup: the Chromebook 714 and 715. We were at the event and got to spend a bit of time with both devices after the crowds thinned out a bit. From those few minutes we were able to really spend with both Chromebooks, I have […]
Continue ReadingSneak Peek With Acer’s New Chromebooks For Enterprise [VIDEO]
We’re here at the Next@Acer global press event and we’re taking a quick peak at the two new Chromebooks on offer from Acer. We’ll spend some more time with them soon and get more in-depth hands-on videos at that point, but we wanted to share our initial thoughts from the keynote with you now. Enjoy!
Continue ReadingIt Will Soon Be Much Easier to Edit Microsoft Office Files in Google Docs
There’s a ton of action coming out of Google’s Cloud Next 2019 event. Though we’re currently in New York covering Acer’s Global Press event, there’s so much newness coming out of Google’s cloud-centric conference that we’re forced to pay attention there as well.
Continue ReadingYouTube TV Has Finally Added Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network and More
For users of YouTube TV, the lack of Discovery Channel’s squad of channels has been a bit of a black eye on the service since day one. Early on, the lack of Turner’s channels like TBS, TNT, and TruTV were also an issue for prospective subscribers, but Google and Turner made a deal pretty early […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Confirms New #madebyGoogle Chromebook Coming For Business
In a not-totally-surprising move yesterday, Google hinted very strongly that another #madebyGoogle device is in the works and will be announced “down the road.” At the annual Cloud Next event, in a session titled Google Hardware For Business, a juicy hint was dropped that is making it quite clear that Google is not out of […]
Continue ReadingUnboxing A Touchscreen USB-C Portable Monitor That Just Works [VIDEO]
Portable USB-C monitors are fantastic pieces of tech. Having a second screen on the go with no need for power or anything more than a USB-C cable is not only productivity-boosting: it is freeing. Not long ago a multi-monitor setup was relegated to a desk setup and you simply lost that extra screen real estate […]
Continue ReadingExciting New Feature Coming to Chromebook Desktops
Over the past 6 months, the tablet mode interface for Chrome OS has been on the receiving end of a ton of UI updates. From updates to split-screen to new swipe gestures, the way you navigate a Chromebook in tablet mode is vastly different than it was this time last year.
Continue Reading‘Atlas’ Chromebook Could Be Nearing Production
In the life of many Chromebooks and other Google software, there is a process that many new things go through known as dogfooding. Dogfooding is simply the everyday use of software and/or hardware by the very developers making and working on them. In the case of Google, dogfooders are used to test out new products […]
Continue ReadingASUS Chromebook Flip C434: Thoughts After A Week [VIDEO]
After seeing the ASUS Chromebook Flip C434 in Vegas at CES 2019, I couldn’t wait to get it in the office for review. When news broke last month that it was finally becoming available for sale, I jumped on the opportunity to purchase one. Sure, we’ll likely get a review unit in from ASUS at […]
Continue ReadingInbox is Dead, But Gmail Has Themes: Here’s How To Use Your Custom Photos To Personalize Gmail
This entire week has been spent mourning the loss of Google+ and Inbox, two services Google chose to finally close the door on. I was a fan of both and, like other Google services that have died before them, I’ll spend a decent amount of time missing them. Of all the Google shut downs in […]
Continue ReadingMissing Google Inbox? Here Are 2 New Ways To Make Gmail More Inbox-Like
The demise of Inbox is being felt across the internet this week as both Google+ and Inbox were officially shut down as of April 2nd. This wasn’t a surprise to anyone, but the finality of Inbox officially being gone still hurts. For many users like myself, Inbox was simply a better way to handle and […]
Continue ReadingASUS Chromebook Flip C434 Now Available For Purchase in the UK With 128GB of Storage
While we over here in the US await the official launch date of the ASUS Chromebook C434 from Amazon, it appears that a quick trip across the Atlantic not only gives potential buyers an availability date of right here, right now, but also ads in double the storage to boot. For a short time the […]
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