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Organizing your Chrome browser tabs into tab groups, collapsing and freezing them, and even searching or quickly jumping to them are all fantastic ways to identify and switch rapidly between them, but a new feature in Chrome is going to make this even easier. Rolling out now is a feature that allows you to name […]
A new developer flag called ‘Help App Discover Tab’ is now available on Chrome OS Canary 92 and it adds an interesting new section into the Explore app on Chromebooks. Joining the Search, Overview, Perks, What’s New, and Help sections is a new robot head icon called ‘Discover’. Despite what you may be thinking, no […]
First spotted by Dinsan over at Chrome Story, a new Chromium Repository commit points to the possible addition of a developer flag that will allow Chromebook users to search the launcher categorically. “Wait, what exactly does that mean”, you may ask. Well, we don’t exactly know yet, but I have an idea of what it […]
Aside from GeForce Now, we don’t spill a lot of digital ink covering news about NVIDIA but that may no longer be the case. In a blog post that was focused mainly on NVIDIA’s expansion of ARM-based silicon, the behemoth GPU-maker slid in a little morsel that could have an enormous impact on the Chrome […]
The Chrome OS crosh terminal, or Chrome OS shell, is a command shell environment for Google’s operating system that most resembles Windows CMD. It allows users to run several commands that directly communicate with the core of the OS. Since it’s quite extensive and not generally for the average user, I won’t exactly what it […]
A new ‘Get Started’ section of the Chromebook Explore app will soon show you a step-by-step Googley checklist of tasks you’ll need to complete in order to set up your Chromebook out of the box if you want to get the most out of it. By opening the app and navigating to the ‘Overview’ section, […]
When global media controls were introduced to Chrome and Chrome OS, they were an incredible addition to the operating system. No longer would you need to swap between profiles, locate your music app or web app and unminimize it in order to pause it or jump between songs. Instead, Google carved out a special spot […]
Parallels Desktop is a fantastic new-ish partnership that brings specific Windows applications to Chromebooks and Chromeboxes via a virtual machine environment. It’s currently only meant for Enterprise devices, and not really for the average consumer. With over 75% of companies exploring the expansion of their Chrome Enterprise footprint over the next two years, it’s not […]
I’ve raved quite a bit about the Virtual Desks feature on Chromebooks. I use them every day and even gave you my tips and tricks for the best way to set them up and name them. However, after spending more time with them, I came to a sad realization – they’re useless if I need […]
We have been tracking a handful of 11th Generation Intel Chromebooks but up to this point, ASUS has been the only company to make an official announcement of a Tiger Lake device with those highly-anticipated Xe graphics. That changed earlier today and thanks to HP, we may get our hands on a Tiger Lake Chromebook […]
I’ve heard so many people complain about the ‘Everything button’ not being a caps lock key by default or that they don’t particularly enjoy the way Google has recently stripped the Alt key of its power, and yet, for years, we’ve had little capability to customize the way the Chrome OS keyboard functions. You can […]
One of the primary frustrations I have with Chrome OS as a desktop with multiple displays is that it doesn’t truly feel optimized as such. Instead, it’s felt for a long time like this ‘desktop mode’ – extending your experience by docking a Chromebook – has been tacked on. I have many gripes with Chrome […]
