Google continues its commitment to productivity and ease of use inside the Chrome and Chrome OS ecosystem with new features, partners and capabilities being added to their products at what seems to be an extremely accelerated pace as of late. The latest little tweak comes in the form of a more direct method to cast […]
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Lock Screen Notifications Coming To Chromebooks
The slow, steady intertwining of Chrome OS and Android continues to create beneficial and worthwhile changes for our beloved OS. From material design elements to split-screen tablet functions, Chrome OS has definitely benefitted from the slowly evolving partnership.
Continue ReadingDrag Down To Refresh Now Available On Chromebooks In Stable Channel
We wrote not too long ago about a Chrome feature that exists on Android coming to Chrome OS: drag to refresh. At the time, it was available in the Dev Channel of Chrome OS, and that was only a month ago.
Continue ReadingDo You Hoard Tabs? Do You Long To See Your Fav Icons? Chrome Is Here To Help.
For some, hoarding is a way of life. When it comes to your browser, hoarding tabs can be a mind-numbing frustration that leads to colorful language and worn out mice as you hunt for the one page you’re looking for amongst the dozens you have open.
Continue ReadingGoogle’s Song Maker Exemplifies What Is Possible With Current Web Technologies
We’ve not talked expressly about Google’s Chrome Music Lab, but it falls into the same category that Chrome Experiments does: it is a place to showcase what is possible in Chrome from different perspectives. We have discussed Voice Experiments and the Music Lab is quite similar. Take really amazing web-based tech and push it as […]
Continue ReadingWeb Paint: An Insanely Useful Chrome Extension For Marking Up Websites
I don’t know about you, but I spend a lot of time online. Between getting work done, learning new things, watching videos, engaging in social media or just having fun, I find lots of stuff online I want to share or comment on every day. Many times, I want to share a website or picture […]
Continue ReadingChrome Pull To Refresh Arrives In Developer Channel
Hard to believe it’s taken this long but it was last July when we discovered that developers were bringing Chrome’s “pull to refresh” feature to the desktop version of the browser. Since that time, we’ve not seen hide nor hair of the feature that will make the Chrome user-experience much more friendly for owners of […]
Continue ReadingChrome Making “Simple Gesture Nav” Default For Overscroll History
Workflow, workflow, workflow. I don’t know about you but Chrome’s trackpad gestures are a major part of my workflow every single day.
Continue ReadingA Deeper Dive Into Chrome’s New Ad Blocking Policies
Yesterday, developers gave us a sneak peak at Chrome’s new ad blocking policies that will take effect less than 24 hours from now. Accordingly, sites that do not meet the standards of the Coalition for Better Ads will have their advertising blocked completely in the Chrome browser. Today, we received a deeper look at how […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chrome Drops The Hammer On Intrusive Ads
Google and the Chromium developers have been very forward about making their cherished Chrome browser safer, more secure and as unintrusive as possible. Just last week, they announced that July would mark the month that Chrome will label all HTTP sites as “not secure.”
Continue ReadingChrome Dino Easter Egg Getting Touch Screen Support
The dinosaur easter egg in Chrome is about to get a little more user-friendly. If you’re unfamiliar with the Dino game, do yourself a favor and head to chrome://dino. You can thank me later.
Continue ReadingChrome Adding Shorter Shortcut For Bookmarks: Windows and Linux Only.
Improvements to accessibility are always welcome additions to any software and web browsers are no exception. Clearly, we are fans of Chrome and that includes Google’s browser in all its forms across every available platform. So, we celebrate with all the non-Chrome OS users when developers bring refinements to the world’s most popular window to […]
Continue ReadingStream Super Bowl LII Free With Chromecast And NBC [Updated]
Sunday is game day! In a little over 24 hours, players will take the field and vie to take home the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy. If you’re like me, (a Denver fan) your team was mathematically eliminated months ago but Super Bowl is the one game that transcends team loyalty and for a few hours, […]
Continue ReadingBug Report: Chrome 64 Forced Log Outs, Fix On The Way
Chrome users on Windows, Mac and Linux may who recently updated to version 64 may have noticed some rather unusual behavior from Google’s browser. Reports have been rolling into the Chrome Product Forum that Chrome is no longer keeping users logged into sites even when “remember me” is checked.
Continue ReadingChrome 64 Arrives With Site Muting, HDR Support, Spectre And Meltdown Protection
Users of Chrome for Desktop have some new features to be excited about as version 64 rolls out to Linux, Mac and Windows this week. Behind the scenes, Chrome 64 includes fifty-three (53) bug and security fixes that netted friendly hackers upwards of $30,000 in bounties, collectively. Find out more about the bounty program and […]
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