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If you’ve been around here for any amount of time, you’ve likely been made aware of my affinity for Google’s hardware. I like nearly everything they’ve made in-house (Pixel Slate aside) and I’ve been a Pixel phone owner since the very first model. I’ve taken pride in the camera and suffered dejection with the poor […]
Let’s take a trip down memory lane, shall we? Near the beginning of my interest in Chromebooks, Google made a somewhat-odd decision to shack up with HP and make the decidedly-Google-y HP Chromebook 11. If you don’t remember it, we talked quite a bit about this pill-shaped Chromebook a few weeks back when news came […]
Google Cast has been life-changing for me. Not in any significant way, but the ability to send audio and video across my home and to different devices conditionally has certainly been transformative to my quality of life, and I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling that way. However, despite being launched almost a decade ago, […]
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 […]
For some, Chrome OS is not only their OS of choice, it’s their only OS. For others, like myself, using Windows or macOS is an unavoidable part of our jobs. Despite how much I love my Chromebook, I can’t use it to do full-scale game development, mostly due to it not being realistic or reasonable […]
For the second year in a row, it seems Google is choosing to sit on the sidelines for this year’s April Fool’s Day horseplay. Citing concerns over COVID-19 issues still gripping the country, Google has decided now may still not be the best time for jokes on the internet. While that won’t stop just about […]
Because Google’s cloud gaming platform is most often played with a gamepad, and most often on a laptop, desktop, or television, it simply seemed like a convenience that it originally created a touch gamepad feature a while back. Now, with the potential of Stadia launching a full-on touchscreen gameplay feature, I couldn’t help but ask […]
If you clicked on this article, then you probably already know what I’m going to say within – the Chromebook launcher is long overdue for an overhaul, and there are several things that it’s needed for quite some time now. However, for one reason or another, Google has not shown it any love even though […]
Every time I read the news on Google Discover on my phone, I see various articles that, for one reason or another, proclaim that the reader should “ditch Google Chrome in favor of Microsoft Edge”. These articles often cite many new and upcoming Edge features, and even the fact that Edge is now built with […]
If you’ve been a part of the Chromebook story for any amount of time, you’ve likely heard about the three pillars of the core Chrome OS experience: speed, simplicity, and security. From the jump, Google had a vision of computing that put these three things front and center, allowing them to steer the ship and […]
Okay, this is going to be a bit of a rant but I think that you will find some valid points along the way if you decide to stick around for my ramblings. Before I get too deep, let me first express that I am NOT a fan of larger laptops. I have owned a […]
With Google digging its heels in and heavily promoting Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in place of traditional Google Play apps, I’ve come to realize something rather frustrating – the Gmail web application doesn’t have a proper dark theme! In fact, almost none of Google’s software does, but with something as frequently utilized by so many […]
