I love Google Cast, but it’s far from perfect. I listen to Youtube videos on my living room TV, songs from Youtube Music on my Nest Mini while I shower (too much information, I know), and more. The technology is immensely popular nowadays, and it’s developed quite a bit, but what I can’t seem to […]
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Oh, how I wish Chrome OS had a ‘Clear all’ button to quickly dismiss open applications
Yes, I know, I sound lazy. Anyone who knows me though will tell you that I prefer to work smarter, not harder. I’m a man of efficiency, what can I say? That’s why when I recently realized how annoying it was that Chrome OS didn’t have a ‘Clear all’ button to close active or open […]
Continue ReadingOpinion: Android apps on Windows 11 offer little to no value for most people, stick to web apps
Microsoft announced yesterday that its public preview of the Amazon Appstore apps on Windows 11 would now be available to anyone running its latest operating system version (Here’s how to enable it). The company states that it’s adding this to enable more users to work and play their own way. After receiving the update on […]
Continue ReadingChrome OS has a strange relationship with letting users listen to multiple simultaneous audio sources
It’s fairly common for anyone using a computer to run two audio sources at the same time. Maybe it’s our short attention spans or perhaps it’s my generation’s fault – the millennials. It’s still cool to blame everything on the millennials, right? Either way, on Windows, I often have music playing while I am in […]
Continue ReadingReports of declined Chromebook shipments disregard the bigger picture
The report of my death has been grossly exaggerated. Mark Twain Okay, before the history buffs light the torches, I am well aware that this is an inaccurate quote of the late, great Mark Twain. He actually stated: …I have even heard on good authority that I was dead. James Ross Clemens, a cousin of […]
Continue ReadingThe Quick Tap gesture on the Pixel 6 Pro feels like a sloppy and useless gimmick
I recently picked up my Pixel 6 Pro directly from the Google Store, and man am I excited! I opted for the larger storage capacity, and I have only filled it up halfway so far with awesome games and apps. I was so ecstatic to expand my storage to 256GB from the Pixel 4’s 64GB […]
Continue ReadingChrome OS notifications are awkward to navigate, but Android 12L could fix that
I’m one of those people who live on the bleeding edge of technology. I’m always excited to see what companies are doing with their hardware and software, and I rarely ever complain about it if I know it has positive implications down the road. In fact, most changes that are made to Chrome OS over […]
Continue ReadingJust like that, Nearby Share on Chromebooks is pretty fantastic
It wasn’t that long ago that we wrote about HP’s new Quick Drop app and how seamless the usage was when the app was installed on both your phone and Chromebook. I distinctly remember thinking to myself as we made a video about the feature that I really wished Nearby Share would work just as […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Video should merge with Youtube or at least add grid view for search results
As Google’s app and service ecosystem continues to evolve, so does Google Search. The company has put a ton of work in over the past few years to inject as much artificial intelligence and machine learning into Search itself, and as a result, I find myself relying on it more and more to find what […]
Continue ReadingAs Chromebooks continue to evolve, Google Assistant Discover remains absent
Google Discover is a fantastic and quick way in which most Android phone users (especially Pixel users) check what’s happening in the world around them. One swipe from left to right on their phone’s home screen produces a wealth of generated content both old and new without the need for them to open the Google […]
Continue ReadingCES 2022: our favorite tech from Las Vegas this year
Another year, another CES in the books. Like last year, this show was, well, a bit different. Unlike last year, the show happened in-person and there were vendors and attendees in Las Vegas, but things were far from normal. With many exhibitors opting out of in-person meetings, many media outlets doing the same, the images […]
Continue ReadingOpinion: Google’s “Dark Mode” efforts are taking too long and are full of inconsistencies
Over the past few years, Google has completely stripped its web-based services and apps of most of their color in favor of a minimalistic, white theme. At the time that it occurred across the board, the company had not yet made clear its intentions to add a universal dark mode toggle for the web. As […]
Continue ReadingOpinion: Google Family Groups should include Contact sharing
Now that my son is old enough to use his own Google account for a few things like Google Play Books, kids Movies, and even Play Games, I spent some time going through all of my purchases across each service and cleaning them out so that my own account’s suggestions no longer included Baby Shark […]
Continue ReadingSome of Our Favorite Tech From $20 to $2,000
If you are looking for some awesome tech, you have come to the right place! Today we are going to be talking about some of our favorite tech gadgets that we have enjoyed using in the past year with prices ranging from $20 all the way up to $2000. Oh, and we’re talking about any […]
Continue ReadingWhy I think Google may ultimately share Tensor with other Chromebook makers
We aren’t even to the point where Google has officially announced plans to bring their Tensor SoC to Chromebooks, but between leaked info, common sense, and gut feelings, I’d say a desktop version of Tensor is a foregone conclusion at this point. Reports put the arrival of Google’s custom Chromebook SoC sometime in 2023, so […]
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