It hasn’t been but three months since the Youtube team began to test showing Google Shopping advertisements in its video platform and similarly, in the Discover feed. Google and Alphabet CEO, Sundar Pichai, stated on an earning’s call around that time that “Youtube’s massive store house of “unboxing” videos could be turned into a shopping […]
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Google Drive adds new search operators to make finding specific files much easier
Google is updating Drive’s search functionality to allow for additional operators in an effort to make finding specific files much easier. For those unfamiliar, search operators allow you to specify parameters under which your search will be conducted while excluding results outside of those parameters. The company is also slightly modifying other existing parameters to […]
Continue ReadingHow to use Google Search to solve complex math problems and practice STEM concepts like a boss
Google’s efforts toward providing improved education and distanced learning technologies to students, parents, and teachers since the beginning of the pandemic are extremely impressive. From its improvements to Google Meet, the launch of Google Workspace for Education, and more, the company has really stepped up to the plate and provided a service where there was […]
Continue ReadingWhy Chromebook simplicity isn’t undermined by more capability and complexity
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 […]
Continue ReadingAssistant Memory could be the future of Google Collections and let you save anything for later
Google seems to be internally testing something called Memory, which will live inside of Google Assistant and the Search app. It appears to be a ‘dogfood feature’ in early development and wants to let you capture virtually anything and ask Assistant to recall it for you later using voice commands. There’s also an interface that […]
Continue ReadingChrome OS 89’s multi-paste clipboard fails on Android, but a fix is coming soon
One of the many highlights of Chrome OS 89’s triumphant arrival was the addition of the multi-paste function that allows for a bit of a clipboard history for users to dip into. If you’re like me, it is very easy to copy one too many things before you remember to paste and your copied stuff […]
Continue ReadingStadia may be getting ready to launch touchscreen gameplay, an Android TV app, more
In a new APK Insights report, 9to5Google has found code buried in version 3.9 of the Stadia application for Android that points to several new features that may be coming to gamers very soon. To be clear, just because code exists in the application does not point to a definitive release for said features, but […]
Continue Reading“Tips for Chrome” feature pops up in the Beta channel
I am not a fan of tooltips. You know, those pestering little popups that get in your way when you use a new device or piece of software. Don’t get me wrong, I totally get the reasoning behind them. A lot of first-time users of any platform or software want some basic guidance to assist […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat adds granular notification controls so you can reclaim your sanity
Google Chat has gone through quite the metamorphosis lately – between it taking on the migration of pretty much all Google Hangouts users, its redesign and productivity improvements yesterday, and new features like ‘Quick Sync’, and closer Gmail integration, Google is on a roll with these updates! Today, it announced that it’s also adding granular […]
Continue ReadingGoogle is adding a ‘Game Mode’ for Chromebooks as Steam gaming takes shape
It is still a bit unclear how close we actually are to ‘Borealis’ – the internal code name for the Steam gaming container coming to Chrome OS – actually landing. I’m still inclined to think that this feature will arrive in conjunction with more Tiger Lake Chromebooks hitting the market with their integrated Xe graphics […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat on the web gets a redesign and productivity improvements
Just a month ago, we caught wind of a redesigned interface potentially coming to Google Chat’s progressive web app which would make it more usable. It sought to take on more of a Gmail layout, and guess what – the previous screenshot sent in by a tipster was legitimate. Now, we have some official details […]
Continue ReadingChromebook help may soon be available through your launcher via the ‘Everything button’
Back in my day, Chromebooks had a ‘Get Help’ button that appeared as a green icon with a white question mark. It allowed you to browse basically all of Google’s Support listings for Chrome OS directly from within an app and was housed in your ‘Launcher’. Nowadays, the launcher is called the ‘Everything button’, and […]
Continue ReadingGoogle may soon change the right-click shortcut on your Chromebook
The Chrome OS development team has been on a rampage lately to eliminate all shortcuts utilizing the Alt key on your Chromebook’s keyboard. In its place, they truly are attempting to make the ‘Launcher’ button – now called the ‘Everything button‘ – capable of everything. Not only can it search for files on your local […]
Continue ReadingAndroid 11 is arriving on some Chromebooks in Beta Channel with big fixes on board
You may or may not know this, but Chromebooks have been stuck on Android 9 for quite some time. As a matter of fact, we can trace the last major Android update on Chrome OS back to February of 2019. Yes, over two years to wait on an Android update is a bit excessive, but […]
Continue Reading“Lacros” being prepped to be the primary Chrome OS browser
It has been nearly a year since we discovered the new Chrome OS project called ‘Lacros’. While the purpose of Lacros was initially unclear, it was apparent that Google was working on some way to severe the Chrome browser from the Chrome operating system to allow the two pieces of software to live harmoniously yet […]
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