Stadia is adding three awesome, new indie titles to its lineup soon. In its Community blog post, it made sure to state that these are "active, current publishers excited to bring more of their titles to players". This is probably specifically targeting naysayers who have stated Google is only adding … [Read more...] about Stadia has three awesome, new indie games coming including ‘Through the Darkest of Times’
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How to sign PDFs on a Chromebook without third party apps
It has happened to most of us more than once: You receive very important paperwork via email that you must sign, and then you are faced with the task of printing it out, signing it, scanning it, and then emailing it back. But what if you don't have a printer? or simply don't want to go through all … [Read more...] about How to sign PDFs on a Chromebook without third party apps
Adaptive Charging for ChromeOS learns your battery charging habits: Now available in Canary
All the way back in January, we reported on a new 'Adaptive Charging' feature for Chromebooks. Essentially, Google wants to bring the same intelligent capability from Pixel and Android for your device to learn your battery usage and charging habits to its laptops. At the time, it was just a Chromium … [Read more...] about Adaptive Charging for ChromeOS learns your battery charging habits: Now available in Canary
The Chrome Cast 170: Pixel Notepad postponed and Acer’s new ARM Chromebook wows
This week on The Chrome Cast, there's a lot to cover. Starting with news of the Pixel Notepad's postponement to an updated co-processor for the Pixel Watch, there's a lot of news swirling around Google's hardware right now. Right in that conversation is the fact that Google grew Pixel shipments … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 170: Pixel Notepad postponed and Acer’s new ARM Chromebook wows
Workspace: You will soon be able to copy encrypted documents, spreadsheets, or presentations
Google Workspace admins and organizations have the option to enable client-side encryption for files in their domain. This encryption encodes and provides another layer of security beyond the standard AES 256-bit encryption that Google Drive provides to files that are considered confidential. … [Read more...] about Workspace: You will soon be able to copy encrypted documents, spreadsheets, or presentations
Pixel and Android phones could soon detect when you snore or cough because why not
The second-generation Nest Hub in the past has added many health tracking features including the ability to detect when you're snoring when noise occurs in your environment while you sleep, and well, how you're sleeping overall. This is possible because the device's sensors capture and process … [Read more...] about Pixel and Android phones could soon detect when you snore or cough because why not
ChromeOS 102 arrives with better note-taking, accessibility improvements and more
While not precisely when scheduled, Google has officially announced the release of ChromeOS version 102 and it should be rolling out to eligible devices over the next few days. This release is relatively light in the features department but I think that you'll find the updates are very welcome and … [Read more...] about ChromeOS 102 arrives with better note-taking, accessibility improvements and more
Workspace: Admins can now manage shared drives using Organizational Units (OUs)
Shared Drives (formerly Team Drives) in Google Drive are an important and efficient way to keep files that belong to a specific department or group of associates separate from the rest of the files in an organization. Unfortunately, as it stands right now, all company shared drives are subject to … [Read more...] about Workspace: Admins can now manage shared drives using Organizational Units (OUs)
Unboxing the most powerful ARM Chromebook yet: The Acer Spin 513
You'll likely recall that we had hands-on time with the new Acer Chromebook Spin 513 back in January for CES 2022. At the time, we couldn't benchmark it, we couldn't show you too much of it and we knew that the hardware was unfinished and pre-production. The Spin 513 we have here today is anything … [Read more...] about Unboxing the most powerful ARM Chromebook yet: The Acer Spin 513
You can now copy and paste files across Google Drive instead of having to use the ‘Move’ option
Before Google cleaned up Drive's duplicate, messy file structure, pretty much all users had multiple versions of the same file in many locations, making it nearly impossible to manage. Now that they've gone through and turned these into what can basically be considered arrows or shortcuts pointing … [Read more...] about You can now copy and paste files across Google Drive instead of having to use the ‘Move’ option
This upcoming change to Gboard would have made my time with the Galaxy Fold much better
A few months back, I tested the foldable phone waters a bit more extensively by spending some time with the Samsung Galaxy Fold 3. I'd considered it quite a few times over the years, testing the original Galaxy Fold and the original Surface Duo for only a few days each before deciding both of those … [Read more...] about This upcoming change to Gboard would have made my time with the Galaxy Fold much better
Android 13 Beta 2.1 patch rolling out now with bug fixes for Pixel phones
Android 13 began its public beta exactly a month ago, giving Android enthusiasts an early look at the new features the new iteration of the OS has to offer. These features include new notification permissions, a brand new photo picker, more support for themed app icons, improved localization, and … [Read more...] about Android 13 Beta 2.1 patch rolling out now with bug fixes for Pixel phones
