Ah, the power of the web. Every day, more and more tools are being created or honed to make the web a place for more powerful tools that can increase productivity and release us from the dependency of bloated, locally installed software. While powerful tools such as online video editors like … [Read more...] about Chrome is getting playback speed controls for its in-built media player
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Nest speakers and smart displays set to improve voice recognition and continued conversation
Using the state-of-the-art BERT technology, or Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers - a pre-training model for natural language processing that was open-sourced in 2018 - Google is looking to significantly improve the voice recognition and continued conversation technology in Nest … [Read more...] about Nest speakers and smart displays set to improve voice recognition and continued conversation
A Tiger Lake ASUS Chromebook Flip C436 successor could be on the way
With the recent arrival of the first of many Tiger Lake Chromebooks in the form of the ASUS Chromebook CX5 this week, it only seems fitting that we've uncovered evidence of yet another in development. If you recall from CES 2021, ASUS unveiled 3 new Chromebooks on the way in the CM5, CX5, and CX9. … [Read more...] about A Tiger Lake ASUS Chromebook Flip C436 successor could be on the way
Chromecast with Google TV fixes WiFi and Bluetooth and adds better video controls
While last month's Chromecast with Google TV update focused on improving 4K support and decreased the likelihood that users would have their dongle bricked, the April update, which is rolling out now, seeks to improve security, WiFi, Bluetooth, and more. It's also adding a new menu section for … [Read more...] about Chromecast with Google TV fixes WiFi and Bluetooth and adds better video controls
The Tiger Lake-powered HP Chromebook x360 14c is available and it’s only $619!
About three weeks ago, HP quietly rolled out an updated version of the very popular Chromebook x360 14c. From the looks of it, nothing has changed at all apart from an update to the 11th Gen Tiger Lake Core i3 processor. This is the same CPU that powers the ASUS Chromebook CX5 that we just unboxed … [Read more...] about The Tiger Lake-powered HP Chromebook x360 14c is available and it’s only $619!
ASUS’ AMD-powered Chromebook CM5 is up for pre-order at $499
We got our hands on the latest hardware from ASUS and let's just say, the first-ever Tiger Lake Chromebook is proving to be a beast of a device at half the price of some 10th Gen flagship devices. Personally, I'm holding out for the Chromebook CX9 and its quad-core Core i7 Tiger Lake CPU and Iris Xe … [Read more...] about ASUS’ AMD-powered Chromebook CM5 is up for pre-order at $499
Google CEO Sundar Pichai teases ‘significant product updates and announcements’ ahead of Google I/O
As we are just inside 3 weeks to go before Google's I/O developer conference makes its return after a full cancellation of the event in 2020, Sundar Pichai - Alphabet & Google's CEO - took to prepared remarks in a quarterly earnings call to highlight a few interesting things going on at Google … [Read more...] about Google CEO Sundar Pichai teases ‘significant product updates and announcements’ ahead of Google I/O
Stadia is finally getting a search bar, game sorting, and a social media style activity feed
It's about time! Google Stadia is finally rolling out an official search bar that will help users find games and add-ons. It should be appearing at the top-right of the window for many of you right about now. Go ahead and refresh your 'game console' in order to begin making use of it. We previously … [Read more...] about Stadia is finally getting a search bar, game sorting, and a social media style activity feed
Neverware offers free CloudReady licenses with Chrome EDU or Enterprise Upgrades
Last December, Google acquired the Neverware and along with it, the companies popular software platform that essentially turns aging PCs into Chromebooks. For over half a decade, Neverware's CloudReady software has afforded companies and educational institutions a low-cost solution to utilize the … [Read more...] about Neverware offers free CloudReady licenses with Chrome EDU or Enterprise Upgrades
Google adds COVID travel restriction alerts, road trip mapping, and more
Now that vaccines are becoming more widely available, travel is beginning to be a thought on many people's minds. Having been cooped up for the past year has given us all a desire to make up for it by getting out of the house and potentially out of our state or country to experience life again. … [Read more...] about Google adds COVID travel restriction alerts, road trip mapping, and more
Chromecast with Google TV becomes HDR10+ certified, but there isn’t much support for it yet
Google's Chromecast with Google TV has been making its rounds since launch and becoming the go-to streaming technology for many. For those who don't have the device, Google has been working with hardware partners like Sony and TCL in order to make a special version of its shiny, new Google TV … [Read more...] about Chromecast with Google TV becomes HDR10+ certified, but there isn’t much support for it yet
Parallels brings Windows to AMD-powered Chromebook and more Intel devices
It has been nearly a year since Google announced its partnership with Parallels that would bring the full Windows Desktop experience to Enterprise Chrome OS users. While the use-case is narrow and only reserved for the small percentage of enterprise users that still need legacy apps while embracing … [Read more...] about Parallels brings Windows to AMD-powered Chromebook and more Intel devices
