Robby just dropped his review of Acer’s latest flagship, the Chromebook 713. If there are any doubts about how much we like this device, I can tell you that both Robby and myself are working from a 713 as our default Chromebooks at the moment. Coincidentally, the Acer Chromebook 713 just received an impressive discount […]
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Working from home can be challenging, especially if you don’t have a workspace where you can distance yourself from all the homelife distractions that can quickly derail you from your work. In our interview with John Maletis from Google, one of his tips for people who are working from home was to create a dedicated […]
Continue ReadingAcer Chromebook Spin 713 review: the affordable flagship
The minute I begin to talk about Chromebooks with things like bright high-res displays, 3:2 aspect ratios, glass trackpads, Core i5 processors, 8GB of RAM, NVMe storage, aluminum build and convertible form factors, I’m sure your mind starts tallying up the price tag of those nicer elements. I know mine does. When Chromebooks have nearly […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Store Daily Special: Save $15 on this Nest Mini & Chromecast bundle
After taking the weekend off, Fred Armisen is back with another Google Store daily special. This go-round, we see Fred in the familiar meditating position from the original Nest teaser video that kicked off the month-long promotion. Today’s deal consists of a great little streaming bundle that can turn any room into a binge den. […]
Continue ReadingWhy I Ditched My Google Pixel Buds for the Apple AirPods Pro [VIDEO]
For reasons that go deeper than I care to get into, that title was a tad bit hard to write. I don’t hate Apple. On the contrary, I actually appreciate a lot about Apple’s hardware on a regular basis. I know, for instance, that they are responsible for the smartphone as we know it. They […]
Continue ReadingLenovo IdeaPad 3 review: The little ($169) Chromebook that could [Video]
When I drove down to our local Walmart to pick up my online order, I gotta be honest, I wasn’t expecting much. For under $200, I don’t recall very many Chromebooks that deliver any kind of real-world performance. I certainly can’t think of any devices in that price range that I’d actually recommend to anyone. […]
Continue ReadingThe best Chromebooks of 2020 so far [VIDEO]
In what is now becoming a semi-annual event around here, the time has come once again to name our favorite Chromebooks of 2020 so far. We like doing this twice a year for some pretty obvious reasons and dead-center in the calendar usually lands us in a place where the first wave of Chrome OS […]
Continue ReadingYes, you can play Pogo Games on your Chromebook. Here’s everything you need to know!
A long held belief and annoyance of Chromebook owners worldwide has been that the popular web based gaming service Pogo can’t be played on their laptops. While this is true in some capacity as a handful of the website’s most popular games are written in Flash which is going away forever and is incapable of […]
Continue ReadingThe best built-in Chromebook webcams you can buy now [VIDEO]
Let’s face it, when it comes to built-in webcams on Chromebooks, the standard fare is less than desirable. For years, webcams have honestly been a basic commodity that have received very little attention, but the pandemic has obviously shed a massive spotlight on laptop webcams across the board and the results have come back fairly […]
Continue ReadingLenovo Flex 5 Chromebook Review: the new measuring stick
Chromebooks have come a long way in the decade they have existed. In the early days, it was all about delivering a cheap, affordable device to house Chrome OS on since the software really wasn’t up to the task of being a full-blown replacement for something like Windows, Linux or MacOS. In a lot of […]
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