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 […]
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Google Workspace Frontline is now officially available
Google Workspace Frontline is a custom solution that includes communication and collaboration apps as well as business-grade support and security features like advanced endpoint management that helps keep a company’s data secure. It was announced early this month and seeks to fill the gap for frontline workers like first responders, public transport workers, corrections workers, […]
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 ReadingGeForce NOW membership doubles in price, Founders grandfathered into starting cost
Since its launch, GeForce NOW has offered two tiers of membership. The first one was completely free and kept players waiting exorbitant amounts of time to get into a game session, limited the quality of their stream, and capped off session length at one hour at a time. The second was called Founders and cost […]
Continue ReadingChrome OS 91 will add notification badges for web apps
Many would agree, yours truly included, that Google is very close to perfecting the Android notification system. It has been the envy of many on a different mobile OS (ahem, a fruit-themed one perhaps) and yet, Google has not ported it to its other major project, Chrome OS. Well, it’s looking like this is about […]
Continue ReadingChrome for desktop is less RAM hungry with latest update thanks to PartitionAlloc
It’s no secret that Chrome became the most RAM-hungry browser after it started to pick up steam and increased its user base, but it has come leaps and bounds from what it used to be. That trend continues with its latest update. M89 introduces several improvements to memory management and performance on Desktop Windows and […]
Continue ReadingFirst Look: Supported web apps now respect your Chromebook’s light or dark theme
By now, we’re all well aware of the idea of a light or dark theme for our phones – Android and iOS users alike. It’s become a staple of technology use, and if not only an essential accessibility feature, then certainly a convenience at the very least. Over the past few years, Google and has […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Photos on the web helps you find things faster with ‘Explore’ and ‘Favorites’ tabs
Last year, Google Photos for mobile added arguably its best feature – the ability to ‘Explore’ your photos and videos in a more thoughtful and dynamic way. Using its machine learning and artificial intelligence, Google actively tags your content based on who or what appears in it, and when and where it was taken. You […]
Continue ReadingChrome for Desktop redesigns user profile switcher, Reading Lists coming to Android
Over the next few weeks, Google is going to be rolling out a revamped profile switcher for Chrome on desktop. Not only will it have a new landing page with updated Googley graphics, but it will also feature a fully customizable setup process which will allow a new user to create a space just for […]
Continue ReadingLive Captions for Chrome Desktop and Chrome OS near an official release
In June of last year, we showed off the Live Caption feature in Chrome via a flag in the Canary channel. It allows you to auto-caption live speech from audio sources using the same technology that Pixel phones have had for a while now. It’s a fantastic feature that seeks to make Chrome OS more […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat migration begins for some Hangouts users, but it’s got work to do
A few weeks ago, we discussed how Google was preparing to migrate Hangouts users with standard Google accounts to the new and improved Google Chat via a “consumer beta”. The idea has always been to slowly migrate users and then eventually to phase out ye old faithful Hangouts entirely. Well, some users, including Ars Technica’s […]
Continue ReadingThe Nest website now redirects you to the Google Store
Last year, the Nest website began redirecting users to Google’s official store in order to buy new devices. Now, Nest.com will automatically take you to a Nest category landing page on the Google Store. Ever since its team became a part of Google again, they’ve had a roadmap for dissolving the standalone brand in favor […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Workspace Now Allows Limiting Drive Sharing to Targeted Groups
A Google Workspace feature previously in Beta, has now begun to roll out to its users. This feature allows administrators to set up pre-determined groups of people – such as departments or teams – that will be automatically recommended when sharing a Google Drive link. This will enable users to share with a more targeted […]
Continue Reading[U] Google Classroom plans to further transform distanced learning with its 2021 feature roadmap
Update 2/19/21: Rich text editing will be available for Classroom Stream Posts, not Classroom assignments. I’ve updated the article to reflect this. Thanks Tom Mullaney! During the Learning with Google Livestream Event, which you can watch below, Google revealed a torrent of improvements to its distanced learning tools – specifically Google Meet and Classroom. These […]
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