Enlarge / Google Chrome in macOS Mojave. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple added dark mode to macOS with its Mojave software update in September. Since then, third-party apps have been adding dark themes to go along with it, but there have been a handful of notable outliers, like Slack and Google Chrome. We’ve now learned that […]
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Pixel Slate review: Paying the “Google” premium for Chrome OS
Enlarge (credit: Valentina Palladino) Google spent a lot of time and effort trying to convince everyone that Chrome OS isn’t just for laptops. The fruits of the company’s labor have been slowly revealing themselves over the past year through software updates and the few Chrome OS tablets that are already available. But Google officially ushered […]
Microsoft joining Qualcomm and Google to bring Chrome to Windows on ARM
Enlarge / The Asus NovaGo is one of the first generation of Windows 10 on ARM systems, using a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor. (credit: Asus) A couple of Microsoft engineers are contributing code to Google’s Chrome browser to help make it a native Windows on ARM application, as spotted by 9to5google. Windows 10 on ARM, […]
Google’s Chrome OS tablet leaks in vivid detail
Yes, Google is still having trouble keeping a lid on product news ahead of its October 9th Pixel 3 event. MySmartPrice has posted what look to be images of Google’s first Chrome OS tablet, believed to be called the Pixel Slate, and there’s clearly more to the story than we saw the first time around. […]
Google announces “Project Stream”—a “test” of game streaming in Chrome
Enlarge (credit: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey) Google just announced “Project Stream,” a “technical test” of a service designed to stream AAA video games à la Playstation Now and GeForce Now. We’ve heard rumors of a “Project Yeti” gaming service for some time now, and this looks to be the first sign of a real “Google Gaming” product. The […]
Google’s Project Stream makes ‘Assassin’s Creed’ playable in Chrome
Project Stream promises to deliver the holy grail to video game fans around the globe — the ability to play the latest AAA games on any laptop or PC via a stable, no-lag streaming service. Google is preparing to publicly test Project Stream with a “limited number of participants” on October 5th, letting them play […]
Google backtracks—a bit—on controversial Chrome sign-in feature
Enlarge (credit: Google Chrome) Google will partially revert a controversial change made in Chrome 69 that unified signing in to Google’s online properties and Chrome itself and which further preserved Google’s cookies even when users chose to clear all cookies. Chrome 70, due in mid-October, will retain the unified signing in by default, but it […]
11 Google Chrome Apps and Features to Help You Get More Done with Less Effort
In today’s fast-paced and never-ending busy world, we are overwhelmed by tasks that need to be completed by tight deadlines. With so much technology it is difficult to find the right tools to help boost our efficiency. And, many tools get obsolete so its essential to stay up-to-date to know when you will have to […]
The Gmail Offline Chrome app will disappear after December 3rd
Offline access to our Gmail is a feature that has come, gone and changed before, and 2018 will be no different. While Google’s announcement Wednesday that it will pull the plug on Inbox got a lot of the attention, it also revealed that the old Gmail Offline Chrome app would be pulled after December 3rd. […]
How Google Chrome Spent a Decade Making the Web More Secure
Ten years after Chrome debuted, a look back at how the browser redefined security online. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b897c2b2276a32d7af436d6/master/pass/SundarPichai-147370285.jpg