News, tips, and other articles related to Google’s Chrome OS, the lean Linux-based operating system uses on Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, and more.
New features have landed in the ChromeOS dev channel, including the ability to re-arrange apps in the App Menu, and mirror the display on a second monitor. Sure, they might sound like trivial additions - but they make using ChromeOS as a bona-fide desktop that little bit easier.
With more ChromeOS devices floating around - and thus more users - the decision has been taken to replace the currently humorous 'verification screen' with a more considered and grown up one.
'Web Intents' is a powerful new W3 standard, seamlessly bridging the gaps between web apps.
Of the several new apps being primed for ChromeOS its the 'Camera' one that intrigued me the most. Although it has been installed by default in the developer channel of Chrome OS it has only recently been made to 'work'. I decided to have a quick poke around to see what it can do...
Several new web apps have been announced today by Google in a Google+ post, and they are already up and available on the Chrome Web Store for you to install.
Future ChromeOS devices will ship with vendor-specific default wallpapers.
Thought Chromebooks were dead? Think again. Acer are reported to be prepping a second-generation Chromebook for release in mid-October, based on news given to Taiwanese hardware blog DigiTimes.
When the Chromebox was unveiled earlier this year the pretty promo pictures showed off the device with a mouse and custom-Chrome keyboard set. The custom Chrome keyboard took a while to materialise, but the mouse has taken even longer to wriggle out of its hiding place...
A new short but touching Chrome commercial has been uploaded to YouTube continuing Google's "The web is what you make of it" marketing campaign.