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Google Continues its Marketing Push for Chromebooks

Google continues its marketing push for Chromebooks over the popular shopping weekend, with new "For Everyone" banners at Best Buy stores across America.

24 November 2012

ChromeOS Dev Channel Updates, Adds App Reordering, Smart Window Placing

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.

21 November 2012
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ChromeOS Verification Screen Gets Serious

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.

20 November 2012

The New Chrome Campaign That is “For Everyone”

Grab your camera and capture something cool, upload it to Google's website and become part of their new campaign, "Gallery For Everyone".

20 November 2012
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Updated YouTube Player Has a Fresh Look and Feel

YouTube has seen many variations of its upcoming UI refresh, and they only roll-out to a small subset of lucky users. This recent change makes it more polished than ever. Take a look...

15 November 2012
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Acer’s New Chromebook Unveiled, Priced at $199

A mere day after images of it leaked online the new Acer Chromebook has been formally announced. And boy is it cheap.

12 November 2012

Images of Acer’s 2nd Gen Chromebook Leak Online

Images of Acer's second-generation Chromebook have reportedly been leaked online. Spanish tech blog Minimachines purports to show the device, dubbed the AC710 although doesn't provide any details beyond this.

11 November 2012
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Google Search Gets a Design Refresh

Today Google is rolling out a small design refresh for its Search product, making the user interface consistent with Search on mobile and tablet devices.

7 November 2012

Google Stopping Development of ‘Scratchpad’ Note Taking App

If you're an avid user of Google's note taking web-app 'Scratchpad' you'll want to jot the following down: development on it is stopping. The application, which comes pre-installed on ChromeOS, is a popular "jot pad" for ideas, especially since it works offline and syncs back to the cloud when connection is resumed.

2 November 2012