How To Set Up Smart Lock On a Chromebook

Yesterday's stable channel update to Chrome OS bought with it Smart Lock — a feature that lets you unlock your device simply by having your Android smartphone close by.

29 January 2015

Chrome OS Beta 41 Supports Audio Headsets

Chrome OS 41 has hit the beta channel with some minor visual changes and a bevy of behind the scenes tweaks.

29 January 2015
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Chrome for Android Gains ‘Pull To Refresh’, UI Tweaks In Latest Beta

A new version of Google Chrome Beta for Android is now live on the Play Store, bumping the browser to version 41.0.2272.34. It’s an incremental update that adds one notable new feature (see below), a refreshed ‘material design’ settings […]

29 January 2015

See a Chrome Download Notification When File Downloads Complete

As someone who regularly downloads large files in Chrome (and plenty of small ones over a poor connection, too) I forget to check that a download has completed.

28 January 2015

Chrome OS 40 Stable Features New Wallpapers, Smart Lock Beta

Google has announced a new stable release of Chrome OS has begun rolling out to all eligible Chrome devices.

28 January 2015

How to Remove the Apps Button from Chrome Bookmark Bar

With the Chrome App Launcher available on all desktops, including Windows, you may want to hide the Chrome Apps button from the bookmarks bar in Chrome — but how?

27 January 2015

The Only Toshiba Chromebook 2 Review You Need To Read

Amazon reviews of Chromebooks are always an amazing read, but often for the wrong reasons.

26 January 2015

Google Shows Firefox Users How To Get Their Google Back

Firefox's switch to Yahoo as its default search provider has given Google's old rival a small bump in usage — but Google isn't taking that loss lying down.

24 January 2015
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‘Mosaic View’ To Be Removed from Chromebook Gallery App

I do hope you're not too attached to the crazy paving photo layout in the Chrome OS gallery app as, sob, it's being removed.

24 January 2015

Windows 10 ‘Unlikely’ to Boost PC Shipments This Year

Digitimes Research predicts that Windows 10 is ”…unlikely to make any dramatic change to the competition between notebooks, tablets and smartphones in 2015,” despite Microsoft's new 'unified OS' vision.

23 January 2015

This Chrome Extension Lets You View Instagram Photos on Twitter

If you miss seeing Instagram embeds on Twitter try this free Chrome extension. It lets you see Instagram photos, rather than links, on the Twitter website.

23 January 2015

Android Development on Chromebooks Could Soon Be Easier

Android development on Chromebooks could soon be easier, as Google looks to make two key features of the Android SDK available on Chrome OS images by default.

23 January 2015