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Google Keep arrives in Chrome Web Store for cross-platform notes

, May 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Google's answer to the heaps of note-taking apps out there is now available in the Chrome Web Store. Google Keep has come to the desktop after being released on Android back in March, allowing users to take notes on their computer and have them synced up to their Android devices for on-the-go use. Read The Full Story

500px app comes to Chrome

, Feb 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

500px had a bit of controversy back in January when the iOS app was temporarily pulled from the iTunes App Store due to nude photo searches. As of today however, 500px has returned with a bit of good news for Chrome users -- a 500px app is now available for Chrome. This app release is for the Chrome browser running on Mac and Windows as well as Chrome OS computers including the new Chromebook Pixel. Read The Full Story

Google Chrome Web Store gets gaming boost

, Jun 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today during Google's second day keynote they are talking about Chrome, and the Chrome Web Store. Reminding us about gaming with Chrome, and gaming in the cloud. With Chrome games can stream online with any internet connected device, and Google has improved Chrome in many key areas to help with performance and more. Read The Full Story

Chrome Web Store gets international support with in-app payments

, Aug 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Google has been offering the In-App Payment API in the US for a while now allowing the developer more chances to make money off their apps. The API was only for devs with accounts in the US when it started, but it could accept payments from 140 different countries. The developer would pay a 5% transaction fee for each purchase made using the API. Read The Full Story

Google I/O Day 2 Keynote Recap

, May 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

The content below was written by John Scheible, who will be writing for us starting now. Vincent Nguyen, never one to miss an opportunity, met him in line for the Google I/O Day 2 Keynote. He is an engineering student at the University of Michigan, an Android developer, and has been following Android and learning about/developing for the platform for a year now. We at SlashGear welcome him to our team. Without further ado, John's first post, recapping the Day 2 Keynote... Read The Full Story

Google Chrome Store Announces 95% Cut for Developers

, May 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

Google just gave a huge gift to developers, improving the Chrome web store to make it easier to make an in-app purchase so the user can stay engaged in the app while making the purchase. Also, the web store is now available in 41 languages. Time spent in apps has doubled, and also transaction times have gotten longer. Read The Full Story

Chrome, meet Lynx

, Apr 1st 2011 Discuss [3]

Those cards over at Google released the newest, best, most useful extension for Chrome ever. ChromeLite, speeding Chrome up past the point of no return. Google posted the extension to their app market earlier today. It hearkens back to the command lines of old, ASCII terminal emulation, and the internet before embedded images. Read The Full Story

Google Cr-48 Chrome OS notebook review

, Dec 20th 2010 Discuss [44]

Google’s first Chrome OS notebook, the Cr-48, has landed on the SlashGear test bench, and to say it’s an interesting machine would be an understatement. The stealth-black 12.1-inch ultraportable is, like the color-scheme suggests, intended to fall into the background and let the Chrome OS platform take center-stage. Check out our full review after the cut.

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The Daily Slash: December 7 2010

, Dec 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

Oh my goodness it really WAS Chrome OS like we had the freaky feeling it would be this morning! Take a look at the full Google Chrome Event Re-Cap and Analysis by our man in the field Ben Bajarin who was there to see it all go down! Then head through the massive list of links below looking for the [CHROME] tag to see all the sweet stuff! Then you're probably so Google crazy you'll want more so you can click around over to our exclusive Google Nexus S Hands-On (with video and pics!) Then take a peek at our review of the [Advent Vega] tablet, review of the movie [Black Swan], and read how Julian Assange was arrested and denied bail today, followed by an open letter by a mass of big names to the Prime Minister of Austrialia. Read The Full Story

Chrome Web Store Revealed at Google Chrome Event

, Dec 7th 2010 Discuss [3]

Remember way back on May 19, 2010, when Google spoke at Google I/O about a Chrome Web Store? Well today's the day they've blasted it right out the door - a store where apps can be uploaded by developers then downloaded by anyone who's able to run a compatible web browser. Our main main speaking begins announcing this store by recalling what he said back in May about chess... Read The Full Story

Google’s Chrome Web Store delayed until Dec tip developers

, Oct 28th 2010 Discuss [1]

Google's Chrome Web Store has apparently been delayed, and will miss its originally tipped launch this month.  Instead, according to AllThingsD, developers creating apps for the new download store are expecting a December 6 public beta, with some having received not only special help from Google's engineers but even financial support. Read The Full Story

Google Announces Chrome Web Store

, May 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

A lot of questions went unanswered when Google originally announced Chrome OS. Like, what would we do with that Chrome OS Apps page? Well, it only took several months, but here we are with an answer. Thankfully the wait seems to be worth it, as Google have just pulled the curtain off their Chrome Web Store. And, yes, this does look a whole lot more promising than the Google Phone Store. Read The Full Story