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Chrome OS version 20 hits with Google Drive and offline Google Docs

, Jul 12th 2012 Discuss [1]

Google Chrome OS version 20 is now officially available, bringing along one of its biggest new features--its cloud storage integration with Google Drive. The updates also feature offline support for Google Docs and tweaks to Pepper Flash in addition to a few other stability and security improvement updates. Read The Full Story

New Google Chrome APIs allow use of cameras and more

, Jul 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google launched the latest beta version of Chrome (Chrome 21) not long ago. The new beta version adds a couple new APIs to the mix that allow developers a lot more interaction with hardware attached to the computer. Using the new APIs developers can write web applications that are able to use a microphone or camera attached the computer with no need for a plug-in. Read The Full Story

Microsoft claims collecting royalties on 70% of all Android devices

, Jul 9th 2012 Discuss [18]

Two more Android tablet makers will now have to pay Microsoft a royalty on their products or risk winding up in court. Aluratek and Coby Electronics are the latest companies to be added to Microsoft's ever growing patent-licensing list, with Microsoft saying that it now collects royalties on 70% of Android-based devices. Read The Full Story

Chrome search bug frustrates surfers [Update: Fixed!]

, Jul 3rd 2012 Discuss [3]

Google's Chrome browser is the most popular in the world, so that's a lot of people potentially frustrated by a search bug that delivers nothing but blank results pages. The issue arises when users take advantage of the Chrome "Omnibox" address bar, which allows for either URLs or search terms to be entered interchangeably. Both PC and Mac users are finding that, at least some of the time, their searches come up entirely blank. Check out the workaround after the cut. Read The Full Story

Chrome for iOS Review

, Jun 29th 2012 Discuss [11]

This week at Google’s developer conference, Google I/O 2012, they’ve released the next big bump for the Chrome universe: iOS compatibility. A brand new Chrome web browser made for the iPad and the iPhone. This version has all the thrills of the Android version that preceded it, and comes forth with the first non-beta release of the Android version as well: will Apple‘s mobile device users take the time to download Google’s web exploring king?

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Chrome for iOS already top free app in iTunes

, Jun 29th 2012 Discuss [11]

Google's Chrome browser for iOS has already hit the top spot for most popular free apps in iTunes. Chrome for iOS was released just yesterday after Google announced at its I/O developer conference that it would be bringing its browser and cloud drive to the iPad and iPhone. Read The Full Story

Google admits MacBook Chrome crash bug

, Jun 29th 2012 Discuss [5]

Google has admitted that its Chrome browser is the cause of MacBook stability problems, with an incompatibility between the app and the integrated Intel graphics leading to crashes. "Work is proceeding to find and fix the root cause" a Google spokesperson told Gizmodo, though the company does splash a little of the blame onto Apple itself and the way OS X Lion is handling kernel issues. Read The Full Story

Chrome for iOS hits US App Store

, Jun 28th 2012 Discuss [2]

Chrome for iOS, announced at Google IO just a few hours ago, has already begun to hit the App Store, though there's a sting if you're expecting the full Google browser experience. The new browser is the latest iteration of Chrome, bringing features like tab sync to iPhone and iPad; however, it's not built on the speedy underlying engine of Chrome on other platforms, such as Android. Read The Full Story

Cirque du Soleil demos motion-tracking virtual acrobats in your browser

, Jun 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

First there was skydiving Google Glass; now Google IO has brought us Cirque du Soleil in the browser. The famous acrobatics company took the IO stage to show how they'd used web technologies to put motion-tracking dance and interaction into Chrome. The webcam of a Chromebook was used to follow the movements of the user, all rendered in smooth 3D; even more impressive, it all worked in the browser on a tablet, too. 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

Chromebooks hit retail via Best Buy

, Jun 28th 2012 Discuss [1]

The Google Chromebook experience has been boosted this week to physical retail stores all across the United States with Best Buy and in the UK as well. This is the next generation of Chromebooks because before now it was essentially only online that you'd be able to purchase such a notebook. This news comes amid Chrome OS updates that would in the very near future bring on more speed, smoother action, and much more cloud workability with Google Drive. Read The Full Story

Chrome hits the iPhone and iPad

, Jun 28th 2012 Discuss [4]

This week the Google Chrome browser has been introduced for the iPhone. The Chrome browser started up Google I/O's 2012 keynote on the second day of the event, with Chrome as a browser connecting with Chrome as a browser as an operating system being shown to connect across any number of devices. Of course we'd seen much of this in the past as Google Chrome has been connected in this Google accounts way for several months. This browser is able to rather able, as its been demonstrated today, to work from a laptop to a Chromebook to a smartphone to a Nexus 7 tablet and back. Read The Full Story
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