ChromeBooks

Google Is Going to Bring Android Apps to Chrome(books)

With the upcoming L release of Android, Chromebooks are going to gain the superpower of being able to run (some) Android apps! Google is trying to be cautious about not just slapping Android apps onto a device with a mouse and keyboard with no modification, so it’s not like every Android app is immediately there,…

Google Play Movies & TV now offers offline viewing on Chromebooks—handy, given the hardware’s other shortcomings away from an internet connection.

New Intel Processors Are Making Chromebooks More Versatile Than Ever

Intel has just unveiled a slew of new Celeron-powered Chromebooks at a press conference in San Francisco. The Chromebook market is about to get much more capable and much more competitive—here’s what’s in store. Intel has already established itself as a major player in the ChromeOS landscape and now aims to expand its reach to…

Pocketable JAMBOX, LTE Chromebook, Smart Stylus, Anker USB

The Jawbone JAMBOX line is your favorite series of bluetooth speakers, and today you can save big on the latest iteration, the MINI JAMBOX, which starts at just $106. By starts at, we mean the price varies by color, but fortunately the “graphite” is the most universally appealing and the cheapest. [Amazon] Samsung’s new flagship…

Chromebooks Come in Faux-Leather Now

You know how the Galaxy Note 3 has faux-leather backing? And also a few of Samsung’s PRO tablets? It doesn’t end there. The Chromebook 2 is your first pleather Chromebook. That doesn’t make it a premium product, no. But it’s kind of a nice touch! Samsung’s new Chromebook 2 comes in two flavors—11.6 inches and…

The Best Black Friday Deals of 2013

Update: Looking for 2014’s best Black Friday Deals? Head over to this year’s post. Welcome to our coverage of all the best Black Friday deals. Deals are continuing to pour in, and this post will be constantly updated right up to the point when our Cyber Monday guide goes live. Follow us on Twitter, keep…

The Laptops Worth Your Money

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HP Chromebook 11 Review: Cheap and Cheerful

Google’s Chromebook line is often maligned as inexpensive but underpowered or, in the case of the Pixel, a really nice screen in front of limited functionality and an exorbitant price tag. But by pairing a solid build with a $280 price tag, HP seems to have finally found the right balance of affordability and performance…

Google’s Chromebooks Are Finally Getting Grown-Up Guts

Chromebooks aren’t known for being the beefiest machines out there, but they’re getting some hot new guts. Google just dropped the news that there are Chromebooks on the way rocking Intel’s new 4th generation CPUs, bringing serious computing power and better battery life to the table. https://gizmodo.com/the-kickass-processors-that-will-power-your-next-comput-510668761 The upcoming 4th gen-powered Chromebooks will be coming…

Google is offering $99 Chromebooks to public schools in the U.S. and you can help buy them as a gift. [Slashgear]

Google Drops Revamped Chrome OS on Newer, Faster Chromebooks

If you haven’t paid attention to Google’s Chrome OS in awhile, you might not recognize it after today’s update: the cloud-based OS UI has been revamped and new functionality like multitouch trackpad support was added. Coinciding with that release is an updated Samsung Series 5 Chromebook, and a Series 3 Chromebox. The emphasis here is…

If You Do One Thing At Home Today, Update Your Parents’ Browser

You’re home. Yesterday you gorged on turkey, had too much to drink and watched enough sport to last you the month. Bored? Why not do your parents a favour and update their browser? Over at the Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal raises a call to arms: while you’re home for Thanksgiving, take out ten minutes to update…

The Perfect Computer for People Who Fear Computers

The holidays are breathing down our necks like a creepy subway pervert, lumbering by with a yuletide erection. iPads will be massive hits. But for the tech-challenged person in your life? Save some dough and buy a Chromebook. Google announced a price drop and feature bump on Chromebooks today. They start at $300 now, which…

Google Chromebooks Are Now a Little Cheaper and a Little Prettier

Oh, hey, Samsung’s Wi-Fi Chromebook now comes in black. Oh, hey, Acer’s Chromebook is $50 cheaper. Oh, hey, Google made some UI tweaks to the ChromeOS. Cool. ChromeOS made some design tweaks to the Login and New Tab screens, to go with the recent redesign of the Chrome App Store. All of these news bits…

Google Won’t be “Doing a Kindle” and Selling Ad-Supported Chromebooks

It’d be so easy for them! But alas, Google has “no plans at this time” to follow Amazon’s route of selling a product for $20 less (well, we’d hope for more of a discount obviously), with ads displayed on the screensaver. [The Telegraph] https://gizmodo.com/this-sponsored-gadget-is-the-beginning-of-the-look-fre-5791056

Google Chrome OS Lands on Chromebooks and Chromeboxes You Can Actually Buy

We’ve already seen Google’s Chrome OS. Now, it plays nice with USB storage and devices. And finally, there’s hardware you can get your hands on. When Google announced the OS, all they had to demonstrate the truest form of Chrome OS on was their CR-48 reference prototype, which was never intended for sale. It was…