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Google Chromebit wedges a whole Chrome OS computer onto a tiddly $100 HDMI stick
computing / Google

Google Chromebit wedges a whole Chrome OS computer onto a tiddly $100 HDMI stick

Tuesday, Mar 31, 2015 - by mike s

Now this looks interesting: Google has just announced a new category of Chrome OS device, making it even easier to bring full Chrome OS goodness to any display. Called Chromebit, …

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View wonderful art with every browser tab thanks to Google's new Chrome extension
Google / web

View wonderful art with every browser tab with the Google Art Project Chrome extension

Thursday, Mar 12, 2015Thursday, Mar 12, 2015 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

We rather liked Google’s Earth View experiment which reveals stunning satellite images from Google Maps every time you open a new tab on Chrome, but we think we like the Google Art Project even …

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Google Keep note-taker gets even better with Chrome app
Android / Google / Windows

Google Keep note-taker gets even better with Chrome app

Friday, May 3, 2013Friday, May 3, 2013 - by mike s

We’re already huge fans of Google Keep on the Android platform – in case you haven’t used it yet, it’s a wonderfully simple note taking app that we’re finding invaluable for quickly grabbing …

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Browse the web securely and privately with any browser thanks to Fixtracking's nifty guide
web

Browse the web securely and privately with any browser thanks to Fixtracking’s nifty guide

Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013Monday, Jan 28, 2013 - by Lee J.

A new handy site offers a fantastic guide on ensuring that when you’re browsing the web with any browser, you’re able to do so securely and anonymously, if you so desire.

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Chrome Beta for Android serves up the latest browser features
Android / computing / Google / mobile apps / mobiles

Chrome Beta for Android serves up the latest browser features

Friday, Jan 11, 2013 - by mike s

The Chrome browser app has been our default Android browser of choice for some time now, and although it’s proved a fairly reliable app, there’s no denying that it does like the occasional crash.

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Musos! Make sweet music together online thanks to Jam With Chrome
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Make sweet music together online thanks to Google’s Jam With Chrome

Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 - by mike s

Primed to become  a fabulously pointless time waster in offices around the world is Google’s new Jam With Chrome feature that lets musicians and hopeless wannabes collaborate online to make live music.

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A visit to the Google Web Lab at the Science Museum, London Sept 2012
Google / web

A visit to the Google Web Lab at the Science Museum, London Sept 2012

Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 - by mike s

Billed as a ‘series of interactive experiments made by Google,’ Web Lab was a fascinating way to spend an hour or so – especially as they were handing out free booze at a rare …

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Google announces Chrome browser for Apple iPhone and iPad
Google / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Google announces Chrome browser for Apple iPhone and iPad

Thursday, Jun 28, 2012Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

We’ve been feeling the love big time for the Chrome browser on Android, and now iOS users can feel the luuurvve too with Google announcing that it will be releasing …

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Android / Google / mobile apps / mobiles

Google launches Chrome browser for Android

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 - by Lee J.

We’re big fans of Google’s Chrome desktop browser, so we’re stoked to see that the search engine giant has now released a mobile version for the Android mobile OS.

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Google / software / web

Whoosh! Chrome shimmies past Mozilla’s Firefox in global browser market share, IE still rulez

Friday, Dec 2, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

For the first time, Google’s Chrome web browser has shimmied past Mozilla’s Firefox global browser market share, becoming the second most popular browser on the planet in November 2011.

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computing / Google / hardware / portable

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook hits the UK, priced at £349 upwards

Thursday, Jun 23, 2011Thursday, Jun 23, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Europe has had to wait patiently in line to bag a piece of the new Chromebook action, but from today, Samsung’s new Series 5 Chrome OS machine should be hitting …

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computing / Google

Samsung Chromebook shown off in official video

Friday, May 13, 2011Friday, May 13, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Samsung has released a promo video for their upcoming Samsung Chromebook, which runs Google’s new Chrome OS operating system.

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computing / Google / hardware

Google explains the Chromebook with a witty video

Thursday, May 12, 2011Thursday, May 12, 2011 - by Lee J.

Figuring that a lot of folks are going to have a bit of trouble getting their heads around what the new Google Chrome-powered notebooks are all about, the search engine …

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computing / gaming

Chrome Web Store fills up with free Atari games, productivity crumbles

Thursday, Mar 3, 2011 - by Lee J.

Oh dear. Here goes our productivity for the day.  The Chrome store is now listing no less than 12 classic Atari games for free download.

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Google / web

Chrome browser hits version 9, complete with Chrome Web Store

Friday, Feb 4, 2011Friday, Feb 4, 2011 - by Pete Railton

It became our de facto browser after Firefox crashed one time too often, and now Google’s Chrome browser has hit the giddy heights of version 9.

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