[ad_1] If there’s anything Google loves as much as launching interesting new projects (say hello to Stadia and Duplex on the web!), it’s killing them off after a few years, and now we have an end date for Google Cloud Print. The service launched in 2010 as a way to make printers more accessible for […]
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Apple’s Phil Schiller says Chromebooks won’t help kids succeed (updated)
[ad_1] We’ve asked Apple and Google for comment. There are already plenty of people who disagree with Schiller’s assessment, mind you. As we found out through the teachers themselves, Apple’s ideal and the practical reality can be two very different things. While some educators do see value in iPads, tight school budgets frequently make them […]
Google Pixelbook Go review: Function over form
[ad_1] In use While Google cut some corners in the design department, the Pixelbook Go is still among the more powerful Chromebooks out there. The base model pairs an eighth-generation Intel Core m3 processor with 8GB of RAM and 64GB of storage; the one I reviewed steps up to an i5 processor and 128GB of […]
Logitech unveils its first mouse and keyboard built for Chrome OS
[ad_1] The M355 is more of a garden variety mouse with basic buttons, a rubber scroll wheel and the option of using either Bluetooth or Logitech’s usual USB receiver. It lasts up to 18 months on battery, so it’s far from an energy hog. Both devices are available today, and appear to be priced right […]
Pixelbook Go leak reveals its ribbed back, full specs
[ad_1] A month after exposing Google’s next laptop as the Pixelbook Go, 9to5Google has extensive pictures and even a hands-on video with the device. The pictures show off a prototype laptop — held by a person wearing the “Jacquard by Google” Levi’s jacket — in a “Not Pink” colorway, with its lid that has a […]
Google’s rumored Pixelbook Go laptop may pack a 4K display
[ad_1] The centerpiece would be an option for a 4K display if the default 1080p screen isn’t enough. While it would adopt a more conventional 16:9 aspect ratio instead of earlier models’ 3:2 displays, the added resolution could make it highly alluring for Chromebook fans whose only other 4K choice is the Yoga Chromebook C630. […]
Google is making it easier to shoot proper portraits on Chromebooks
[ad_1] At launch, portrait mode is available exclusively on the company’s Pixel Slate, though Google says it plans to bring the feature to other Chromebooks in the future. Setting aside the usual reactions people have to tablet photography, the fact Google plans to add a portrait mode to other Chromebooks is something of a head-scratcher. […]
Google getting out of the tablet game was inevitable (and smart)
[ad_1] Probably the most common refrain regarding Google tablets was about app quality. Specifically, developers never got on board with building apps for larger screens the way they did for the iPad, and Google’s tablets have suffered for it. Perhaps the only tablet that wasn’t hurt by software quality was the Nexus 7, which arrived […]
Google had made its last tablet
[ad_1] This decision doesn’t affect Google’s own laptop hardware; in fact, it sounds like a successor to the Pixelbook might arrive before the end of the year. That timing would make sense, as the computer will be two years old this fall and could use an update on a few fronts (that giant screen bezel […]
Chrome OS unifies Google Assistant and device searches
[ad_1] You don’t have to be quite so picky when you start a search on your Chromebook. Google has released Chrome OS 74, whose cornerstone is a reworked search experience that unifies Google Assistant, on-device and web search. Tap the search box and you just have to enter whatever you’re looking for, whether it’s an […]