Pixel Slate Bears All Before #MadeByGoogle Event

The Pixel Slate is going to be announced Tuesday at Google's annual hardware event, but many of the details has already leaked out. Including the look of the new Chrome-based Tablet.

In a new leak today, the Pixel Slate bears all, showing the somewhat small bezels, as well as dual stereo speakers, a stylus and even a USB-C port. The Pixel Slate will also have a detachable keyboard available for actually doing some work on the Pixel Slate. The pixel Slate is going to be announced on Tuesday by Google, and at this point, the only thing missing is the actual price tag.

New HP Chromebook 11 Now Official

Today, HP took the wraps off of a brand new Chromebook 11 as well as the HP Slatebook 14 which features a 14-inch display and Android as the OS. Surprisingly.

Google and Intel Holding a Chrome OS Press Event Next Week

Intel and Google have announced that they are holding a joint press conference next week where they will announce some sort of collaboration together involving Chrome OS. The event is scheduled for next Wednesday, May 6th. So far there's no details on what Google and Intel have planned to announce, but this wouldn't be the first time that the two companies have worked together on Chrome OS.

Samsung Chromebook 2 Delayed Until End of May

Back in March, Samsung announced their new Chromebook. This is their second round of ARM-based Chromebooks. The first one came out in late 2012, and was, well not the best offering out there. But it was the first Chromebook that came in at under $300, selling for just $249. Now the Samsung Chromebook 2 has a bit of upgraded internals like a newer Exynos processor - we're looking at an Octa-core this time, along with a larger size. There is also a 13.3-inch model available with a 1920x1080 display. These two Chromebooks also have a faux leather back, similar to the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy TabPRO/NotePRO tablets. It's going to be interesting to see how well it works out on a Chromebook.

22% of US School Districts Now Using Chromebooks

Its looking more and more like the future of the PC is in the cloud, or is it just Chrome OS? Chromebooks are pretty cheap, unless you're looking at the Chromebook Pixel. The Acer and Samsung Chromebooks are $199 and $249 respectively. Making it very easy for school districts to use them for teaching.

Don't Like the New 'New Tab' Page in Chrome? Here's How To Convert to the Old Version

A new version of Google Chrome began rolling out this week. It brings plenty of changes, but the most noticeable one is the fact that the new tab page is completely different. It has all your most popular web pages along with a search bar. Instead of apps and websites, along with the "recently closed" section at the bottom. Which is what I'm particularly missing. It's actually pretty easy to get it back and here's how:

Google Gives Us a New Logo and App Launcher on their Homepage

One has to admit that over the past few years, Google's design has really gotten much better. Late last week, Google began rolling out an update to their homepage, google.com that brings a new logo and a new app launcher.

Chrome is the Most Popular Browser with 750 Million Users Worldwide

Google Chrome is a pretty popular web browser. Today at Google's developer event in San Francisco, Google announced that Chrome is the most popular browser in the world and has over 750 million users. That's almost twice as many users as Chrome had this time last year.

Chrome is a pretty popular browser that is now turning into an OS, hence Chrome Central. Google is also working on Chrome OS and a few Chromebooks like the Chromebook Pixel. So how many of you use Google Chrome as your browser? If not, what browser do you use?

Why Would Google make an Android-Powered Laptop?

Lately, we've heard all kinds of rumors regarding Google working on an Android-powered laptop. Now this makes little sense to most Google fans because Google already has a desktop Operating System. That is Chrome OS. While it's not all that productive, it is what it was meant to be. A simple, light-weight, cloud-based operating system. So why do we need Android laptops?

How to Add Swap Memory to your Chrome OS Device

Many of us that use Chrome, probably have about 10 more tabs open at any time. In fact, right now I have about 15 open, split between two windows. And because of that, Chrome uses a ton of RAM. Which is one major downside for Chromebooks since they - for the most part - come with 2GB of RAM. The Chromebook Pixel does come with 4GB of RAM though. When the amount of RAM you have goes down, you'll start to see lag, and some tabs will refresh when you activate them. Which that in itself really frustrates me. But luckily there's somewhat of a work around. It's called Swap Memory. I have it enabled on both my Samsung Chromebook (the ARM-one) and the Chromebook Pixel.

Google I/O 2013 Preview

We are just days away from Google's 2013 developer conference. Lately rumors have been running rampant about everything under the sun being announced at Google I/O this year. From new Android hardware and software, to Project Glass, to even new Chrome OS hardware and software. We're going to preview what we think we'll see in terms of Chrome OS come Google I/O which kicks off this Wednesday, at 12 noon EDT, 9am PDT.

Google Keep for Chrome Launches - Brings Offline Access Along for the Ride

The Google Drive/Keep team has launched a Chrome app for Google Keep. We've mentioned before that this is Google's attempt at going after Evernote, even though Keep is still quite young. The Chrome app is quite simple, but it does include offline availability. You can easily create notes, to-do lists, and attach pictures to your tasks while working on other productive things.

If you're using Google Keep, you'll definitely want to check out this app. You can grab it from the Chrome Web Store

Google Replacing 'Scratchpad' with Google 'Keep'?

We first noticed that Google's Scratchpad app on Chrome OS disappeared last November. Not to long ago, Google introduced Google Keep. Which is their new "scratchpad app". It's basically their answer to Evernote, but still in a very early stage, so not everyone will be switching from Evernote to Google Keep.

Google Keep has a mobile app, as well as a web app and Chrome extensions/apps. If you've used Scratchpad lately, you've probably seen the image shown above. It basically directs you into Google Keep. So it appears Scratchpad is turning into Google Keep. So no it's not part of Google's Spring Cleaning list, but it doesn't look like it's coming back soon.

Additionally, you can download your notes from Scratchpad in a .zip file so you can take them wherever you want. You can check out the source link down below for more information.

Source: Google Support

Dev Channel Updated to 27.0.1425.0

Yesterday, the Chrome team updated the Dev channel to version 27.0.1425.0 for Mac, Linux and Chrome OS. Windows was updated to 27.0.1425.2 on the Dev channel.

Native Client comes to ARM Chromebooks, Netflix Support Inevitable

One of the downfalls of having the ARM (Samsung Exynos-powered) Chromebook, is the fact that some apps and websites do not work on the ARM architecture, that includes Netflix. But in Chrome OS 25 which is currently in the dev channel, it brings a very welcome change. Native Client will finally run on ARM devices. Which currently the only ARM Chrome device is the new Samsung Chromebook.

Chrome OS Beta Channel Updated to 25.0.1364.46

Yesterday, the Chrome OS Beta channel was updated to version 25.0.1364.46. This version is coming to the Samsung Series 5 550, Samsung Series 5, Acer C7, cr-48, and Samsung Series 3 Chromebox devices. This new update contains a ton of new bug fixes as usual with beta's.