Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Acer Announces new Intel Core i3-Powered Chromebook

Acer Updates it's Chromebook Offering with the most powerful Chromebook yet

This morning, Acer took the stage in New York City and announced a slew of new devices. Some new Android tablets, as well as some Windows-based tablets and notebooks. They also announced a new Chromebook, which they didn't give much information on. As far as we can tell, this new Chromebook has an Intel Core i3 processor inside, making it the most powerful Chromebook available. Otherwise it appears the internals are relatively the same as the C720 they announced last year.

Monday, April 28, 2014

Reminder: Acer Event Tomorrow in NYC!


Tomorrow morning, Acer is hitting the stage in NYC to announce something new. We really have no idea what it could be, but it definitely sounds like a new Chrome OS device. Their tagline is "Touch more connected" which is leading a lot of people to thinking it's a Chrome tablet or another touchscreen Chromebook. Which it could be either one of those.

HP Slatebook 14: A Laptop running Android instead of Chrome OS

A 14-inch laptop from HP running Android instead of Chrome OS or even Microsoft Windows

We've heard for some time that we may be seeing some Android laptops coming soon, and most of us dismissed that. But today, well early this morning, some leaks about the HP Slatebook 14 leaked out, and it is running Android and not Chrome OS. The promotional video was first posted by Notebook Italia, and you can check that out here.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

WonderShare's DreamStream Allows you to Cast files from your PC to the TV

Cast over 20 different file types from your PC to your TV with DreamStream from WonderShare

On Friday, WonderShare announced DreamStream for Chromecast. This new app allows you to stream over 20 different types of media to your TV using Chromecast.

How To: Take a Screenshot on Any Chromebook


Taking a screenshot on Chromebooks are pretty simple, so here's how

On a Chromebook, taking a screenshot is the same on every model. It's very simple to do, so simple in fact that you'll probably never forget.

Chrome OS Stable Channel Updated



On Friday, The Chrome team updated Chrome OS Stable Channel to the latest version, which is 34.0.1847.134. This is for all Chrome OS devices except for the HP Chromebook and the Samsung Chromebox Series 3. This build is mostly bug fixes, which you can check out from the except down below from the Google Chrome blog.

ASUS C200 Chromebook Said to have "All Day Battery Life"


All day battery life reportedly in ASUS' first Chromebook, the C200

All day battery life is amazing. It's something we want from all of our products, right? Especially laptops and Chromebooks. But it's not always a reality. However, it appears to be with the ASUS C200, which is not actually out yet.