I recently came across a report that Taiwan, the island located just off the coast of mainland China, has anointed Chrome as the number two browser there. During the month of August, Chrome was able to capture a 15.53% share, passing Mozilla Firefox’s 13.35% share. In the number one spot is of course Internet Explorer,…
Tag Archive: Chrome OS
The computer that keeps getting better…
One of the things that excites us about Chromebooks is that unlike other computers, the user experience automatically gets better over time. For instance, with this week’s latest stable release of Chrome OS, users may notice their Chromebooks now resume even more quickly – 32% faster in most cases. For those of you who like…
Firefox Loses Firebug’s Lead Programmer To Chrome
It’s always a bad sign for a platform when developers start jumping ship. Seems like that might be just what’s happening with Firefox. See, for years, there was this extension known as Firebug. If you’re a web developer or programmer, you’ve probably at least heard of the plugin. Apparently, it’s one of the best out…
Chromebooks Still On Amazon’s Top Ten
Looks like Chrome’s still going strong on Amazon. Both the Acer AC700 and the Samsung Series 5 are both sitting pretty on Amazon’s top ten list- and one of them’s actually made it into the top five. Not too shabby, considering that every other system on the list is a total powerhouse compared to the…
Chromebooks Give Kids An Opportunity to Learn at the KIPP Academy
Google just released a rather excellent video on its Chrome channel, detailing how a middle school located in South LA is using their Chromebooks. The school, known as the KIPP academy of opportunity, is a tuition free charter school centered around something which should honestly be a given(but often isn’t): helping students achieve the…
Summer travel with a Chromebook
A Chromebook makes a great travel companion, with its 8-hour battery life, light weight, built-in Wi-Fi and available 3G. So we’ve teamed up with Virgin America and Ace Hotel to give you the chance to experience a Chromebook on your summer travels. When you fly Virgin America from San Francisco, Chicago O’Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth or…
Chromebooks now available for sale
Last month we unveiled the first Chromebooks from our partners, Samsung and Acer. Chromebooks were built and optimized for the web to give you a faster, simpler and more secure experience without the headaches of traditional computers. In the U.S., you can now order a Chromebook from Amazon and BestBuy.com. In other launch countries, visit…
Google Sued In Chromebook Trademark Dispute
ISYS Technologies has launched a lawsuit against Google and its partners for their choice of the Chromebook label for the upcoming Chrome OS powered notebook devices, which will be initially be manufactured by Samsung and Acer. ISYS is the parent company of Xi3 Corporation, whose ChromiumPC Modular computer (see picture below) we wrote about recently…
Chrome 12 Browser Released In Advance of Chrome OS Launch
With just a week to go before the launch of Google’s new Chrome OS cloud based operating system and the first Chrome OS powered Chromebook devices from Samsung and Acer being available, Google has released version 12 of the Chrome browser. The Chrome 12 browser will be embedded into the first publicly released version of…
The Linux Multitouch Gesture Suite and Chrome OS – A Good Thing
So, how many of you know about multitouch? Basically, it’s a touchpad functionality that allows input modes other than simply tapping and clicking- swiping, swirling, and the like. It was a functionality that was, sadly, limited to Windows and of course Apple. That is, until last year, when Synaptics also named seven specific platforms which…
Review: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Google Chrome and Chrome OS
It is a little under two weeks till ChromeOS devices go on sale. You’ve heard the hype, both good and bad, and either want to get a chromebook or just want to download chrome for your computer. First thing you find is that while some of the buttons are familiar it’s different enough from internet…
Acer Gives its Chromebooks a Name: Cromia
Acer has finally unveiled the naming convention for its series of Chromebooks, ensuring that they will not just be called “Acer Chromebook”. Amazon has listed the two Acer models as the Cromia AC761-1529 which comes with 3G and the Cromia AC761-1099 which is the base model with just wifi built in. It’s expected that the wifi-only…
Google 2-Step Verification: A Good Idea
Since I rely on my Google Account for so much, I decided to give Google’s two-step verification process a try. I didn’t want one day to come to the unpleasant realization that my Google account had been hacked. Just recently Google disclosed a phishing attack originating from Chinese hackers. As mentioned in the Official Google Blog, 2-step…
First Chromiumbook – the Kogan Agora Laptop Runs Chromium OS
Australian gadget maker Kogan is launching the world’s first Chromium OS laptop called the Agora. Chromium OS is an open source project that is a separate effort from Google’s Chrome OS. You can read more details over at the Chromium projects site if you’re interested in learning more. Here are the specs of the Agora….
Google: Chromebooks Only For Chrome OS (For Now)
While it was only a short month ago that we reported rumors of a touch screen enabled test device codenamed Seaboard for Chrome OS, Google executives aren’t interested in discussing the potential future devices that Chrome OS may eventually make its way to. Chrome SVP Sundar Pichai made the statement below emphasizing the company’s focus on Chromebooks…
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Flash Player Update
We are currently updating Flash Player to 11.7.700.202 for Windows and Mac to all Stable channel (Chrome 26) users.
If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Anthony LaforgeGoogle ChromePosted: May 14, 2013, 5:00 pmDev Channel Update for Chrome OS
The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.11 (Platform versions: 4100.7.0) for all platforms except Google Chromebook Pixel. This build contains a number of stability improvements.
Release Highlights:- Fixed several issues where File Manager panes were displayed blank. (239152, 239155)
- Improved trackpad performance on Cr-48 systems (238778)
- Fix to allow formatting a USB drive from the File Manager (239120)
- Fix to allow viewing content of external storage (236743)
- Updated Pepper Flash version to 11.7.700.202-r4
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser).Known Issues:- With Acer C7 Chromebooks, when the system is connected to an external monitor and used in docked mode, the CPU usage goes to 100%.
Danielle Drew
Google ChromePosted: May 14, 2013, 4:48 pmDev Channel Update
The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.11 for Chrome Frame, Mac, Linux, and Windows
This build addresses some known regressions and stability issues. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how.
If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Anthony Laforge
Google ChromePosted: May 13, 2013, 7:30 pm -
