Wired publishes an interview with Sundar Pichai, Google’s Senior Vice President for Chrome, Apps and now Android. Back in March, Larry Page announced that “Andy [Rubin] decided it’s time to hand over the reins and start a new chapter at Google”. Now Sundar Pichai is in charge of Android and many people wondered if Android…
Tag Archive: Google Chrome OS
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…
CR-48 Owners: Beware of Too Many Extensions & Synchronization
Besides my Google CR-48 notebook, I also use an Apple 15″ MacBook Pro. I use Chrome on the Mac and enabled synchronization of everything between it and the CR-48. I have the same bookmarks, extensions and apps on each device which is very convenient. No longer do I discover that a bookmark or extension is…
New Chrome OS Dev Update Brings Subtle Changes
After about a month with the CR-48 notebook, I noticed my first update. My notebook is in Developer mode and I enabled the Developer channel. The Chrome version number got bumped up to 0.10. 142.3 and brought a newer version of the browser itself, Chrome 10.0.634.1. With that you get features in the browser that…
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Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS
The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.20 (Platform versions: 4100.17.0) for all platforms except Google Chromebook Pixel. This build contains a number of stability improvements.
Release Highlights:- Fixed several audio level issues (240455, 239128)
- Creation of recovery images using imageburner is now fixed (239330)
- Fixed layout issues with File Manager (239155, 238702)
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:- On Acer C7 Chromebooks, docked mode has been disabled when connecting to an external monitor.
- Users connecting via slower 3G connections may be unable to login when creating a new user. Workaround: login as guest or as an existing user. (239139)
- Logging in via a captive portal access point does not show a login screen. Workaround: Connect to a different network or login as guest. (237214)
Danielle Drew
Google ChromePosted: May 22, 2013, 6:25 pmChrome for Android Update
The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 27 to the Stable channel. Chrome for Android 27.0.1453.90 contains a number of improvments including:- Fullscreen on phones - Scroll down the page and the toolbar will disappear.
- Simpler searching - Searching from the omnibox will keep your search query visible in the omnibox, making it easier to edit, and show more on your search result page.
- Client-side certificate support - You can now access sites that require you to use a certificate and Chrome will allow you to select an installed certificate
- Tab history on tablets - Long press the browser back button to view your tab history
- And a ton of stability and performance fixes
Jason Kersey
Google ChromePosted: May 22, 2013, 4:08 pmDev Channel Update
The Dev channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.20 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 21, 2013, 8:30 pm -
