The Samsung Series 5 is not built like the Cr-48 in the respect that you can just swap out the battery. Because of this, Google and the designers from Samsung decided to put the developer toggle switch in a different spot for this device. It will be interesting to see where they put it in…
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Samsung Chromebooks Get Netflix Plug-in, in Dev Channel
A month after Google promised in Google I/O 2011 to deliver Netflix support to Chromebooks, we finally found some clues about this missing plug-in. Guys in Chromebook Central (official forum of Chromebook owners) discovered that a Netflix plug-in appeared in the dev channel of the Chrome OS on Samsung Chromebooks. Currently we could merely see…
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…
Could Chrome OS Be The Answer To Google TV Content Licensing Woes?
At ChromeAdvisor.com, we keep an eye on a lot of Google technology, including Google’s content challenged Google TV platform, which might be the Android operating system in another form, but also includes a version of Google Chrome for web browsing. We (ok, ok, let’s make this personal, me, myself and I) also happen to be…
Congratulations To Developer Contest Winners HootSuite and MyXMLia
A few weeks ago we decided to kick off our first ever (and definitely not last) contest to win free advertising on ChromeAdvisor.com. This contest was focused on developers of Chrome Web Apps in honor of the 2011 Google I/O Developer Conference that was held on May 10 and 11 and which led to some…
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Chrome Beta for Android Update
The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 28 to the Beta channel. Chrome for Android 28.0.1500.21 contains a number of new improvements including:- Google Translate: When you come across a page written in a language that isn't in the same language as your phone or tablet, look for the translation bar
- Fullscreen on tablets: Simply scroll the page to dismiss the toolbar
- Support for fullscreen API
- New graph showing your estimated bandwidth savings when you use the experimental data compression feature
- Mobile friendly error pages
Jason Kersey
Google ChromePosted: May 23, 2013, 9:00 pmStable Channel Update for Chrome OS
The Stable channel has been updated to 27.0.1453.103 (Platform version: 3912.79.0) for all Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of new features, bug fixes and security improvements.
Machines will be receiving updates over then next several days.
Release Highlights:- Panel windows for chat and more
- New Launcher positioning mode
- Per App list of open tabs & windows
- Horizontal three finger scrub moves between tabs
- New folder hierarchy on file manager
- Autocomplete in Drive search
- Memory management optimization
- Enhanced support for common wireless touchpads/mice
- Updated Chrome Office Viewer extension
- Pepper Flash updated to 11.7.700.202-r2
- GTalk plugin updated to 3.15.2.0
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).
Josafat Garcia
Google ChromePosted: May 23, 2013, 8:01 pmBeta Channel Update
The Beta channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.20 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log.
For more information about features coming to Chrome, check out the Chrome Blog.
Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Anthony Laforge
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