There’s an official page from Google that tells us which Chromebooks have the Google Play Store on the stable channel. You probably already know this, it’s been around for a long time. And ever since it’s initial publishing it pretty…
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Google Pixel Phone Review
When I first heard about the Pixel phone from Google, I thought to myself “I have to have that”. There was no question. It just sounded too sweet. High end hardware, the highest rated smartphone camera ever, and free, unlimited…
Chromecast 2.0 – Is it any better than the original?
In July, 2013 Google released the Chromecast. This past September, Google released an upgrade to the popular video/audio streaming stick. The original Chromecast was, in my humble opinion, quite the revolutionary product. You might disagree with me. You might point…
Google’s Chromebook Pixel 2 has arrived!
Google’s Chromebook Pixel 2 has arrived, and I’ve gotta admit, it’s pretty amazing. A significant upgrade from it’s predecessor, and noticeably cheaper.
1000 Chrome Experiments, and Counting
Yesterday, the Google Chrome team announced a significant milestone: 1000 Chrome Experiments, and counting. In 2009, the Chrome team launched Chrome Experimentswith just 19 experiments, pushing HTML5 and JavaScript to the limits. Today, (ok yesterday) the site contains 1000 pieces…
Gmail gets Material Design update, with 5.0 release
In the wake of the beta release of Inbox by Gmail, an alternative to the Gmail app, the Gmail app quietly received a major update. Gmail 5.0 recently became available, via apkmirror and brings with it a massive change in…
Inbox, from Gmail
Google’s Gmail team recently brought us a new way to…check our Gmail. It’s called Inbox. Inbox is currently in beta, and is invite-only. I was lucky enough to score an invite fairly quickly, and have been playing around with it…
Acer C720 for $179 on Amazon
That’s right, the world’s most inexpensive Chromebook just got a little less expensive. I bought mine for $199, but you can get yours for only $179 on Amazon. The Acer C720 is a very light weight, very portable laptop that…
My HP Chromebook 11 review:
So I’ve been using my HP Chromebook 11″ for almost a month now and I want to post some of my thoughts. It needs to be noted that this is my second Chromebook since I use a 4gb HP Chromebook…
The Epic Smartphone Decision of 2014: Apple and Google Setting Up for Climactic Year-End Battle
Wow, Apple. You had me with the “the mother of all releases,” Extensibility and 4,000 new APIs. I loaded up the iOS 8 beta on my iPhone 4s and began counting the days until the likely September release of the…