Google Is Cooking Up A New Aluminium OS
Hackaday noticed, second hand, a new job posting at Alphabet looking for a Senior Product Manager to work on a “new Aluminium, Android-based, operating system.” There isn't much detail about...
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CES 2020: ASUS Announces the Chromebook Flip C436
ASUS has announced a new Chromebook Flip, the C436, their latest Chrome OS laptop which the company says pairs "a premium productivity experience with uncompromising performance". The result of a co-engineering effort…
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A shiny new tablet from Acer, the Chromebook Tab 10
Featuring a 9.7" 2048×1536 IPS touchscreen powered by a Mali T860, an OP1 which is a dual-core Cortex A72 and quad-core Cortex A53 with 4GB LPDDR3 and 34GB of local storage the $330…
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Acer Launches Updated Chromebook Spin 11 Starting at $349
Acer is bringing an updated convertible Chromebook to market in March with the Chromebook Spin 11 being available to consumers and not just through educational channels like the previous models....
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(Rumor?) Android Parallel Tasks Expected in Chrome OS
As far as I can tell, this feature has not been confirmed by Google, and everyone cites Chrome Unboxed rather than testing on their own Chromebooks. That said, Chrome Unboxed has a…
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Google Announces High-End Convertible Pixelbook Running Chrome OS
Google is dipping its Chrome toes into high end Chromebook territory again with the launch of a new thin and light convertible tablet called the Google Pixelbook. The 12.3”...
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CES 2016: Acer Shows Off Upscale Chromebook 11 With Budget $179 Price
CES 2016 has seen its share of high end product unveilings, but in addition to its premium hardware, Acer is launching a very budget-friendly...
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Asus Chromebit CS10 Runs Google’s Chrome OS Anywhere for $85
Small form factor PCs are big this year, and Google is about to get into the game with its own HDMI dongle PC running Chrome OS. Google has partnered with Asus…
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Acer’s Latest 15.6″ Chromebook Powered By Core i5 (Broadwell-U) Processor
Acer is adding an updated Chromebook to its education-focused C910 lineup. The new Acer C910-54M1 ups the hardware ante by incorporating a Broadwell-U based Intel Core i5 processor which will make...
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ARChon Brings App Runtime for Chrome Outside ChromeOS
Last week, we reported on Google's App Runtime for Chrome (ARC) beta release. Its goal is to bring apps from the Google Play Store to ChromeOS through an Android...
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ChromeOS Gets Android “App Runtime for Chrome (Beta)”
To some extent... This is not the entire Google Play Store; in fact, it is just four Android apps at launch: Duolingo, Evernote, Sight Words, and Vine. According...
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Intel and Google Host Chrome OS Event, Announce New Products With Haswell i3 and Bay Trail SoCs
Intel hosted an event on Chrome OS today where the company discussed its partnership with Google and announced new Chrome devices based on the company's latest generation Haswell and Bay Trail processors. Intel…
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Samsung Launching 11-Inch and 13-Inch Chromebook 2s
Samsung is bringing a new Chromebook to market next month. Coming in 11-inch and 13-inch form factors the new Samsung Chromebook 2 offers updated hardware and more than eight hours...
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Google Launches $35 Chromecast Media Streaming Stick
Earlier this week, web search giant Google launched a new portable media streaming device called the Chromecast. The Chromecast is a small device about the size of a large USB flash drive…
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Samsung Launches New ARM-Powered XE303C12 Chromebook
While Android gets most of the attention, it is not the only operating system from Google. Chrome OS was released two years ago, and despite the rising popularity of smartphones and tablets,…
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Samsung Series 5-550 Chromebook Review: The Chromebook Matures
Samsung played a little trick on me when I reviewed the Samsung Series 5 earlier this year. You see, I barely finished my review of...
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Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Review: Taking A Second Look At Chrome OS
In August of 2011 I reviewed the Acer AC700-1099, one of two Chromebooks available in the North American market. The review was almost entirely negative. The hardware...
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