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  1. froggyboy604

    Google Android + Chrome OS = Andromeda; merged OS reportedly coming to the Pixel 3 laptop

    It has been almost a year since The Wall Street Journal dropped a bomb of a scoop on the Android community, saying Chrome OS would be "folded into" Android. The resulting product would reportedly bring Android to laptops and desktops. According to the paper, the internal effort to merge these...
  2. froggyboy604

    Google Chrome OS now stable enough for Android apps, but on select PCs only

    The time has finally come when Google has released a new stable version of Chrome OS that offers access to the entire Play Store library. It seems the update is limited to two of the latest Chromebook models, specifically the Asus Chromebook Flip and the Acer Chromebook R11. If you happen to...
  3. froggyboy604

    Google To End Support For Chrome Apps On Windows, Mac, Linux

    Google has recently announced that they will be ending support for Chrome apps that aren’t run on their Chrome OS platform. This means that soon Windows, Mac, and Linux users won’t be able to use Chrome apps anymore. This won’t happen immediately but Google will be phasing them out slowly. By...
  4. froggyboy604

    Project Ara custom Smartphone which users can build/upgrade themselves

    Project Ara is a new modular computing platform, allowing devices to be customized for style and function. Choose your high-res camera, add a louder speaker, swap in a better battery. Imagine the possibilities. And we’re releasing a developer kit with device later this year. Check for updates...
  5. froggyboy604

    Google Confirms Android Apps Will Soon Be Arriving On Chrome OS

    Last month thanks to a screenshot, it was hinted that Google could soon allow Android apps to run on Chrome OS. Then the other day according to the Google I/O 2016 schedule, there was more evidence to suggest that this would be coming. As it stands, Chrome OS could always run Android, but this...
  6. froggyboy604

    Google Chromebooks computers outsold Apple Mac computers for first time in US

    Google's low-cost Chromebooks outsold Apple's range of Macs for the first time in the US recently. While IDC doesn't typically break out Windows vs. Chromebook sales, IDC analyst Linn Huang confirmed the milestone to The Verge. "Chrome OS overtook Mac OS in the US in terms of shipments for the...
  7. Demon_Skeith

    April 1st 2016

    Ahhh, another April 1st has gone by. Has everyone survived? All my members here? Good, it was another day of jokes everyone that broke hearts, enraged others and cost people their jobs/business. You can find a decent round up here and here but the biggest one was Google's joke which altered a...
  8. froggyboy604

    Google says its quantum computer is 100 million times faster than PC

    Two years ago Google and NASA bought a D-Wave 2X quantum computing system and the Chocolate Factory has now pronounced itself very pleased with the results. "We found that for problem instances involving nearly 1000 binary variables, quantum annealing significantly outperforms its classical...
  9. froggyboy604

    Google’s Chromebooks Make Up Half Of US Classroom Devices

    According to a report from Futuresource Consulting, it seems that Chromebooks make up a huge chunk of US classroom devices. How big, you ask? According to the report, it has been suggested that at least half of devices used in the classroom is a Chromebook. This is pretty impressive especially...
  10. froggyboy604

    Google And ASUS Team Up On A Router With A Nifty Twist

    Today, Google and ASUS announced that they’re working together on a version of OnHub which will run you $219.99, $20 more than Google’s original OnHub (TP-LINK). Why the extra bucks for the ASUS build? Well, it does have a nifty new feature called “Wave Control,” which lets you speed up your...
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