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The first Chromebook to use a chipset that’s never been used before is here. That’s the Acer Chromebook R13- powered by MediaTek’s MT8137C Quad-Core ARM Cortex processor. That’s a mouthful of words. If you’re not familiar with these laptops, or computer processors parts in general, Intel is the most popular brand on the planet. [the_ad … Read more
The Chromebook Pixel 2 is now Android app-ready. The Chromebook Pixel 2 is the last Chromebook of the initial trio launch. The first three Chromebooks to receive the Android Play store update were announced a while back, and two out of the three Chromebooks already received the update- namely the ASUS Chromebook Flip and the … Read more
The Houston School District has added more Chromebooks to its inventory. This is just more proof that Chromebooks work for schools and that districts all over the nation are embracing these little laptops. The Houston School District in good ol’ Texas has acquired a huge amount of additional units- a whopping 180 laptops. [the_ad id=”2478″] Last … Read more
The Google Play store has finally graduated. The update is now finally available to the first few Chromebooks, but only two out of the trio. Gasp. That’s right. Google announced that it’s bringing Android apps over to Chromebooks via the Google Play store. The update, however, has always been in the developer channel because it … Read more
Chrome OS is getting a security beef up for enterprise devices via Verified Access. For most people who use Chrome OS or use Chromebooks, they probably won’t care about this feature, nor even understand what it does. After all, Chromebooks and Chrome OS itself are already very secure with automatic updates, PIN unlock, and even … Read more
Yoga Books will be running Chrome OS. And it’ll be huge…based on Lenovo’s boast about the merge. Lenovo is a leading manufacturer of higher-end Chromebooks. While not all models are affordable, like Acer Chromebooks, Lenovo is known for their quality parts, build, and design. They’ve had many different types of laptop designs that revolutionized the … Read more
Want to learn how to resize images on your Chromebook? Well, you can’t really. At least not yet. [the_ad id=”2478″] Last Updated: 7/31/17. Chrome’s native image editor can’t resize images Chromebooks are the bare basics of what you need in a laptop to make it work. They’re not known for monster specs, or innovative design, … Read more
The Union Middle School district in Missouri has joined the 1:1 Chromebook initiative- one Chromebook for every student. Chromebooks are an ongoing effort to offer students access to a laptop for educational districts all over the nation. Many other school districts have already taken the step already and made the switch to Chromebooks from outdated … Read more
You may be using your finger to unlock your Chromebook soon. Recent reports on the Chrome Unboxed site found some lines of code discovered by some Unboxers that basically shows the coming fingerprint unlock function. The real question is- do we really need another way to unlocking the laptop? [the_ad id=”2478″] Fingerprint reading is nothing … Read more
Want to project a YouTube video onto your big screen smart TV via Chromecast? Or how about a picture? Or maybe just an awesome website (like this one, perhaps)? Now you can (well, you already could)- but with ease. The Chrome browser pretty much already offered you multiple options to cast your images, videos, and … Read more
The Acer R13 Chromebook really just may be Acer’s best convertible Chromebook ever. (That is…if the MediaTek chipset works and performs as expected and doesn’t bottleneck the Chromebook.) Let’s go over some details of the Acer R13 Chromebook. Last updated: 3/6/23. Updated for accuracy. The first Chromebook with a MediaTek CPU In a previous article … Read more
The ASUS C301SA is the computer giant’s newest Chromebook. However, it’s been sort of a “hidden” laptop for some odd reason… But was never really followed-up on. Now, it’s officially listed on ASUS’s website, along with detailed specs on the C301SA’s and features. It was available for preorder on sits likes B&H Photo Video and … Read more