Chromebooks Beat Mac Sales in the Classroom

Chromebooks dominate the classrooms over Mac.

Apple may be panicking right now after what happened to their Macs… Specifically, what happened with the back-to-school sales. They got crushed. Guess who? Google, of course. (Who’d you think?) [the_ad id=”2478″] That’s right. Chromebooks literally crushed Mac sales in the back-to-school shopping quarter. Research firms IDC and Gartner stated that Mac sales fell a … Read more

Write with Your Hand, Talk with Your Voice, and Use Emojis on Your Chromebook – Oh My ;]!

Chrome OS update will have handwriting, emoji, and voice input.

Handwriting, voice input, and emoji functionality may be added to Chrome OS. These functions have previously been available tied to the on-screen keyboard, but now they’ve also been added to the other location as well. [the_ad id=”2478″] They’ve recently been added to the settings dock (the bottom right widget) in the Developer Channel, which is … Read more

The Acer R13 Chromebook Is Here – Get Specs and Pricing

The Acer R13 Chromebook is here- get specs and price.

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

Android Apps Are Now Available on Your Chromebook Pixel 2 – The Trio Is Complete!

The Android apps are now available on the Chromebook Pixel 2.

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

Houston School District (Texas) Gets More Chromebooks for Students

Chromebooks beat out Mac sales due to their price and usability.

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 Android Play Store Update Is Now Officially Released – Wowzers

The Play store update is now available for two Chromebooks- play Android apps on the Asus Flip and Acer R11.

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