While this probably won’t come as much of a surprise to those of you with your finger on the pulse of Android, Google’s Chrome for Android browser does not Adobe Flash. Go ahead, try and go to a site that has Flash content. You’ll be greeted with a notice that says that you need to [...]
Today is a great day if you’ve been waiting for Google to release the beta of Chrome for Android because that is exactly what the company has done. After a long, long wait, Google has finally released Chrome for Android Beta, a browser that the company says is focused on two primary aspects. Speed and [...]
Google has finally made offline eBook reading available via their Chrome web app. Now users can save the books for offline reading right in the browser and not have to worry about having an Internet connection in order to access them. For some reason it’s taking Google a really long time to get their act [...]
I’ve long felt that using voice controls is both a big part of the future and also one of the big hurdles in mobile computing. The advances that the folks behind Dragon software certainly see that the same way, and those who use Android on their mobile phones have voice commands as one of the [...]
Window’s Text Input Panel (TIP) behaves nicely when using Internet Explorer and other Microsoft applications, but it doesn’t show up when it’s supposed to in Chrome, my favorite browser. GBN reader Brendan Sullivan and I got into a discussion by email about optimizing his HP Slate 500 for touch and he found a great plugin [...]
Google is taking big time heat from many corners over its announcement to drop support for H.264 in Chrome. Google claims the decision was made over copyright questions that could affect it’s desire to have everything be “open” when it comes to Chrome. The reason behind that is a lingering fear many have expressed about [...]
Google Chrome isn’t quite ready for prime time, but I count Google’s new OS as a genuine Christmas miracle. My in-laws came to visit for a couple of weeks and needed a laptop during their stay. As I’ve mentioned before, they’re not the most computer savvy people and can be extremely frustrating to support them [...]
Google’s Chrome web store launched with a lot of fanfare on Tuesday at the Google Chrome event in San Francisco. I thought a ton of people would head over to chrome.Google.com/webstore to load up on free web apps and drop a dollar or two on a couple of paid apps, but that hasn’t been the [...]
According to Google, all Chrome OS notebooks will come with Verizon 3G built in. The Cr-48 is no exception. One of the first things I did when I am boxed the CR 48 last night was to set up mobile broadband on the device. Set up was pretty painless, but there’s much more than meets [...]
Last night FedEx dropped off Google’s first Chrome OS notebook. The Cr-48 isn’t going to be sold to consumers, but the story here is software, not hardware. Manufacturers like Acer will likely mix things up in 2011, but for now we have a pretty straight forward device in terms of hardware and software. This is [...]
So, if you’re getting ready for some air travel for the holidays and not looking forward to paying extra baggage fees, being frisked or X-rayed at security checkpoints, agonizing whether or not your new MB Air or iPad have to come out of the bag to be screened, then maybe Google as a small tonic [...]
In news that will surely elicit mixed emotions from our regulars: Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that N-Trig will be supplying the multi-touch digitizers for Google’s upcoming Chrome tablet, rumored to be arriving on “Black Friday” November 26th. Oh, and also for the HP Slate too.
Tablets are the in thing at the moment in the Year of the Tablet, or Tablet 2.0. Of course that’s before anyone really has any of these devices in hand and able to figure them out. The iPad firestorm continues to consume whatever oxygen is out there and will continue to do so. But soon [...]
If you’re one of those Netbookers who keep looking for another OS to run, you might want to check out teh Jolicloud Pre-Beta that was released for download today. Called Jolicloud Express it installs itself as a dual boot option (leaving Windows intact if that’s what you’re running.) Jolicloud has been inching towards release for [...]
The long awaited and eagerly anticipated Google Chrome Beta for Mac and Linux is now available. For PC users who have been enjoying Chrome for quite some time now the more important news might be that Extensions for Chrome are now also available. You can check out the extensions here. The Mac beta of Chrome does [...]
TechCrunch is breaking the news that Google’s Chrome OS will launch next week. The much hyped and much heralded OS from Google is something that most are looking forward to. According to TechCrunch though, you probably won’t be able to slap this on just any PC out there. The article states that they imagine Google [...]
Last night as I was doing some work on my Tablet PC, I went to open up Firefox and I got an error message that said Chrome Registration Failed. I meant to do a screen grab of the notification box that contained the error but I guess I didn’t. After dismissing the error message it [...]
It looks like Google is getting ready to unleash its Chrome Browser on at least one vendors hardware and possibly getting ready to roll out its Chrome OS sooner than we’ve all heard before. According to this report on Mashable, Google has penned a deal with Sony to include the Chrome Browser on the VAIO [...]
The browser battles continue. Google has added bookmark sync to its Chrome browser in its latest build. And Xmarks, the well known Bookmark syncing utility is also letting users register for a beta to test out its Chrome support. I’m a big fan of Xmarks and have been using it for quite some time (even [...]
The mighty glacier that is Google’s web app strategy crept forward a bit with news that they’re introducing more user data synchronization to their Chrome Web browser. The plan starts with the obvious – bookmark synchronization – but more user data sync is planned for the future. Potentially, this means syncing or switching users on [...]
Browsing with your finger in Windows 7 is going to be a different experience across each browser and Windows 7 system. As demonstrated in this GBM Shortcut video, the experience will be based upon the type of touch digitizer your system has, whether the system is Windows 7 Touch logo certified, and what type of [...]
What’s the deal with red, yellow, green, and blue icons these days. Oh, and Google’s Chrome icon looks eerily familiar to Windows Media Player, ya think?
Google took its Chrome browser out of Beta last year and now it is back. Apparently the improvements in the new Beta are on the speed front with Google touting that this version is now 25% faster. That would be impressive as Google Chrome was already quite fast. There are also new features including form [...]
The folks behind gOS are trumpeting a new Cloud OS featuring a browser operating system that is installed along side of Windows, that allows users to have quicker access to basic functions without going through a full boot.
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12 iPhone Photography Accessories – Lenses, Stands, Filters and More To Enhance Your Photos
Apple made a lot of shutterbugs happy with the camera upgrades in the iPhone 4S — more pixels and a bigger sensor means an even better “best camera” to carry everywhere. Want to take the iPhone even further than that? With some additional accessories and apps you can turn this device into a mobile photo and video studio worthy of your enhanced skills.
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Samsung Series 7 Slate Review: First Impressions
These days whenever someone mentions the word “Tablet” visions of the iPad or something similar dance in their heads. Not that long ago a tablet was something quite different: a Windows-based slate computer. Since the rise of the new idea of the tablet there have been a few Tablet PCs trying for relevance in an [...]
