Tag: Google
HP Joins the Chromebook Party with HP Pavilion 14-c010us Chromebook
HP announced their new HP Pavilion 14-c010us Chromebook, joining other manufacturers with low-cost notebooks running Google’s cloud-centric operating system. They call it the first full-sized Chromebook. In case you’ve not heard, Chrome OS notebooks feel like a netbook, with meager hardware specs and minimal local storage. That is since most of the content resides on [...]
How To Use Google Drive’s New Research Tool
Google recently added a new tool to their Google Drive, formerly known as Google Docs. The Research Tool helps users find information to add to documents and presentations quickly without leaving the Google Drive interface until the user clicks a discovered link. To access the Research pane, open a new document, spreadsheet or presentation editing [...]
School Districts in 41 States Using Google’s Chromebooks in the Classroom
Google’s Chromebooks may not have been a hit with the tech reviewers who dismissed the very idea of laptops that only work completely when connected to the Internet. That didn’t stop the notebooks from becoming a favorite for certain consumers. And they’re fun on a Virgin America flight (when the in-flight Wi-Fi works). Another area [...]
How To Use The Google Toolbar in Firefox 5 and Firefox 6
Back in July Google announced that they would no longer update the Google Toolbar add-on for Firefox, which meant that anyone using a version newer than Firefox 4 was out of luck. This might not have been as big a deal if Mozilla hadn’t accelerated their updating schedule right around that time, meaning that users [...]
Dell May Use Google+ Hangouts for Customer Service
Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell pleasantly surprised his new Google+ followers when he suggested that the computer manufacturer might use Google+ Hangouts for customer service. Hangouts is the new multi-user video chat tool that is a part of Google+ the new upstart social networking service designed to compete with Facebook and Twitter. Michael Dell’s [...]
How to Setup Accounts in Windows Live Mail
In this article we show you how to setup an email account in Windows Live Mail 2011 for the first time. We also show how to add an existing email account if you already have Windows Live Mail set up. When you launch Windows Live Mail 2011 for the first time you are prompted to [...]
Samsung Series 5 ChromeBook Dissected by iFixIt
The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook isn’t even officially out yet, but the good folks over at iFixit were able to get their hands on one of the early Series 5 Chromebooks sold through a special offer at Gilt and have proceeded to take apart the cloud based netbook. The Samsung Series 5 teardown shows off a netbook-like interior and [...]
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Pages Up But Not for Purchase
Samsung has their info page for the new Samsung Chromebook announced this week at Google I/O Developer’s Conference. They have three links to “shop” for the Chrome OS netbooks, however clicking the link results in a page saying you can’t yet buy one. At least you will be able to get a look at the [...]
Google Missing the Mark with Chromebooks
At Google I/O the search giant announced that this summer some interesting Chromebooks are coming from Samsung and Acer, with others likely to follow. A Chromebook is a netbook computer running Google’s Chrome OS. Is there room for a fourth mobile operating system? Microsoft Windows still dominates with Apple’s Mac OS X coming on strong [...]
Samsung and Acer Google Chromebooks Launch June 15th: Details, Specs & Pricing
Today at Google I/O a developer event for all things Google, the company announced the much anticipated Google Chrome Notebook. We have come a way since the original cr-48 prototype, which users had a chance to try last year, and now have two new Chromebooks coming June 15th from Samsung and Acer. Google Chromebook Models, [...]
