Google Chrome for Android comes out of beta, hits Play today

Posted on 27/06/2012 by Zach Honig

Sick of hearing about Google yet? Perhaps you're not. The search giant has unleashed one final bit, quietly announcing that Chrome for Android has finally emerged from its beta stage as a stable release. Version 18.0.1025123 has officially arrived in Google Play and is available for download now for devices running Ice Cream Sandwich. Updates from the beta appear to be modest, and include some minor user interface tweaks, along with stability and performance fixes -- the big news here is the official nod from Mountain View. If you've been holding out for a final release, the time has come to hit up Play -- get where you need to go by clicking through to our source link below.

Google Chrome for Android comes out of beta, hits Play today originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Brings LEGO to Chrome

Posted on 27/06/2012 by Alexandru Chiuariu

Productivity might diminish radically for anyone who uses Chrome, as Google allied with LEGO Australia to bring the famous building bricks to its Web browser.

The ability to construct with LEGO bricks is not a built-in feature of the browser, as is Tetris in uTorrent. It probably would have been nicer ...
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Google Chrome and Lego Team for Build

Posted on 26/06/2012 by shane

Google and Lego Australia have teamed up on a new virtual construction playground called Build. This new virtual Lego construction ground offers 8 trillion Lego blocks that you can build in place...

Work is in Progress for Chromium OS Support on Raspberry Pi

Posted on 20/06/2012 by shane

When the Raspberry Pi computer surfaced the tiny little machine was exactly what many HTPC fans were looking for in a budget machine. The machine didn't have much in the way of hardware on the...

Firefox shows its curvy Australis tabs for upcoming unified version

Posted on 20/06/2012 by Steve Dent

Mozilla is busy sprucing up and unifying Firefox, and an oven-fresh test build will see how users feel about ditching square tabs. The new curved element will be part of a future multi-platform version codenamed Australis, and Mozilla threw the build up on the designer's blog, asking downloaders to comment on the new look. Active tabs will get the rounded corners, and those not in use will have no background, appearing as just text against the titlebar. If you've been eyeing Chrome's sleek chamfers enviously and want to scope the Fox's new curves, check the source for the link.

Firefox shows its curvy Australis tabs for upcoming unified version originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google shows off high-res Chrome browser for Retina MacBooks, hitting Canary channel first

Posted on 13/06/2012 by Richard Lawler

As we noted in our review, the downside of the super high DPI displays Apple is shipping in its latest MacBook Pro is that non-retina display friendly apps don't look so good, but Google's already working on changing that for its Chrome browser. In a blog post the team showed off the image above with a comparison on what the high res edition will look like compared to its current counterpart based on "early results." Users on the bleeding-edge Canary channel should see the upgrades first, with more rolling out over the next few weeks and eventually reaching wider audiences as they go along. Of course, if you couldn't wait to pre-order the absolute latest Mac hardware after it hit the stage at WWDC (and aren't diving headlong into the refreshed world of Safari), we're figuring jumping on a somewhat untested version of this popular browser is hardly out of the question.

Google shows off high-res Chrome browser for Retina MacBooks, hitting Canary channel first originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Chrome Web Store adds offline app section, more markets and greater analytics for developers

Posted on 13/06/2012 by Zachary Lutz

Just two months ago, Google added badges to its Chrome Web Store to denote whether a specific app offers offline functionality. Now, the company is making it easier for users to specifically root out these apps with a new offline section in the Chrome Web Store. The change won't be immediately apparent to many, as the "Offline Apps" section is nested within the "Collections" portion of the store, but once here, users will find a host of familiar titles such as Angry Birds, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Offline Google Mail, along with selections such as Nitro for task management, NYTimes for news and Space Invaders for those who like to kick it old school. Along with the new collection, Google is also making life a bit sweeter for developers. First, it's announcing the availability of the Chrome Web Store in Turkey, Ukraine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates. Along with this, devs will find new analytics tools to view the trending performance of their titles throughout the past 90 days. For a bit more insight, feel free to hit up the source link below.

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Google gives a sneak peek at Chrome for Windows 8’s Metro UI, plans a test release soon

Posted on 07/06/2012 by Jon Fingas

Google vowed that it would adapt Chrome to Metro back in March, and it's just now providing its first real look at the Windows 8 revamp. Don't expect a radical remake: it's Chrome, just in Metro. Even so, the very first test releases will support charms for sharing and other cross-OS features, and they will obey Snap View for tablet-friendly Windows 8 multitasking. Metro support will come in the next Dev channel release for those using the Windows 8 Release Preview. Those of us leery of running a pre-beta web browser on top of a beta OS will have to wait some months to see the finished result. That patience should be rewarded through better touchscreen support and refinements to the overall interface, so by the time the dissenting among us are ready to toss Internet Explorer 10 aside, Chrome will be waiting with open arms.

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Any.DO expands outside of Android, brings its handy To-Do tools to iOS and Google Chrome

Posted on 05/06/2012 by Edgar Alvarez

Chances are some members of Team Android won't be too pleased to share the any.DO goods with the iOS squad, but for what it's worth, you'll always be able to say you had it first. After being a success on Google's mobile OS, any.DO has decided to test out other waters, including making its way to those iPod touches / iPhones / iPads of the world, as well as Google Chrome in extension form. On the iOS front, the app -- which sports a very minimalist, but sleek design -- allows users to add, adjust and edit multiple tasks using a drag-and-drop, gesture-based UI. Meanwhile, the Chrome extension keeps the similar productivity goal, but takes it to the larger screen -- what's best, however, is any.DO allows you to sync all your To-Do's between different devices regardless of OS. Both the iOS application and Chrome extension are free of charge, and you can grab the version best suited for you at either of the source links below.

Any.DO expands outside of Android, brings its handy To-Do tools to iOS and Google Chrome originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Chrome OS review (version 19)

Posted on 29/05/2012 by Dana Wollman

It seems like yesterday that we reviewed the inaugural Samsung Series 5 Chromebook running Google's Chrome OS, an operating system for laptops based on Chrome. It was, from the start, a world in which everything from music playback to document creation happened in browser tabs. Since we last checked in a year ago, Google has addressed some early complaints -- the browser can actually stream Netflix now! -- but it's only just getting around to ticking off some other long-standing grievances, like multitasking.

The company just announced two new Chrome OS devices -- the Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550 and Chromebox Series 3 -- and both run a spanking-new build of the OS that ushers in a simplified desktop with customizable wallpaper and the ability to minimize, maximize and close windows -- oh my! More importantly, you can now view multiple windows onscreen, edit docs offline and pin shortcuts to the bottom of the screen -- a combination that promises some seriously improved multitasking. Other goodies: built-in Google Music, Google+ and Hangouts, along with a basic photo editor, redesigned music player and enhanced remote desktop app. So does all this add up to an upgrade meaty enough to make the skeptics give Chrome OS a second look? Could it be time for you to get the low-tech person in your life a Chromebook? Let's see.

Gallery: Chrome OS screenshots (version 19)