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Chrome

Price of Chromebook Drops. Will You Buy it Now?

Google announced they are dropping the price of the Chromebook by 30%. Some Chromebooks will be as low as $299. But questions still arise if a Chromebook is in your holiday wish list, when you can get a Kindle Fire, nook Color for less. Even the iPad could be in more stockings than the ultra-portable laptop. Chromebook came out back

Google Releases Chrome Beta 15

Google has released the latest beta version of their popular web browser, Chrome.  Number 15 (for those keeping count) has some real changes - much more than some new versions, which have been simply bug fixes.  This comes within days of Chrome 14 hitting the stable channel. Of course, the changes have become fewer because the browser has matured.  Over

Chromebook Review Day 1

Over the past 24 hours I have been using my Chromebook exclusively. I want to share my initial thoughts. Chrome Web Store - User Experience Negative Significantly Lacking Compelling Apps Many of the Apps simply do not work on Chromebook Unable to tell if App is Chromebook ready on website Site Navigation sucks Samsung Chromebook For a $500.00 Laptop it

If Chrome OS is to Succeed Attention to Detail is Neeeded!

Ironically this blog post is written on Firefox on my Computer versus my Chrome browser on my Chromebook because I could not capture or insert images in the wordpress editor. I know I have my Chromebook about a week early. It is pretty obvious because the boys at Google are not ready for us yet. When I went over to

Samsung Chromebook Series 5 Unboxing Video

I received the Samsung Chromebook today and thought I would do a quick unboxing. Had a little screen glare during parts of it but we will get it hooked up to the tricaster for future screen demos. So far so good but I have discovered one major issue, it fails to connect to my main wireless router in the house

Wave Accounting: Free Online Accounting Software?

I was going through the Chrome Web Store to see what cool apps are out there. One thing most don't know: You can do a lot without paying anything for it. Case in point - Wave Accounting: the online accounting site. I was set back - an accounting program that is FREE? Not a "lite" version, nor a trial, but

Day 4 – A week Using Google Chrome OS

Today I took the CR48 out in the field. I went to my local coffee shop (not Starbucks) and got on the WiFi. It was no problem getting though their login redirect. Although the WiFi was really slow, I was able to do my normal web surfing and email. I wouldn’t want to try a youtube video on it at