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Google Rolls Out ChromeOS Update With Faster Split Screen And Better Connectivity Management
Friday, May 3, 2024 - 9:50am | 559Read More...Alphabet Inc.’s Google is rolling out ChromeOS M124, a significant upgrade for Chromebooks, introducing new features and performance improvements. What Happened: The ChromeOS Settings app has been redesigned to resemble an Android tablet app, with each section now opening in its container, a...
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Apple Releases New Student iPad, But Rumors Of A $259 Model Prove Unfounded
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 3:56pm | 368Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced a $299 iPad for students with Apple Pencil support on Tuesday, but Apple enthusiasts hoping for a 3-D powered tablet may need to wait a few more months. What Happened Apple's new 9.7-inch tablet includes Touch ID, a high-definition camera, 10 hours of...
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Are Mobile Apps Eroding The Web?
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 7:17am | 576Read More...It wasn't that long ago that developers wondered if a high-end web browser could eventually replace a traditional operating system. Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) built Chrome OS on the belief that this was not only possible but preferable to alternative methods. "Speed,...
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Report: Microsoft About To Slash Price Of Windows 8.1
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 11:48am | 662Read More...Fierce competition from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is forcing Microsoft to alter its pricing structure for Windows 8.1., according a report by Bloomberg over the weekend. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will slash the price of Windows 8.1 by 70 percent for manufacturers of...
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Google vs. Google: Chrome OS Could Face Pressure from Android
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 10:29am | 491Read More...When Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) created the Chrome OS platform, it hoped to build the next great operating system. The company had no idea this would lead to internal competition between the two platforms. Right now, Chrome OS is the company's dominant system for notebooks. Acer, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE...
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Surface's $199 Price Tag Could Kill Off PC Vendors
Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 11:22am | 433Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may win consumer support by selling its first tablet, Surface, for less than $200. However, a move like this could have severe consequences for other players in the computer and tablet industry. According to DigiTimes, notebook brand vendors, "will be out of the game...
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Five Companies Google Should Buy in 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012 - 11:39am | 996Read More...Apple may have more cash on hand, but Google is the one who loves to spend. By the end of 2011, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) had spent $1.9 billion on a total of 79 acquisitions, TechCrunch reported. Comparatively, Google spent roughly half that amount on acquisitions in 2010 and added just 48 companies...
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Is Windows 8 Dead Before its Arrival?
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 12:48pm | 992Read More...On the cusp of an event for the Windows 8 app store, one research firm has dealt a painful blow to the forthcoming OS. "Windows 8 will be largely irrelevant to the users of traditional PCs, and we expect effectively no upgrade activity from Windows 7 to Windows 8 in that form factor," research...
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Google+ Project Brings "Real-Life Sharing" to the Web
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 3:18pm | 509Read More...The same-name game continues. First there was Chrome the web browser. Then Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced Chrome the operating system. Earlier this year, Google unveiled the +1 tag feature that allows you to show your support for anything you see on the web. Now Google has announced the Google+...
