Browser hijacks, we’ve all been there. We’re browsing a website we’ve never browsed before, we click a link and suddenly, we’re staring at some kind of pop-up that won’t go away. Either it pops right back up after closing it, or there’s simply no way to close it, apart from clicking whatever button they want…
If you try to open a link to a Windows Store app from Chrome, the Windows App Store will launch and open the app’s page for you. Here is how to force Chrome to open the link instead of the store. This is not a Windows specific thing. If you try to open a link…
Here is a simple Chrome tip to (quickly) temporarily disable a website’s cache. If you are testing something on a website, this tip will come handy!. The trick here is to use the Chrome Developer Tools Console to temporarily disable the website’s cache. There is one catch. You will need to keep the console open…
In isolation, the Pixel C is an impossible product to evaluate. You can’t look at it today (running Android 6.x Marshmallow) without being influenced by what we know the Pixel C will be tomorrow (with Android N and its split-screen multitasking goodness). Thanks to Google’s aggressive new Android Beta Program, we can actually experience tomorrow’s Pixel…
Google releases a new Pixel Chromebook once about every two years. However a new Chromebook board spotted in Chromium code stands out with high-spec, Pixel-like qualities. Meet “Chell” Let’s start with a brief introduction of what a Chromebook board is. Google along with its partners put together prototypes of future Chromebooks. These prototypes are called…
This article is part of a 30 day Pixel C Challenge by Chip Colandreo. Read all the articles from this series here. Pixel C Challenge. I’m about halfway through my 30-day commitment to use the Pixel C as my only laptop/desktop computing device. To my own surprise, I haven’t cheated even once. My Chromebook Pixel has…
This article is part of a 30 day Pixel C Challenge by Chip Colandreo. Read all the articles from this series here. Pixel C Challenge. Wow. Just wow. Out of nowhere, Google decided to drop a nuke on the Android community this week with the release of the very first developer preview for Android N, the…
This article is part of a 30-day Pixel C Challenge by Chip Colandreo. Read all the articles from this series here. Pixel C Challenge. Last week, I took a leap on Leap Day and shelved my Chromebook Pixel in favor of Google’s new Android tablet-cum-laptop, the Pixel C. I promised to use no other laptop/desktop…
This article is part of a 30 day Pixel C Challenge by Chip Colandreo. Read all the articles from this series here. Pixel C Challenge. In partnership with Chrome Story, this is the first in a series of posts about my experience working for a month with the Pixel C as my only computer. To date,…
Google released their new logo yesterday. We have already seen an updated Chromium logo inspired by Material Design, now, it is time for the Chrome logo to take a Material Design shower! Here you go: Technically, this is not a new logo, but only a Material Design makeover for the existing one. You have the…