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Google is working on a new API that will let you connect scanners to your Chromebooks and Chromeboxes. This new API is currently just a proposal under review, but we are getting closer to experimenting this feature on Chromebooks, says François Beaufort According to the design, here is what the new API will do: – Method…
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Your Chromebook can automatically detect the location and change the time. You can manually change the time and date from Settings > Advanced > Date and time. Manually change time Changing the date and time from the Settings app will change it on the lock screen as well. You do not have to change that…
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Here is a quick tip from François Beaufort to test the battery health of your Chromebook. All you have to do is enter the Chrome OS command line using Ctrl + Alt + T and enter the following command: battery_test 0 That will run a (very) short test and tell you how good your battery is now.…
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François Beaufort shared an interesting chrome:// page today. It shows a lot of useful information about Google Chrome extensions and apps. The biggest attraction of this page, to me, is the extension ID. The page lists all extensions, hosted apps, packaged apps and components, along with their Name, ID, Status (enabled or disabled), version and Description. Here…
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Early Chromebooks used to come with a standard (boring) resolution. These days, most of the Chromebooks come with a decent screen resolution. However what is more exciting is the new set of premium Chromebooks with attractive screen resolutions. With that comes the need to change and optimize screen resolution on these Chromebooks. To change screen…
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Here is a neat feature in the works for Google Chrome, available on the Canary channel for now. We can now import supervised users we’ve already created. A quick note on Supervised users first. They are sometimes called managed users as well. Here is the official description of what they are: A supervised user is…
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Kenny Strawn has dug up an interesting Chrome OS feature that we have only heard of. Chrome OS has a canary channel , and we can switch our Chromebooks to it with just two commands. First, a word on Canary channel. Google introduced Canary channel for Chrome to let users play with experimental features without leaving the comfort…
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Google Chrome lets you show or hide extension icons on the toolbar. This is useful when you have many extensions and need to save some space. If an extension’s action can be accessed through the context menu (right click) I hide them. This saves a lot of space on my Chrome toolbar. So, here is…
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It was raining when I picked up Sandeep’s call. “Hahaha,” he said with the joy of accomplishment. “Finally, I got it working”. It has been a while since Sandeep started working on compiling the Chromoting for Android app from source. He is my go-to Linux guy and blogs here at Technix. So, what did we finally…
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Meet CoreOS. “CoreOS is Linux for massive server deployments” says the homepage. But there is something more interesting that I want to tell you. Quoting a Wired.com article. The project is based on Google’s ChromeOS, the new-age laptop operating system that automatically updates itself every few weeks, but unlike ChromeOS, it can run more than just your…