Chromebooks are computers that run Google’s Chrome OS operating system. As a result, they are easy to set up and maintain. In addition, the modern Chromebook can support a wide range of apps.
With a Chromebook, you can browse the web using the Chrome browser, and install web apps, PWAs, Android apps, and even Linux apps.
Chrome Story is a website for Chrome and Chromebook users. We help you stay up to date on all the latest Chrome and Chromebook news.
We also regularly publish how-to guides that help you make the best out of your Chrome OS device.
Chrome Story also takes pride in bringing you all the breaking news from the Chrome OS world. We use the bleeding edge version of Chrome and Chrome OS, called Canary. We also go through all the code changes that the team makes to bring you news about upcoming features of the browser and the operating system.
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Its fun bringing latest features and “How To” s to you all, even before they make it to Chrome stable, beta or sometimes even dev version. Here is the latest in the list courtesy of François Beaufort How To Enable “Do Not Track” on Google Chrome. Do Not Track – What It is and What It is Not Before…
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Here is a quick tip to find out the cause of Wifi or 3G connectivity issue on your Chromebook – testing internet connection on your Chromebook. Note: This feature is only on Dev channel of Chrome OS for now. If you are not on the Dev Channel, wait for few more weeks and you will…
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Awesome news for Google Drive fans. Here is an extension that gives you a cool functionality. Search your Google Drive from your Omnibar. You can do this with an extension for now, but don’t you think it will be a good idea to add this feature to Chrome by default? If you think so, star…
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JSTorrent is a bittorent application for Google Chrome OS and it works on Intel and ARM based Chromebooks. Here is the official description: The new and improved JSTorrent is a BitTorrent client for Chrome that downloads torrent files with ease. It can download torrents directly to your Downloads folder and can handle large files (multi-gigabyte…
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Trouble with Google Drive local cache on your Chromebook or a netbook running Chromium OS? Here is how to clean the local cache completely so that you can sync Gdrive again. – Open “Files” App. – Go to “Drive” – Click on the Gear icon by pressing simultaneously <Ctrl> key – Click on “Clean Local…
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How do you take a picture on a Chromebook? To take a picture, open the Camera app and tap the circular icon. Want to learn more about taking photos using your Chromebook? Read on. Note: If you are looking for a way to take a screenshot and not a photo, click here. Do Chromebooks have…
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How do you change window transparency in Chrome OS? Well, just like every other action in Chrome OS, this also happens in the browser. Open chrome://transparency from the addressbar and change your settings as you wish! Simple as that! Note that there is no way to “reset to default” so make a note of your current…
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Having trouble with Google Drive on Chromebook? Here is quick fix for the error “Hang with us. We’re fetching your files” on Chromebook’s Google Drive folder. What’s The Reason For The Error “Hang with us. We’re fetching your files” The reason for this error on your Chromebook is a corrupted Google Drive cache. This is…
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Developer News – A not so neat little trick. I found this cool post on Digital Inspiration which tells you how to view the source of a Chrome extension. Why should you view the source? Here are the two main reasons according to the blogger on DI. There are two main reasons why you may…
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Chromesync is the most attractive feature on Chrome and we all love it. But what if you do not want to use it but still need to backup your bookmarks? Well, you can copy the “Bookmarks” file from Chrome’s App data and backup it on Dropbox or a similar cloud service to get sync it…
