Chrome OS gaining support for iPhone tethering via USB soon Chromebook owners will reportedly soon be able to get 4G data via a USB-connected iPhone, saving power versus tethering over Wi-Fi. Roger Fingas 6 years ago 1
iPad wins again, Google cancels upcoming tablet products Google is officially abandoning its tablet efforts, including two unannounced devices, a spokesperson revealed on Thursday. Roger Fingas 6 years ago 74
Another F for Alphabet: after abandoning Android tablets last year, Google retreats from Chrome OS Pixel notebooks After dumping support for its last remaining Android Pixel C tablet last spring, Google is starting off 2019 with another major retreat in its hardware lineup — including the cancellation of various concepts in development. Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 53
Apple's Macs and iPads fall to third place in US classroom use Apple's Macs and iPads have lost significant ground in the U.S. educational market during the last three years, in 2016 slipping to third place behind Chromebooks and Windows devices, according to new research. Roger Fingas 9 years ago 83
Google to fold Chrome OS, Android together into new OS strategy for 2017 After two years of exploration work, Google is said to be "folding" its web-based Chrome OS into its mobile Android platform, creating a single operating system strategy that it expects to unveil in 2017. Daniel Eran Dilger 10 years ago 86
Google unveils new $149 Chromebooks, Asus-made Chromebit stick computer Devices running Google's budding Chrome OS cloud-based operating system continue to fall in price, as the company announced two new laptop models from Chinese manufacturers Haier and Hisense, alongside a convertible Chromebook and thumb drive-sized "Chromebit" from Asus. AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 26
Google "dismantled" Android hardware initiatives after buying Nest, claims disputed report A report seeking to profile both Google's Sundar Pichai (who replaced Andy Rubin as head of Android) and Nest founder Tony Fadell claims that Pichai appointed Fadell to run Google's hardware. Fadell retorted that the story "is 100% wrong," but neither he nor Google have refuted any of the more titillating details about Pichai or the search giant presented in the article. Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 43
Google remakes its web-based Chrome OS to look more like Windows Google's experiment to replace Microsoft Windows on low end PCs and netbooks with its own web browser-based Chrome OS has failed, resulting in an effort to make the product look more like a conventional desktop. Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 61
Apple's Mac lineup seen taking 4.5% of PC sales in 2011, 5.2% in 2015 Apple's line of Mac computers are seen making further market share gains in the coming years, growing to 4.5 percent of sales in 2011, and 5.2 percent of new PCs sold in 2015. Katie Marsal 14 years ago 18
Google sets sights on enterprise, education with subscription 'Chromebooks' Google announced on Wednesday that it will offer subscription "Chromebooks" running its Chrome OS Web-based operating system at a cost of $28 per month for business users, and $20 per month for students. AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 372
New Apple patent for network booting could lead to cloud-based Mac OS X Apple has recently been granted a patent for administering and maintaining a network-booted operating system, possibly laying further groundwork for a cloud-based version of Mac OS X. AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 49
Google's Chrome OS assailed as needless, dangerous by critics A former Google employee predicted that the company's web-based Chrome OS for netbooks would be canceled next year while GNU founder Richard Stallman warned of its dangerous potential for users. Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 132
Google rewarms Android Market, still half baked next to iPhone App Store Despite the delivery of a variety of new and improved smartphone models, the Android experience is still straggling behind Apple's iPhone, particularly in the area of its App Store. Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 115
Google delays netbook plans for Chrome OS to mid 2011 Google's plan to bring a web-centric, open operating system to netbooks has been delayed until the first half of 2011 as the company continues to work on Chrome OS, originally expected to launch this summer. The OS is held up on a wide variety of problems, from missing hardware support to Android-like fragmentation. Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 46
