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Chrome OS gaining support for iPhone tethering via USB soon

3 years ago

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.

By Roger Fingas | 3 years ago

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iPad wins again, Google cancels upcoming tablet products

3 years ago

iPad wins again, Google cancels upcoming tablet products

Google is officially abandoning its tablet efforts, including two unannounced devices, a spokesperson revealed on Thursday.

By Roger Fingas | 3 years ago

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Another F for Alphabet: after abandoning Android tablets last year, Google retreats from Chrome OS Pixel notebooks

4 years ago

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.

By Daniel Eran Dilger | 4 years ago

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Google unveils Pixel 3 phone, Pixel Slate tablet & Google Home Hub

4 years ago

Google unveils Pixel 3 phone, Pixel Slate tablet & Google Home Hub

Firing its latest salvos at Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft, Google on Tuesday announced several new devices, led by its Pixel 3 and 3 XL Android smartphones.

By Roger Fingas | 4 years ago

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Apple's Macs and iPads fall to third place in US classroom use

6 years ago

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.

By Roger Fingas | 6 years ago

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Google to fold Chrome OS, Android together into new OS strategy for 2017

7 years ago

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.

By Daniel Eran Dilger | 7 years ago

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Google unveils new $149 Chromebooks, Asus-made Chromebit stick computer

7 years ago

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.

By AppleInsider Staff | 7 years ago

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Claim that Google Chromebooks "overtook" Apple in U.S. education is false

8 years ago

Claim that Google Chromebooks "overtook" Apple in U.S. education is false

Last week's Financial Times headline claiming that Google had overtaken Apple in U.S. education—based on data from IDC—was not just technically inaccurate but wildly misleading and served to obscure far more meaningful trends occurring in the PC market, particularly in education as well as the broader emerging segment of new computing form factors.

By Daniel Eran Dilger | 8 years ago

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Google "dismantled" Android hardware initiatives after buying Nest, claims disputed report

8 years ago

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.

By Daniel Eran Dilger | 8 years ago

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