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At a virtual [email protected] event today, Acer launched numerous new products, including several PCs, Chromebooks, and a new smart speaker.

Parallels Desktop is now available for Chromebook Enterprise, allowing business customers to run Windows apps directly on Chrome OS.

It sounds nonsensical, but this move parallels what Google did previously with Project Treble in Android.

Google today documented a few new features coming to Chrome OS this month, including Wi-Fi sync, a new mic slider, and more.

Looks like Microsoft may be onto something: Google is essentially making a version of its Your Phone app, but for Chrome OS.

Thanks to native emulator support, it’s possible for the first time to completely develop Android apps using just a Chromebook.

Google revealed that Chromebook sales in the U.S. grew by 127 percent in the second quarter, compared to just 40 percent for laptops.

Dell today has announced the new 14-inch Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise, which is available in laptop and 2-in-1 convertible form factors.

Microsoft announced today that Minecraft: Education Edition is now generally available for users on Chromebook.

Parallels is porting its Desktop virtualization solution to Chrome OS for Enterprise so that users can run Windows apps locally on Chromebooks.

Google today announced the release of Flutter 1.20, the next major release of its cross-platform app development framework.

Google announced today that it is launching a new feature called Nearby Share on select Pixel and Samsung devices.

Google today announced the general availability of Chrome OS 84, which adds a new Explore app, Overview mode improvements, and more.

Parallels is partnering with Google to Windows applications to business customers using Chrome Enterprise in the second half of 2020.

With its hardware business failing, Google is pulling another page from the Apple playbook. It’s not going to help.

It looks like Google has slowly started replacing certain Android apps with Progressive Web Apps in the Play Store. The change only affects two major apps for now.

Released two weeks late because of the Coronavirus, Chrome OS 81 is now available with several new features for tablet mode.

After pausing previously-planned Chrome and Chrome OS updates because of the Coronavirus, Google today revealed its new schedule.

Mimicking earlier similar campaigns for Windows, Google today revealed that it is launching a Works With Chromebook logo program.

Today, Google announced the new features that users can expect in Chrome OS 80, which is rolling out to Chromebooks now.

Today, Google said that there were 40 million Chromebooks in use in education worldwide, a jump of 33 percent over last year

Google is now going to give schools at least eight years of support for new Chromebook devices starting this year.

Timed for the BETT show in London, Acer has announced three new laptops, one a Chromebook and two running Windows.

Google is reportedly planning to bring Steam to Chrome OS, along with more powerful hardware that will actually be capable of running games.

With Chromebook sales stagnating, Intel is partnering with Google to bring more premium Chromebooks to market.

Google revealed today that the new version of Chrome OS is adding music and podcast controls, plus improved app settings management.

2019 was a confusing year for apps. UWP was declared dead. PWAs didn’t take off, again. And Mac Catalyst landed with a thud.