Archive for January, 2011

Google’s 2011 Super Bowl Ad Promotes Chrome? [VIDEO]

by Donovan Leiber on January 31st, 2011

You might remember that last year, Google launched their first ever Super Bowl Ad called Parisian Love. Many experts were surprised that they chose to advertise their search engine, which is already ubiquitous, rather than their rapidly growing Android Mobile OS. Here we are a week away from the Super Bowl thinking, “What will Google [...]


Chrome Stickers Now Shipping With Cr-48

by Donovan Leiber on January 31st, 2011

All the people who whined and complained they hadn’t yet received a Cr-48? Yeah, they probably still haven’t received one. But those who waited patiently haven’t only been put on Santa’s good list almost 11 months in advance, they’ve also been blessed with an extra bonus when their Cr-48 DID arrive. Apparently those now receiving [...]


WHOOPS: Google Ships Cr-48 Chrome Notebook With Windows!

by Donovan Leiber on January 31st, 2011

The whole purpose of Google’s Cr-48 Chrome Notebook is to showcase a new concept in personal computing in which the cloud takes priority. Front and center of their show is Chrome OS, the operating system that is supposed to make all of this possible. Why, then, would Google ship this poor guy a shiny new [...]


Chrome Extensions For Android Fans

by Donovan Leiber on January 31st, 2011

Android has a huge group of hardcore followers who LOVE to download apps and games, but how many of those enthusiasts also use Chrome? How many of them know that the Chrome Extensions Store is chock full of goodies they might love? This list, Android Fans, is for you. The Top Chrome Extensions for Android [...]


MOG Gets in on the Chrome Notebook Action

by Donovan Leiber on January 28th, 2011

After seeing LucidChart, Zoho, and Box.net promoting their Cr-48 addiction, apparently the cutting edge crew at MOG couldn’t go without putting in their two cents. They didn’t launch a contest like the others (or did they?), but Google went ahead and called them out in a blog post as Chrome Notebook lovers. Check out the [...]


Try Box.net For Chrome, Win A Cr-48 [CONTEST]

by Donovan Leiber on January 28th, 2011

Another Chrome App Maker has come out of the woodworks to not only offer their support for Chrome, but also pimp their brand new Cr-48 Chrome Netbook and offer it up as a prize for those trying out the Box.net Chrome App from the Web Store. You can easily set up a free personal account [...]


Zoho Loves Chrome Notebook, Wants To Give You One [CONTEST]

by Donovan Leiber on January 28th, 2011

The folks at Zoho really love Chrome Browser, Chrome OS and the Cr-48 Chrome Notebook. If you don’t believe us, just check out the the apps Zoho currently has on the Chrome Web Store: 18 apps in total – all of them free! They’ve also been more than testing the Chrome Notebook… for them it [...]


LucidChart Giving Away 100 Cr-48 Chrome Netbooks

by Donovan Leiber on January 26th, 2011

If you’re an HR professional or involved in any type of organizational planning or mapping out and brainstorming things visually, you’ll DEFINITELY want to check out a Chrome App called LucidChart. It basically lets you – directly from your web browser – create awesome visual flow charts. Not only that, you can share and collaborate [...]


Gmail Notifier Provides Awesome Preview For Chrome Users

by Donovan Leiber on January 26th, 2011

If you’re like me, you get WAY too much E-Mail. I think it’s safe to admit that most of us probably spend way too much time refreshing our E-Mail to see if we got anything new. With GMail it auto-refreshes but the question is… how much time do you waste going back to that E-Mail [...]


He’s Dead, Jim: New Sad Tab In Chromium

by Donovan Leiber on January 26th, 2011

If you’ve got the newest version of Chromium installed, do yourself a favor and type “about:kill” in the omnibar and you’ll see something new: “He’s Dead, Jim!” is the new sad tab. Some users are reporting their “Jim” has a bullet wound in its head with blood dripping out: The line “He’s Dead, Jim” is [...]