Archive for August, 2011

Netflix Now Available To All Chromebook Users – No 3rd Party Plug-in’s Necessary

by Chris Chavez on August 9th, 2011

It was about 3 months ago at this year’s Google I/O that we first heard of Netflix coming to Chromebooks and although it was a long time coming, Chromebook users can now finally stream their favorite movies and shows with the latest version of Chrome OS. The announcement was made via Google+ post and listed [...]


Google Chrome’s Growth Slows In July According to Browser Share Data

by Chris Chavez on August 5th, 2011

A research firm by the name of Net Applications released their report on browser share and it looks like the adoption of Google Chrome has slowed down a bit for the month of July. As shown in Net Applications data, Chrome’s market share has grown since June but at a smaller rate of .34% when [...]


New Chrome 13 Stable Channel Update For Chromebooks – Now Supports USB Mounting

by Chris Chavez on August 5th, 2011

Google has officially announced a new Stable Channel update for Chromebooks. The new Chrome13 update bring a slew of new features, most notably the ability to mount and Android device to your Chromebook (finally). Some of the release features include: Supports new Chrome 13 functionality (check out the Official Chrome Blog for more information) Google [...]


Google Expands International Support for Chrome Web Store

by Chris Chavez on August 4th, 2011

Google has officially expanded international support for their Chrome Web Store a few days ago. Developers in these new markets can now target (or exclude) specific markets based on region. For now, developers in these new markets can sign up for merchant accounts but paid apps won’t be visible until a little later this year. [...]


appMobi XDK Lets You Make HTML5 Apps In Chrome – Port To Android and iOS

by Chris Chavez on August 4th, 2011

I’m sure this is a heap load more complicated than it sounds but apparently there is a new addition to the Chrome Web Store today and it comes to you in the form of appMobi XDK. This new web app will give a developer the tools they need to design cross platform HTML5 software all [...]