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Chrome Beta for Android 4.0 Now Available

by Ashley King on February 7th, 2012

The long wait for Android users is over, with Google making Chrome for Android beta available to download today. The only caveat of this is that the browser is only available Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) devices. The browser offers accelerated page loading, scrolling and zooming, as well as a host of other features, including: Search [...]


MAME Ported to Chrome’s Native Client

by Ashley King on January 3rd, 2012

We reported a few days ago that Bastion was one of the first major retail releases to take advantage of Google’s Native Client (NaCl) in order become available for play directly in the browser. Now a port of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, or MAME is available. By utilizing the Native Client, developers can sandbox [...]


Offline Support for Google eBooks Now Available in Chrome, Chrome OS

by Ashley King on December 22nd, 2011

If you’re a fan of Google eBooks, we’ve got good news for you. Offline support for all of their eBooks have been added to Chrome and Chrome OS so you can continue reading your favorites even if you don’t have an Internet connection. Google announced the launch of offline support for Google eBooks for those [...]


Chrome In-App Purchases Now Available in 17 More Countries

by Ashley King on December 16th, 2011

Early in July, Google launched an in-app payment service for its Chrome Webstore that works very similar to what Android users are familiar with. Initially the API for these in-app purchases was only available to developers located in the US, with Google promising to make it available to the rest of the world “soon”. It [...]


Gmelius Updated in the Chrome Web Store, Aims to Make Gmail Even Better

by Joe Fedewa on December 14th, 2011

Gmelius has been around for a while with the simple mission to make Gmail better. Today an update hit the Web Store that adds some new features. You can remove ads in the header, footer, and messages. You can remove the logo in the header, remove people widget, remove chat, and remove pretty much anything [...]


PopCap Brings Bejeweled to Chrome

by Ashley King on December 14th, 2011

PopCap has joined the ranks of Rovio in their support of the Chrome browser as a valid platform by bringing Bejeweled 3 to the Chrome Web store. The company recently announced that it would be bringing Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle, and Bejeweled directly to the Android Marketplace after months of exclusivity on the Amazon Appstore, so [...]


CanIStream.It? Helps You Find Movies & Shows to Watch

by Ashley King on December 12th, 2011

If you happen to subscribe to Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime, or any combination of the three, there’s a new application available on Chrome that will help you find something to watch. CanIStream.it is designed to quickly search which movies are instantly available on these three services so you can watch any movie or TV [...]


TweetDeck for Chrome Gets Shiny New UI

by Joe Fedewa on December 12th, 2011

Twitter has been hard at work updating their website and mobile apps, but let’s not forget about TweetDeck. You might remember that a while back Twitter purchased TweetDeck, and that has never been more apparent than today. The TweetDeck web app has been totally updated and re-skinned to match the rest of the updates Twitter sent out today. Gone [...]


Indie Game Bastion Now Available On Chrome

by Ashley King on December 12th, 2011

While Chrome has supported web games in the form of apps for some time on the Chrome Webstore, the release of Bastion is something of a game changer. You see, Bastion is a pretty beefy little indie game that’s worth experiencing and now it can be run entirely within your Chrome browser. Supergiant Games says the [...]


All New Gmail Revamp Shows Up On Google’s YouTube Channel Then Pulled

by Chris Chavez on October 21st, 2011

A video appeared on Google’s YouTube channel yesterday introducing the all new Gmail user interface to the world. The only problem was Google wasn’t quite ready to unveil the new Gmail and promptly pulled the video. Thankfully, not before some Tubers could upload onto their own channel for the world to gawk over. The new [...]