Weekly Issue: 2023-22

Google’s flagship Pixel 7 Pro, in my humble opinion, is the best Android smart phone to come out of 2022. With its unique design, it stands out in a crowd of slab devices that have honestly become a little boring.

Steam gaming on Chromebooks may soon hit the ChromeOS Stable Channel. While that may sound exciting on the surface, I’m keeping my expectations low. Here’s why.

Now that Google’s Smart Canvas tools are widely available, I’m realizing things about Google Docs that I’ve never really cared about before. Generally, I use it for writing out my thoughts and less so for business documents.

You can change the default PDF app to stop Edge from opening PDF files. If you want to stop Edge from opening PDF files instead of downloading them, you can do that as well. Let me show you how. Is Edge Your Default PDF Viewer?

You can change the default PDF app to stop Edge from opening PDF files. If you want to stop Edge from opening PDF files instead of downloading them, you can do that as well. Let me show you how. Is Edge Your Default PDF Viewer?

Google Chrome blocks pop-ups from all websites by default. This is the recommended practice. However, if for some reason you want to disable this popup blocker, you can do that too.

Google Chrome blocks pop-ups from all websites by default. This is the recommended practice. However, if for some reason you want to disable this popup blocker, you can do that too.

Last month, Google introduced a Twitter-style blue checkmark for verified brands in Gmail.

Chromebooks can game, too!

This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin our discussion by talking through the upcoming Google-made hardware that is set to release this month.

My son is well past needing help with basic reading skills, but that doesn’t keep me from getting excited about new Google Play Books features for young readers.

The time might finally be coming where Steam games being played on Chromebooks is a standard, included feature of ChromeOS.

I’m leaning all in on this Google Smart Canvas thing here, so as I said in previous articles, you’re going to see me talking about it a lot more often as I explore its capabilities and use cases.

Google announced today on its Keyword Blog that Google Wallet is about to receive a few new features. First, you’ll be able to further cut back on what’s in your wallet (and alleviate scoliosis) by saving passes into the Wallet app from images.

Yesterday, we shared the news that Google was ending support for the original Chromecast from 2013. Coincidentally, today has brought us some killer deals on some Google TV devices that will help you upgrade that old device and save some serious cash in the process.

A previously unknown security issue in Google LLC’s Workspace could allow an attacker to exfiltrate data from Google Drive without being traced. Detailed Tuesday by researchers at Mitiga Security Inc.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Stable 114 (114.0.5735.99) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few hours.This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log.

The Dev channel is being updated to OS version: 15474.9.0 Browser version: 115.0.5790.13 for most ChromeOS devices.

I’ve got a bit of an addiction to Google’s new Smart Canvas features.

 The dev channel has been updated to 116.0.5803.2 for Windows, Mac and Linux.A partial list of changes is available in the log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

If you change the channel on your Chromebook, you can test the latest and greatest innovations from Google.

Welcome to FinOps from the Field — a new blog series from experienced FinOps practitioners at Google Cloud designed to help answer the most common questions we get here about how you can apply FinOps to your Google Cloud spend.

After decades of managing and securing identities in data centers, security and IT operations teams face new challenges when detecting identity compromise in their public cloud environments.

It’s been a little while, but I still think back quite fondly on the Acer Chromebook 514. It didn’t show up in a ton of places and wasn’t widely available, but my review of that Chromebook still stands.

The latest iteration of Google’s Chrome browser is now generally available for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Here’s what’s in the Google Chrome 114 release.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 116 (116.0.5803.0) for Android. It’s now available on Google Play.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

This morning, Google has announced the quarterly Android feature drop and this one includes some very useful features for phones, tablets and even Wear OS devices.

The Dev channel is being updated to OS version: 15474.5.0 Browser version: 115.0.5790.7 for most ChromeOS devices.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 115 (115.0.5790.13) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few days.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.Krishna GovindGoogle Chrome

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 115 (115.0.5790.13) for Android. It’s now available on Google Play.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

I’ve said it a few times before, but there’s never been a phone I’ve waited longer for than the Pixel Fold.

Have you ever wanted to gain quick access to a stopwatch or a timer for your writing sessions? Many of you, especially if you’re a novelist or hobbyist writer, will know of the Pomodoro technique.

It’s hard to believe that it has been just shy of ten years since Google released the first Chromecast device.

I was installing the Dark Reader Chrome extension for late-night Google Docs work yesterday and I noticed something that hadn’t quite annoyed me until now. You see, most of the time when I install an extension, it stays on indefinitely.

 The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 115 to the Beta channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 115.0.5790.