Weekly Issue: 2024-23

Editor’s note: In this post, we’ll hear from Aviator, an engineering productivity platform founded by former Googlers, about how its team is leveraging Google Cloud to build tools that solve developer collaboration challenges across the entire development lifecycle — from reviewing code to building, testing, merging, and deployment.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 126 (126.0.6478.40) 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.

Ahead of Computex 2024 last week, MediaTek made a pretty significant Chromebook announcement with the unveiling of the new Kompanio 838 SoC.

Today, we are excited to announce that Google is a Leader in The 2024 Forrester Wave™: AI Foundation Models for Language, Q2 2024, receiving the highest scores of all vendors evaluated in the Current Offering and Strategy categories.

The battle royale for the future of workplace culture continues as companies and employees square off over the right to work at home and the return to office (RTO) movement. A sizable list of companies elected to order employees back to the office earlier this year.

Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC vision revolves around Recall — a photographic memory for your PC that allows you to search all the web pages, documents, and conversations you’ve seen in a single place.

Today, we’re thrilled to announce that the Cameyo team is joining Google. This exciting development marks a significant milestone in our mission to make legacy applications accessible and easy to manage within the ChromeOS ecosystem.

If you’re in the market for a new Google TV streaming device, Walmart’s new Onn. 4K Pro streaming box is going to deliver the most bang for your buck and is the one we’d recommend getting right now but you might want to wait to purchase.

 Hello, Everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 125 (125.0.6422.164/.165) for Android: it’ll become available on Google Play over the next few days.This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

With the idea of Chromebook Plus now being a full 8 months old at this point, most people have become fairly comfortable with the idea of the whole thing. Simply put, Chromebook Plus offers a hardware spec that helps ensure a more-level user experience across the board.

‘We are updating our terms to clarify this’ Pixel giant tells The Reg Google has disavowed language in its terms’n’conditions that says the Pixel and Chromebook giant will confiscate devices sent in for repairs that contain unapproved parts.…

What do we mean by when we talk about a Chrome profile? What’s the difference between a Chrome user and a Chrome client? This video explains.

In August 2023, we launched Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, the result of engineering collaboration between Google Cloud and NetApp. This fully managed file storage service offers robust-yet-simple data management capabilities that enable high performance and strong security (e.g., CMEK) for enterprises looking to unlock the potential of the cloud.

Well, this is a bit awkward, huh? Just yesterday, the new Acer Chromebook PLUS 516 GE went on sale for the first time in its admittedly-short life, and it was an exciting thing.

The upcoming ‘Xol’ Chromebook (it’s code name in the Chromium Repositories) is continuing development for what we hope is a release later in the year.

Over the past 20 years, open-source software has challenged the dominance of proprietary software, offering benefits such as transparency, flexibility, scalability, and security. The artificial intelligence boom has placed today’s tech landscape at a crucial juncture, as solutions companies explore open-source AI as a driver for long-term innovation.

Google Cloud and SAP believe the cloud should offer more than highly secure, high-performing, and reliable infrastructure. It should also provide a comprehensive, open, and multi-cloud platform that enables your business to get the most out of its data with analytics and generative AI.

In the event that you didn’t know, I’m a massive fan of the Acer 516 GE series. I call it a series now because we now have a 2nd edition in the Chromebook Plus model that just released last month.

LTS-120 is being updated in the LTS (Long Term Support) channel, version 120.0.6099.313 (Platform Version: 15662.110.0), for most ChromeOS devices. Release notes for LTS-120 can be found here Want to know more about Long-term Support?

This is silliness. Seriously, for a new Chromebook that just came out a few weeks ago to hit this sort of price point makes almost no sense whatsoever.

Signify (formerly known as Philips Lighting) is a global leader in lighting and smart home solutions, with over 35,000 employees and operations in over 180 countries.

Database professionals managing SQL Server need to design their systems to be resilient against data loss in disaster scenarios. This often involves using a mix of full, differential and transaction log backups.

Did you know Google has its own team collaboration app á la Slack or Microsoft Teams? It’s called Google Spaces, and it’s understandable if you’re not aware of it — Spaces looks a lot like Google Chat, and that’s because it’s technically an extension of it.