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Google is adding new systemwide camera and microphone access toggles in ChromeOS settings that can instantly block all apps and sites from being able to use them. The new systemwide privacy controls cut off the rest of the computer’s access to the hardware, which, for all intents and purposes, is a software replacement to the…
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Chromebooks in schools are breaking quickly, report calls on Google to extend lifespans
Issue 2023-17A new report titled “Chromebook Churn” from the US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund has found that the millions of Chromebooks that flooded schools in recent years are breaking quickly with difficult repairs that lead to e-waste and higher costs.
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Google today rolled out several new features for enterprise users of its Chrome browser, including data loss prevention (DLP), protections against malware and phishing, and the ability to enable zero-trust access to the search engine.In all, Google highlighted six new features for Chrome – three of them specific to the browser’s existing DLP capabilities.A new “context-aware”…
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Riddle me this, my fellow tech-contemplating primate: What exactly is ChromeOS?It’s a simple-seeming question that’s deceptively difficult to answer. If there’s been one near-constant with Google’s ChromeOS operating system since its launch nearly 12 years ago, it’s the platform’s perpetual state of foundational change.In its earliest days, ChromeOS represented an ahead-of-its-time vision for an exceptionally…
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As enterprise spending pivots from hardware purchases into service subscriptions, the fast-growing, ever-busy Apple enterprise space now has a new name to play with: Fleet. The company today introduced its own open-source take on mobile device management (MDM) with a cross-platform solution for macOS, Windows, Linux, and ChromeOS.
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Google Chrome saves your search keywords to help you save time. The next time you start typing the same keyword, Chrome will fill it for you. What if you want to remove those keywords from the search bar? Let me show you how to remove those search keywords from Chrome’s address bar. Chrome saves these…
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We normally log into a Chromebook using our Google account passwords. However, sometimes, this can be difficult. Using a PIN like on our phones will be easier. In this article, I will show you how to use a PIN instead of a password. Switch Chromebook Login to PIN To switch your Chromebook login to a…
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Google to update Chrome‘s new User interface in 2023 (CR23), this year. The company has been working on a new design for some time, finally, the “Refresh of Chrome desktop UI” can be enabled and seen now. Updated Chrome looks more clear and beautiful with rounded corners everywhere for menus, and right-click menus, and, the…
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