Google has updated Chrome OS beta to improve your laptop’s battery life. The latest update that bumps Chrome Beta OS to version 44 makes Flash content more power-efficient.
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Hands on with the Xolo and Nexian Air Chromebooks
The Chromebook is Google’s play on low cost internet connected machines that run on Chrome OS. Today, the company launched a couple of new products based on the Chrome OS platform. The Nexian Air and Xolo Chromebooks offer a low price point and powerful enough internals to ensure fluid performance. We spent some time with the devices to see how well they compare to their Windows running brethren. Continue reading “Hands on with the Xolo and Nexian Air Chromebooks”
Material Design is the new visual language of everything Google
Yesterday, at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, design played a huge role in the company’s announcements to the public. After getting Android One out of the way, Android and Chrome chief Sundar Pichai invited Matias Duarte on stage. Being one of the highly creative minds behind the critically acclaimed WebOS interface, Matias made his mark on Android with Ice Cream Sandwich. Fondly called Android ICS, the update was and still is one of the biggest visual overhauls for Android, as a platform. “Holo” was the design language spear headed by Matias, who talked up design principles based on clean lines and flatter interface elements. It was the beginning of a more coherent interface for Android, but Google, as a company, was heading in a separate design direction.
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