Review: Google’s Pixel C is Winning Only Half the Battle
At an event in September, Google GOOGL announced updated Chromecast hardware and two new Nexus smartphones, and surprised those in attendance by announcing the first tablet built from the ground up by...
View ArticleWhy Google Is Winning the Race for American Schools
Computer makers are selling fewer PCs this year than last, but there’s one area where companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple see growth: in schools. Perhaps that’s why Apple CEO Tim Cook took the...
View ArticleGoogle Opens I/O Registration To Developers
Registration has opened for Google's annual developer conference that will take place May 18 to May 20 in Mountain View, Calif. As of Tuesday, those interested in attending can register for the...
View ArticleGoogle Is Removing This Chrome Feature to Make Things Simpler
You might have never heard of the Chrome app launcher. That’s why Google googl is removing the feature from Apple, Windows, and Linux operating systems starting in a few weeks--though it will still...
View ArticleThe Five Greatest Easter Eggs in Tech
Right now, kids around the country are looking under flower pots for plastic orbs full of candy. For the more tech-inclined, though, an "Easter egg" is something different--a surprise hidden in...
View ArticleHow to Watch Netflix With Someone Across the Country
If you’ve ever sought out long-distance Netflixing, there’s now a way to achieve it. A Google Chrome extension, called Netflix Party, allows users to remotely watch the same Netflix NFLX content,...
View ArticleThis Industry Vet Is Back With a Powerful New Browser Called Vivaldi
The co-founder and former CEO of the Norwegian browser firm Opera has launched a new browser called Vivaldi. Jon von Tetzchner and his team aren’t trying to become more popular than Google’s goog...
View ArticleGoogle Just Bought This Hot Business Technology Startup
Google has a new virtual trainer that will teach customers how to use their Google Apps for Work products. The search giant said on Monday that it bought a small startup called Synergyse, which...
View ArticleBlocking Ads Across Desktop and Mobile Is Now Easier, Thanks to Opera
A couple months after it introduced baked-in ad-blocking to the test version of its browser, Opera opesy has now rolled out the feature in its standard desktop browser, which is used by around 60...
View ArticleGoogle Removes a Chrome Extension That Identified and Tracked Jews
An extension for Google’s Chrome browser that let users identify and track suspected Jewish members of the media and entertainment industries has been removed from the Chrome store after the web giant...
View ArticleMicrosoft Says Google Chrome Browser Is Burning Your Battery
The war between Microsoft and Google appears to be far from over. This time, Microsoft MSFT has fired a shot at Google GOOGL , arguing that the company’s Chrome browser is a major drain on the...
View ArticleAlphabet Gets More Serious About Making ‘Other Bets’ Work
Google‘s parent company Alphabet is apparently setting up a another way to make its pie-in-the-sky “Other Bets” businesses into productive entities. Last August, when Google goog re-composed itself as...
View ArticleHere’s One Way Google Is Trying To Bring Virtual Reality To The Web
One day, you could be reading Fortune's website in virtual reality. But before that day comes, developers must likely make sure that all existing websites are compatible with the latest virtual reality...
View ArticleMozilla Joins Google and Facebook in Phasing Out Adobe Flash
Another popular web browser has had it with Adobe Flash. Mozilla said this week that it plans to gradually wean its Firefox web browser from Adobe's adbe multimedia player. In August, Firefox will no...
View ArticleThis Startup Wants to Bring Microsoft Windows to Virtual Reality
You've never experienced Windows until you've strapped on a virtual reality headset, opened Excel in a virtual world, and watch as charts and tables open like flowers in front of you. A startup,...
View ArticleGoogle’s Chrome Apps Strategy Is Shifting
Google goog may be adamant that it will support its Chrome OS desktop operating system for the foreseeable future, but it’s decided to phase out its support for Chrome apps on other platforms. The...
View ArticleGoogle’s Chromecast Dongles Just Became a Lot More Useful
Google’s Chromecast dongles, which let people stream content from their mobile devices to their TVs, just became significantly more useful. The company has now baked Cast functionality into its Chrome...
View ArticleAlphabet’s Revenue Jump Underscores Fervor Around Mobile and Online Video
Google parent Alphabet reported a 20.2% rise in quarterly revenue on Thursday, helped by robust sales of advertising on mobile devices and YouTube, and the search giant said it would repurchase about...
View ArticleThis Is the Next Tech Giant Waving Goodbye to Adobe Flash
Another big tech company is phasing out Adobe's Flash player. Microsoft said this week that the next version of its Edge web browser, the replacement for its Internet Explorer browser, will...
View ArticleThis Vicious New Malware Freezes Apple Computers
Apple computer users should be extra diligent when surfing the web. For the past few weeks, people have been tricked into visiting a phony website embedded with malware that can freeze Apple computers,...
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