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  Google’s Chrome web browser has been finally launched for the Android OS. The Chrome for Android adopts the same speed and simplicity you’d find on the PC web but is designed to be more intuitive and user friendly for mobile devices. There’s sync support, omnibox and card-style tabs that makes it navigating through the [...]

  Angry birds is one of the highest selling games on mobile devices and now the pig slaying birds have expanded their territory to the world’s largest platform – web. Although launched for Chrome browser, users can play the game in other modern browsers by pointing to http://chrome.angrybirds.com In addition to the regular 63 levels, [...]

  Google has released a stable version of its Chrome browser. Version 10 that was in beta for couple of weeks has been released for masses featuring some nifty additions. Although Chrome has obvious speed improvements under the hood, it is the interface that makes the update special. Chrome has got a new settings interface [...]

  There’s not much to see here if you use beta builds of Chrome browser but if using the software without the beta tag is what you prefer, Google has released a stable build of Chrome 9. The new build concentrates on three features — WebGL that brings hardware-accelerated 3D graphics; Chrome Instant which is [...]

  At a press conference yesterday, Google announced couple of news related to Chrome. The first being the Chrome Web Store. It’s an app store for your browser with all the web apps, extensions and themes. The Chrome Web Store is now available to consumers and though Google claims the store is online only in [...]

  Google’s Chrome browser has come a long way since its launch in 2008. Not only it has a faster startup, it also boasts an improved JavaScript engine, multi-process browser tabs and simplistic UI. Now to commemorate its 2 years in browser business, Google has released a stable version of Chrome. It is three times [...]

  Google has announced two new products that will enhance functionality of your Android phone. First is the Voice Actions and as you’d expect is a voice app for Android. Voice Actions executes everything with voice commands, which includes emailing, calling, finding directions, playing music, browse the web and more. Though the concept is not [...]

  Google has confirmed the launch date of its Chrome operating system. They’ve pushed back the launch of Chrome OS to late fall, which means it could launch sometime in November or December. Google says they want to improve the overall user experience and give Microsoft Windows, a run for its money. Windows currently holds [...]

  Google recently tested Chrome’s speed with some unusual objects like potatoes. Now Opera’s parody blog has decided to take its own Potato test, in a fun way obviously. Check out the video below but if you’re the serious types who wants cold facts about the browser, Opera today released its monthly mobile web report [...]

  Google’s I/O Developer conference has kicked off in San Francisco and they’ve announced a Chrome Web Store or simply put, an app store for web apps. Developers can create their web apps using standard web tools and sell it in the store for a price. An advantage these web apps have is that in [...]

  We do know that Acer wants to be the first vendor to offer a Chrome netbook and the first steps towards their goal will be realized at the Computex expo starting early next month. Venture Beat has heard from multiple Taiwanese sources that “Acer will launch Chrome OS devices at the Computex Taipei show”. [...]

  Two things that almost every consumer electronics manufacturer is doing these days is to develop their iteration of an App Store and an e-book reader. Acer’s not different too as Jim Wong President of IT Products division has confirmed that they’re indeed planning to launch it in middle of this year. Acer’s App Store [...]

  We heard a mention of Google preparing hardware for its Chrome OS but the rumor didn’t say anything its specs. Now an article from IBTimes claims the full specs, which, if it has an ounce of truth, could be the next powerful netbook (or smartbook). IBTimes confirms our loose speculation about ARM processor – [...]

  Exciting thing when Google announced Chrome OS was that the OS booted right in the browser, making it apt for heavy net surfers. But since then, there’s very little (or nothing) they’ve shown to convince anyone. Now, Techcrunch has heard from a reliable source that Google is about let loose the OS. It will [...]

  UPDATE: The screens are fake. Google’s announcement of Chrome OS was shrouded in mystery with a lot of questions left to be answered. Good thing is that they have stepped forward by answering few questions but I reckon these are still not enough so as what to expect from the OS. The early adopters [...]