| Chrome OS 'Ambient Mode' could bring Chromecast screensavers to your Chromebook
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 Google's Chrome OS is maturing in a lot of ways, but one simple feature that it totally lacks is a screensaver. That may soon change, though, as a commit strongly hints that Chrome OS may be adopting the Chromecast backdrop images for a new screensaver-like "Ambient Mode" for Chromebooks. more… The post Chrome OS 'Ambient Mode' could bring Chromecast screensavers to your Chromebook appeared first on 9to5Google.
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| Gartner, IDC agree that PC sales are up—but they don't agree what a PC is
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 Enlarge / Does this Chromebook count as a traditional PC? Gartner says no, IDC says yes. (credit: Valentina Palladino) We've been hearing for quite some time that the traditional PC is dying, but it's not quite dead yet. Business analyst firms Gartner and IDC tackle the numbers differently, but both agree that sales of traditional PCs were up—in some regions, way up—in Q2 2019. While both firms reported market growth in year-on-year PC sales, their actual figures differed. IDC reported a 4.7% growth in Q2 sales, where Gartner only reported 1.5%. The two firms' numbers for US regional sales differed even more sharply, with Gartner claiming a 0.4% loss and IDC claiming a "high single digit gain." We spoke to IDC's Jitesh Ubrani about the difference, and it turns out the two companies don't quite agree on what is or is not a traditional PC. IDC counts Chromebooks as traditional PCs but doesn't count Microsoft Surface tablets; Gartner does count Surface but doesn't count Chromebooks. The higher numbers from ...
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| A Beginner's Guide To BitTorrent
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 From your geeky roommates who eat up your internet connection at all hours of the night to your luddite family members, nearly everyone knows what BitTorrent is nowadays. They might not be able to describe how it works, or even legal ways they can use it, but they know it exists. (If you're a little geekier, you probably also know that peer-to-peer networking can even power processes like like Windows operating system updates, Chromebook updates, and Android app installations.)
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| Google defends listening to "OK Google" queries after voice recordings leak
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 Enlarge / The Google Home Mini, the original Google Home, and the Google Home Max. (credit: Google) Google today defended its practice of having workers listen to users' Google Assistant queries, following the leak of 1,000 voice recordings to a media outlet. Google also said it will try to prevent future leaks of its users' voice recordings. VRT NWS, a news organization run by a public broadcaster in the Flemish region of Belgium, said it "was able to listen to more than a thousand [Google Assistant] recordings" that it received from a Google subcontractor. Google Assistant is used on Google Home smart speakers, Android devices, and Chromebooks.
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| Google is readying an AirDrop-style competitor for fast file transfers
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 Google appears to be finally readying an easy way to share files across a variety of devices, including Android and Chromebooks, according to a new report by 9to5Google. The feature — dubbed Fast Share — is set to replace the NFC-based Android Beam sharing method Google introduced with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in 2011. Google has confirmed its plans to deprecate the API in the final release version of Android Q later this year. The alternative, instead, will leverage the Nearby service in Google Play Services to allow you share to devices around you without an internet connection. Fast Share will… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Google
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| Potential Made by Google Chromebook 'Atlas' appears again in new image
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 For the last year or so, we've been following the development of a Chromebook, codenamed "Atlas," which has all the normal traits of a Made by Google device. A new image has surfaced of the "Atlas" Chromebook, giving us another preview of what Google may have in store for us later this year. more… The post Potential Made by Google Chromebook 'Atlas' appears again in new image appeared first on 9to5Google.
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| Here's why you need to consider a Samsung Chromebook for under $100
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 Why not save depreciation cash by buying an almost new computer at a used price?You can do just that right now with this deal on a refurbished Samsung Chromebook. It's a $599 value priced for the budget-conscious (read: everybody) at just $99.99 right now from TNW Deals.
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| HP Chromebook 14 hits $185, Powerbeats3 at all-time low price, and more
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 HP Chromebook 14 is on sale today for $185, Powerbeats3 hit all-time low, and you can save big on AmazonBasics tech if you're a Prime member. Hit the jump for all of today's best offers in this 9to5Toys Lunch Break. more… The post HP Chromebook 14 hits $185, Powerbeats3 at all-time low price, and more appeared first on 9to5Google.
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