Samsung announced today that an updated version of its bestselling Chromebook is now available for pre-order through February 28, 2021. The Galaxy Chromebook 2 can be pre-order via Samsung’s own website or through Best Buy starting at $549.99. Despite Chromebooks … Read more
Microsoft Teams is making gains for Microsoft, hitting over 115 million daily active users thanks to the global pandemic and the need to work and school from home. However, even with those big numbers, and Windows 10X on the horizon, … Read more
2021 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Microsoft with the launch of Windows 10X, a new Windows-based OS that will should make its debut on Chromebook-like devices later this Spring
Google has quietly acquired Neverware, a company developing CloudReady, a variant of Google’s Chrome OS to install on Chromebooks, Windows PCs and Macs. The acquisition was announced on Neverware’s website earlier this week (via ComputerWorld), and the company says that … Read more
Parallels, the virtualization company behind Parallels Desktop for Mac, is launching Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise today. As its name suggests it, this new offering is only for enterprise Chromebooks, and it will work on existing models with good enough … Read more
As teachers prepare for the upcoming school year and work to improve student engagement in remote and hybrid learning models, Microsoft is expanding Minecraft: Education Edition to Chromebooks today to ensure more students can learn critical STEM skills from home … Read more
Parallels has made it easy to run Windows apps on Macs for many years now, and the company will now help Google to do the same on Chromebooks with Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise, to be available later this year.
Reports coming out earlier today have shed new light on the progress and direction of Microsoft’s as yet unreleased “Lite” operating system, Windows 10X. If you remember, the earliest reports of this slimmed down and modern version of Windows 10 … Read more
Google announced in a blog post today that it will be partnering with Parallels to bring native Microsoft Office desktop apps to Chrome OS.
Google and Valve could be working together to bring Steam to Chromebooks, with Valve leveraging Chrome OS’ existing support for Linux apps.
David Ruddock, the managing editor of the reputable Android blog Android Police shared his disillusionment about the state of Chrome OS in an interesting op-ed titled “Chrome OS has stalled out.”
Today, Dell announced that it has teamed up with Google to offer a first lineup of Latitude Chromebook Enterprise devices, combining a trusted brand in the enterprise world with an OS that can now rival Windows and macOS in terms of versatility.
As Google has seen major success with Chromebooks in the US education market, Microsoft’s rumored Windows Lite platform should take the best from Chrome OS and mix it up with some unique Windows things, providing users the best of both worlds.
Microsoft didn’t announce new PC hardware this week at Computex, but the company shared its commitment to build a “modern OS” for the PCs of tomorrow.
It seems Google is throwing in the towel on the development of their Project Campfire. The feature would have been similar to Apple’s Boot Camp that can be seen in Macs, and could have allowed users to run Windows 10 on their Chromebooks.
Chromebooks have pretty much taken over the K-12 mobile PC market in the US in recent years, and even though Windows PCs perform much better outside of the US, Microsoft may need a better answer than cheap Windows 10 PCs to remain relevant in the classroom
If Chromebooks are still dominating the K-12 Education market in the US, Windows PCs have been recently gaining share in the sub $300 market segment.
Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President, Windows and Devices Group says that the rise of Chromebooks in the education market didn’t prevent Windows PCs from seeing solid growth in the US as well as the rest of the world last year.
After being only available on select models including the Google Pixelbook and the Asus Chromebook Flip, it seems that Microsoft’s Office Android apps can now be downloaded on a broader selection of Chromebooks.
Select Microsoft Partners have been receiving little Google-laden packages
Microsoft shows off how Windows 10 beats Google’s Chromebooks in a series of new ads.