Cheeps, these are crazy times. It’s hard for me to engage in business as usual when our priorities have shifted so dramatically. Thus, my focus right now is to help you find free ways to stay entertained, affordable options for working and exercising at home and strategies for saving money on essential goods and services. …
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Years after Mozilla canceled its own Firefox OS project, the nonprofit is again involved in work to make its browser technology a core foundation for mobile phone software. This time it’s helping out KaiOS Technologies, the company that picked up the Firefox OS pieces and now offers them for use in feature phones as a rival to Apple’s iOS and …
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The Pixel Slate will soon be a collector’s item. Google announced last year that it’s getting out of the tablet game, making the current crop of Pixel Slate tablets the company’s last. There are three models in the Pixel Slate line, and Google has slashed the price at the top and bottom. The entry-level model is now $499. The midrange …
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Google usually holds its annual I/O developer conference in the spring, and with January almost behind us it’s time for the company to start looking ahead to its big event. To kick things off in an unsurprisingly Google way, the search giant launched a way for interested developers and fans to get details by solving a collective online game. Called …
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Chromebooks released this year will get eight years of software support and automatic updates compared to the previous average of six years, Google said Tuesday. The company said the move is intended to extend the lifespan of 40 million devices used by students and teachers — and at the same time it has increased the list price of the Chrome …
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Whether you’re looking for a Chromebook to supplement or replace your current Windows or Mac laptop, there are three models heavily discounted on Amazon right now that are worth checking out. The low-end Lenovo 100E Chromebook we spied earlier this week is still discounted to $119 at Walmart, but it’s best suited for students with its meager specs and small, …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung has certainly made its share of premium Chromebooks over the years, but nothing quite as swanky as its upcoming Galaxy Chromebook. Built from aluminum and only 0.4 inch (9.9mm) thick, the $1,000 13.3-inch two-in-one weighs just 2.2 pounds (1 kg) …
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If you’re a proud new owner of a two-in-one PC — aka a convertible laptop — this story is for you. Two-in-ones have come a long way since the 2012 launch of Windows 8, but if you’ve never used one, it might not be completely clear how it might fit into your life. Frankly, that’s totally understandable. It wasn’t …
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Lightroom for iPad can now directly import photos from a memory card with an update Adobe released Tuesday to its image-editing and cataloging software. The move brings the tablet version of Lightroom closer to the version for PCs running Windows and MacOS — and improves tablets, too. For years, Lightroom users have wanted direct import abilities for iPads, something that’s …
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I’ve been laptop shopping recently, and was once again forced to confront the ugly question: Why am I continuing to spend $700 or more on a Windows-based laptop when Chromebooks exist? After all, these days I spend 90% of my time in some combination of Google Docs and the web. Could I get by with a laptop running Google Chrome …
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