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The Acer Chromebook Plus 514 Is at Its Lowest Price Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The Acer Chromebook Plus 514 is $299.99 on Amazon right now, reduced from its usual $399.99. According to price trackers, this is the lowest it’s been, and if you’re looking for a backup laptop or something for really light tasks,…
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Ditch the Mouse: You Can Control Your Chromebook with Just Your Face
Google showcased an impressive Face Control AI feature at I/O 2024 that allowed users to control a computer using their head movements and facial gestures. Turns out, Google has introduced Face Control on Chromebooks with the recent version 132 update. I just tried it on my Chromebook, and to my surprise, it worked flawlessly from the get-go. You simply have…
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Smile! You can now control your Chromebook with your face – Computerworld
Google has started rolling out a number of new features in Chrome OS, according to The Verge, including a new feature that allows a user to control their Chromebook using head movements (to move the mouse pointer) and facial expressions (to click or activate dictation). In the video below, see how it works: To use the new feature, your Chromebook…
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Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus review
If the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus doesn’t make a convincing argument for businesses to look at Chromebooks, then we’re not sure what will. £649 to £749 – or £549 in recent sales – nets you a stunning slimline laptop with a lovely OLED screen. It’s fast, lean, efficient, and easy to manage for small businesses or larger enterprises. The integration…
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How to Connect AirPods to Your Chromebook
Connecting an Apple product with a Google product somehow gives off an eerie feeling, and rightfully so. Some Apple products, like the Apple Watch, don’t play well or at all with Android thanks to their exclusivity in the Apple ecosystem. However, products like the AirPods work like any Bluetooth accessory on any Bluetooth-compatible device, including Chromebooks. If you have a…
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Take This $75 Chromebook Anywhere
Traveling for work or working remotely often means juggling priorities and finding ways to stay productive while protecting your most valuable gear. Lugging an expensive desktop or high-end laptop around isn’t always practical—or safe. That’s why it’s so useful to have something like this $75 HP Chromebook 11. This compact computer would normally cost $239, but now you can get…
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There’s a New Way to Reset Your Chromebook
ChromeOS 131 is rolling out now to Chromebooks with a few useful improvements. Namely, it introduces the new “Safety reset” feature, which feels like a light version of a factory reset. The Safety Reset feature lets users restore their ChromeOS device to a previous good condition without completing a factory reset (also known as a power wash). The safety reset…
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My spur-of-the-moment Chromebook surprise
If you’ve read this column for long, you probably know that when it comes to tech purchases — and tech decisions in general, really — I’m typically not one to be hasty. It’s practically in my blood at this point. I’ve spent so many years studying, researching, and obsessing over this stuff (both personally and professionally!) that it’s tough for…
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Here’s How to Get 3 Months of Free Gemini Advanced Perk on Your Chromebook
Chromebooks usually come with many perks and Google generously keeps pushing new perks for users to enjoy for a limited time. The current active perks include 12 months of AI premium plan and three months of free YouTube Premium. These are now joined by yet another Gemini Chromebook perk that offers 3 months of free AI premium plan. Some Chromebooks…
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You Can Get This Budget Samsung Chromebook on Sale for $80 Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. You can get this Samsung Chromebook on sale for $79.99 right now (reg. $229.99) through November 10. The budget laptop runs on a 1.1GHz Celeron N4000 processor with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. It has an 11.6-inch HD…
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