Posts Tagged Chrome
Be part of Chrome’s latest experiment with Cube Slam
Google sure loves to give their users that good old nostalgic feeling pretty often don’t they? This time it’s classic Pong in the form of Cube Slam. The Chrome team always finds nice and fun ways to have their users test out Chrome with these fun old-style games. The game can use your webcam to take a picture and can be used as your avatar/backdrop and vise-versa if you’re playing against a friend. Controls are simple as it’s just classic Pong. Hit the break for a video and let us know your experience with it.
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source: Cube Slam
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Be part of Chrome’s latest experiment with Cube Slam
Google sure loves to give their users that good old nostalgic feeling pretty often don’t they? This time it’s classic Pong in the form of Cube Slam. The Chrome team always finds nice and fun ways to have their users test out Chrome with these fun old-style games. The game can use your webcam to take a picture and can be used as your avatar/backdrop and vise-versa if you’re playing against a friend. Controls are simple as it’s just classic Pong. Hit the break for a video and let us know your experience with it.
Click here to view the embedded video.
source: Cube Slam
Come comment on this article: Be part of Chrome’s latest experiment with Cube Slam
Be part of Chrome’s latest experiment with Cube Slam
Google sure loves to give their users that good old nostalgic feeling pretty often don’t they? This time it’s classic Pong in the form of Cube Slam. The Chrome team always finds nice and fun ways to have their users test out Chrome with these fun old-style games. The game can use your webcam to take a picture and can be used as your avatar/backdrop and vise-versa if you’re playing against a friend. Controls are simple as it’s just classic Pong. Hit the break for a video and let us know your experience with it.
Click here to view the embedded video.
source: Cube Slam
Come comment on this article: Be part of Chrome’s latest experiment with Cube Slam
Be part of Chrome’s latest experiment with Cube Slam
Google sure loves to give their users that good old nostalgic feeling pretty often don’t they? This time it’s classic Pong in the form of Cube Slam. The Chrome team always finds nice and fun ways to have their users test out Chrome with these fun old-style games. The game can use your webcam to take a picture and can be used as your avatar/backdrop and vise-versa if you’re playing against a friend. Controls are simple as it’s just classic Pong. Hit the break for a video and let us know your experience with it.
Click here to view the embedded video.
source: Cube Slam
Come comment on this article: Be part of Chrome’s latest experiment with Cube Slam
Play Cube Slam, Another Fun Chrome Experiment to Play With Friends
If you and your friends are using the Chrome web browser from Google, then you can both be enjoying some Cube Slam, a Chrome Experiement that brings face-to-face action right to your desktop. The game itself is pretty much like pong, except there are occasional obstacles, as well as power ups through the back and [...]
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Notification Center settings in latest Chrome Canary for Mac
A way to shut off some of those Chrome Notification pop-ups finally lands on OSX
Chrome Canary, the bleeding edge version of Chrome designed for ultra-early adopters, is a great platform to preview features that will be making their way into the Chrome stable channel some day. The Notification Center for Chrome is one of those features, and now Canary for the Mac has a much improved version, complete with settings.
Chrome notifications are those toast message boxes that can appear for certain apps, like Gmail or Google Drive. They're designed to be a little bit of a nag so that you notice them, but quickly disappear after you've had time to look. They're generally a good thing, until you get overloaded by too many apps that want to tell you things. This has been in the Windows and Chrome OS builds of Canary for a while, and the improved Notification Center is expected to appear in the Linux beta channel and Canary for Linux soon.
If you want to give Canary a try, you can safely install it alongside any Chrome channel. Click here to give it a look.
Via: OMGChrome
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New APIs to allow Chrome to interact with your iTunes library
The users iTunes library is one of the default destinations for the new mediaGalleries API in Chrome
The mediaGalleries API is what Chrome and Chrome OS use to access images, videos and audio that is stored locally on the device. This means your media can be treated the same way online media is by Chrome apps, making them available for your viewing and listening pleasure right inside the Chrome browser.
A quick posting on Google+ from François Beaufort, everyone's favorite Chromium Evangelist, let everyone know that recent code changes mean that your iTunes library is one of the APIs default locations (your iTunes folder has a system-wide variable so it can be found by any program), meaning that music and other media you've stored there will show up automatically after a local media scan from Chrome — with your permission, of course.
Why is this important? Imagine the Google Music website web app, redesigned so that you can play local music files as well. Or the Google Movies and TV Chrome app, or the upcoming image viewer. All your current media could be easily made available right inside these web apps from Google, or other third party extensions and Chrome apps. We're confident that Google knows that Chromebooks need at least a little bit of ability to play offline content, and building it into an API means that desktop Chrome users can benefit as well, with access to a possibly hefty iTunes library full of DRM-free "stuff".
You can check out an example of what they're doing currently if you're running Canary by loading up this Chrome app from Google's github.
Source: Chromium.org; Via +François Beaufort
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Chrome for iOS update adds voice search, faster reloading for cached pages
As promised, Google’s delivered an update to its Chrome app for iOS that bypasses Siri for the tech giant’s own voice-controlled search. Now, users living in Cupertino’s curated kingdom can talk at their screens using the Chrome browser’s omnibox and watch as those inquires are quickly displayed in realtime. Google’s voice search will also now talk back (politely) to users, relaying answers to specific queries. And thanks to some additional under-the-hood tweaks, cached pages should reload faster — helpful when dealing with spotty connectivity issues — while links from other iOS apps can now be opened in Chrome. You can grab it at the source now or, if you’re already leaning on Chrome for your iOS browser fix, wait for the App Store update.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software, Mobile, Apple, Google
Source: iTunes
Google schedules two events for mobile Chrome on June 7 and 13
According to two livestream videos spotted on Google’s Developers website, there appears to be two mobile Chrome events coming up in the next few weeks. We don’t know more information than just the fact that they are scheduled for June 7 at 1 p.m. and June 13 at 11 a.m. EDT. Google doesn’t seem to have ever held an event solely for Chrome, and definitely not just for mobile Chrome. Just a few weeks after I/O, and a week after a mobile Chrome update, this is quite unexpected.
What could it be? Mobile extension support? Enhanced desktop/mobile sync? We’ll find out soon enough, and Talk Android will be bringing you the news as it comes.
Source: Android Police
Come comment on this article: Google schedules two events for mobile Chrome on June 7 and 13
Google schedules two events for mobile Chrome on June 7 and 13
According to two livestream videos spotted on Google’s Developers website, there appears to be two mobile Chrome events coming up in the next few weeks. We don’t know more information than just the fact that they are scheduled for June 7 at 1 p.m. and June 13 at 11 a.m. EDT. Google doesn’t seem to have ever held an event solely for Chrome, and definitely not just for mobile Chrome. Just a few weeks after I/O, and a week after a mobile Chrome update, this is quite unexpected.
What could it be? Mobile extension support? Enhanced desktop/mobile sync? We’ll find out soon enough, and Talk Android will be bringing you the news as it comes.
Source: Android Police
Come comment on this article: Google schedules two events for mobile Chrome on June 7 and 13
Google schedules two events for mobile Chrome on June 7 and 13
According to two livestream videos spotted on Google’s Developers website, there appears to be two mobile Chrome events coming up in the next few weeks. We don’t know more information than just the fact that they are scheduled for June 7 at 1 p.m. and June 13 at 11 a.m. EDT. Google doesn’t seem to have ever held an event solely for Chrome, and definitely not just for mobile Chrome. Just a few weeks after I/O, and a week after a mobile Chrome update, this is quite unexpected.
What could it be? Mobile extension support? Enhanced desktop/mobile sync? We’ll find out soon enough, and Talk Android will be bringing you the news as it comes.
Source: Android Police
Come comment on this article: Google schedules two events for mobile Chrome on June 7 and 13
Google schedules two events for mobile Chrome on June 7 and 13
According to two livestream videos spotted on Google’s Developers website, there appears to be two mobile Chrome events coming up in the next few weeks. We don’t know more information than just the fact that they are scheduled for June 7 at 1 p.m. and June 13 at 11 a.m. EDT. Google doesn’t seem to have ever held an event solely for Chrome, and definitely not just for mobile Chrome. Just a few weeks after I/O, and a week after a mobile Chrome update, this is quite unexpected.
What could it be? Mobile extension support? Enhanced desktop/mobile sync? We’ll find out soon enough, and Talk Android will be bringing you the news as it comes.
Source: Android Police
Come comment on this article: Google schedules two events for mobile Chrome on June 7 and 13
Google schedules two events for mobile Chrome on June 7 and 13
According to two livestream videos spotted on Google’s Developers website, there appears to be two mobile Chrome events coming up in the next few weeks. We don’t know more information than just the fact that they are scheduled for June 7 at 1 p.m. and June 13 at 11 a.m. EDT. Google doesn’t seem to have ever held an event solely for Chrome, and definitely not just for mobile Chrome. Just a few weeks after I/O, and a week after a mobile Chrome update, this is quite unexpected.
What could it be? Mobile extension support? Enhanced desktop/mobile sync? We’ll find out soon enough, and Talk Android will be bringing you the news as it comes.
Source: Android Police
Come comment on this article: Google schedules two events for mobile Chrome on June 7 and 13
Google makes use of Chrome’s cross-platform syncing in new game “Roll It” for Chrome/Android
Ever wanted a skee-ball machine for your home? Well in Google’s newest Chrome Experiment, you actually can— virtually, of course.
“Roll It” links your phone or tablet straight to your computer’s Chrome browser, allowing you to shoot a ball right through your computer in a virtual game of skee-ball. The game is reminiscent of ”Wii Sports,” but this is entirely different technology. Setup is extremely simple— it only took me a couple of minutes to figure it out. First you have to visit the game’s start page on your computer’s Chrome browser. After some pretty sweet intro-animations, you’ll be told to grab your smartphone and follow the rest of the instructions. In a few minutes you’ll be on your way and enjoying the game.
Game-play isn’t perfect but games like this are still first pioneering the new technology (including Racer). From here on out it will only get better and more advanced. It’s amazing to see how far we’ve come…
How are you guys liking “Roll It” so far? Check out the video after the break.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Source: Chrome Experiments
Come comment on this article: Google makes use of Chrome’s cross-platform syncing in new game “Roll It” for Chrome/Android
Google makes use of Chrome’s cross-platform syncing in new game “Roll It” for Chrome/Android
Ever wanted a skee-ball machine for your home? Well in Google’s newest Chrome Experiment, you actually can— virtually, of course.
“Roll It” links your phone or tablet straight to your computer’s Chrome browser, allowing you to shoot a ball right through your computer in a virtual game of skee-ball. The game is reminiscent of ”Wii Sports,” but this is entirely different technology. Setup is extremely simple— it only took me a couple of minutes to figure it out. First you have to visit the game’s start page on your computer’s Chrome browser. After some pretty sweet intro-animations, you’ll be told to grab your smartphone and follow the rest of the instructions. In a few minutes you’ll be on your way and enjoying the game.
Game-play isn’t perfect but games like this are still first pioneering the new technology (including Racer). From here on out it will only get better and more advanced. It’s amazing to see how far we’ve come…
How are you guys liking “Roll It” so far? Check out the video after the break.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Source: Chrome Experiments
Come comment on this article: Google makes use of Chrome’s cross-platform syncing in new game “Roll It” for Chrome/Android
Google releases two new games for Chrome
Google unveiled two new games for the Chrome browser today, the latest in a string of creative endeavors included in the Chrome Experiments. Both games offer up the ability to compete with others using phone, tablets and computers running Chrome.
“Roll It” is a classic skee-ball game, complete with arcade-style sounds. Chrome on your phone lets you aim and roll the ball, and Chrome for laptops and desktops renders the 3D graphics.
“Racer” is a slot-car race track building game, previewed at Google I/O this year. Users touch the screen to race the car around the tracks, which can be aligned on up to five mobile screens.
Both games run on WebSockets, allowing for multiple devices to send data to a server at once.
You can check out “Roll It” and “Racer” on their respective webpages.
Source: Chrome Blog
Google makes use of Chrome’s cross-platform syncing in new game “Roll It” for Chrome/Android
Ever wanted a skee-ball machine for your home? Well in Google’s newest Chrome Experiment, you actually can— virtually, of course.
“Roll It” links your phone or tablet straight to your computer’s Chrome browser, allowing you to shoot a ball right through your computer in a virtual game of skee-ball. The game is reminiscent of ”Wii Sports,” but this is entirely different technology. Setup is extremely simple— it only took me a couple of minutes to figure it out. First you have to visit the game’s start page on your computer’s Chrome browser. After some pretty sweet intro-animations, you’ll be told to grab your smartphone and follow the rest of the instructions. In a few minutes you’ll be on your way and enjoying the game.
Game-play isn’t perfect but games like this are still first pioneering the new technology (including Racer). From here on out it will only get better and more advanced. It’s amazing to see how far we’ve come…
How are you guys liking “Roll It” so far? Check out the video after the break.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Source: Chrome Experiments
Come comment on this article: Google makes use of Chrome’s cross-platform syncing in new game “Roll It” for Chrome/Android
Cross-platform Roll It and Racer now available on your Chrome-enabled devices [VIDEO]
Google flex’s Chrome’s muscle in their new Chrome Experiments games: Roll It and Racer. Roll It uses your Chrome-enabled smartphone to play virtual skee-ball, while Racer is good old fashioned slot car style fun across multiple Chrome devices. Read on for links and videos.
Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Along with updates on the Google Chrome Beta channel for desktop systems that were made available yesterday, Google also announced the availability of an update to the Chrome Beta for Android app. The new update for Chrome 28 takes it up to version 28.0.1500.21. Headlining the improvements is better integration of the Google Translate service which will automatically detect whether a web page is in a different language from what your Android device is set to and will make the translate bar easily available similar to the desktop version of Chrome. Scrolling on a page will now cause the toolbar to disappear, providing a fullscreen browsing experience. Google also added in a new graph to show estimated bandwidth savings due to the experimental data compression feature and improved, mobile-friendly error pages. If you want to grab the Chrome Beta for Android app, just hit one of the download links below.
Come comment on this article: Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Along with updates on the Google Chrome Beta channel for desktop systems that were made available yesterday, Google also announced the availability of an update to the Chrome Beta for Android app. The new update for Chrome 28 takes it up to version 28.0.1500.21. Headlining the improvements is better integration of the Google Translate service which will automatically detect whether a web page is in a different language from what your Android device is set to and will make the translate bar easily available similar to the desktop version of Chrome. Scrolling on a page will now cause the toolbar to disappear, providing a fullscreen browsing experience. Google also added in a new graph to show estimated bandwidth savings due to the experimental data compression feature and improved, mobile-friendly error pages. If you want to grab the Chrome Beta for Android app, just hit one of the download links below.
Come comment on this article: Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Along with updates on the Google Chrome Beta channel for desktop systems that were made available yesterday, Google also announced the availability of an update to the Chrome Beta for Android app. The new update for Chrome 28 takes it up to version 28.0.1500.21. Headlining the improvements is better integration of the Google Translate service which will automatically detect whether a web page is in a different language from what your Android device is set to and will make the translate bar easily available similar to the desktop version of Chrome. Scrolling on a page will now cause the toolbar to disappear, providing a fullscreen browsing experience. Google also added in a new graph to show estimated bandwidth savings due to the experimental data compression feature and improved, mobile-friendly error pages. If you want to grab the Chrome Beta for Android app, just hit one of the download links below.
Come comment on this article: Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Along with updates on the Google Chrome Beta channel for desktop systems that were made available yesterday, Google also announced the availability of an update to the Chrome Beta for Android app. The new update for Chrome 28 takes it up to version 28.0.1500.21. Headlining the improvements is better integration of the Google Translate service which will automatically detect whether a web page is in a different language from what your Android device is set to and will make the translate bar easily available similar to the desktop version of Chrome. Scrolling on a page will now cause the toolbar to disappear, providing a fullscreen browsing experience. Google also added in a new graph to show estimated bandwidth savings due to the experimental data compression feature and improved, mobile-friendly error pages. If you want to grab the Chrome Beta for Android app, just hit one of the download links below.
Come comment on this article: Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Along with updates on the Google Chrome Beta channel for desktop systems that were made available yesterday, Google also announced the availability of an update to the Chrome Beta for Android app. The new update for Chrome 28 takes it up to version 28.0.1500.21. Headlining the improvements is better integration of the Google Translate service which will automatically detect whether a web page is in a different language from what your Android device is set to and will make the translate bar easily available similar to the desktop version of Chrome. Scrolling on a page will now cause the toolbar to disappear, providing a fullscreen browsing experience. Google also added in a new graph to show estimated bandwidth savings due to the experimental data compression feature and improved, mobile-friendly error pages. If you want to grab the Chrome Beta for Android app, just hit one of the download links below.
Come comment on this article: Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
How to turn on data compression in Chrome 28 Beta
Help save that valuable mobile data with just a few taps in Chrome Beta
One of the lesser talked-about features rolled out at Google I/O last week was a new option for Chrome on mobile devices to cut down on the bandwidth used while browsing. Well the feature has been rolled out in an experimental capacity as part of the latest Chrome Beta update on Android, and it's a quick way to help save on data usage while browsing. Like most systems that work to preserve data while browsing, Google routes your browsing traffic through one of its own proxy servers, compressing it along the way as data is sent back and forth to your phone. Correctly, Google has chosen to only route HTTP connections through the proxy, and HTTPS request will always be sent directly. Google claims data savings can be as much as 50-percent, which is nothing to sneeze at.
To enable this new feature, you'll have to be running the latest Chrome Beta update (version 28, technically) on your phone or tablet. You will likely be greeted by a splash page the first time you open Chrome Beta after the update, but if you're not, head to the browser settings, scroll down to "Bandwidth management" and then tap "Reduce data usage" and hit the button at the top right to enable it. (If you don't see the option, try heading to "chrome://flags" in the navigation bar and enabling it manually.) You'll be able to come back after you do some browsing and see how much data you saved by enabling this new feature.
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How to turn on data compression in Chrome 28 Beta
Help save that valuable mobile data with just a few taps in Chrome Beta
One of the lesser talked-about features rolled out at Google I/O last week was a new option for Chrome on mobile devices to cut down on the bandwidth used while browsing. Well the feature has been rolled out in an experimental capacity as part of the latest Chrome Beta update on Android, and it's a quick way to help save on data usage while browsing. Like most systems that work to preserve data while browsing, Google routes your browsing traffic through one of its own proxy servers, compressing it along the way as data is sent back and forth to your phone. Correctly, Google has chosen to only route HTTP connections through the proxy, and HTTPS request will always be sent directly. Google claims data savings can be as much as 50-percent, which is nothing to sneeze at.
To enable this new feature, you'll have to be running the latest Chrome Beta update (version 28, technically) on your phone or tablet. You will likely be greeted by a splash page the first time you open Chrome Beta after the update, but if you're not, head to the browser settings, scroll down to "Bandwidth management" and then tap "Reduce data usage" and hit the button at the top right to enable it. (If you don't see the option, try heading to "chrome://flags" in the navigation bar and enabling it manually.) You'll be able to come back after you do some browsing and see how much data you saved by enabling this new feature.
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How to turn on data compression in Chrome 28 Beta
Help save that valuable mobile data with just a few taps in Chrome Beta
One of the lesser talked-about features rolled out at Google I/O last week was a new option for Chrome on mobile devices to cut down on the bandwidth used while browsing. Well the feature has been rolled out in an experimental capacity as part of the latest Chrome Beta update on Android, and it's a quick way to help save on data usage while browsing. Like most systems that work to preserve data while browsing, Google routes your browsing traffic through one of its own proxy servers, compressing it along the way as data is sent back and forth to your phone. Correctly, Google has chosen to only route HTTP connections through the proxy, and HTTPS request will always be sent directly. Google claims data savings can be as much as 50-percent, which is nothing to sneeze at.
To enable this new feature, you'll have to be running the latest Chrome Beta update (version 28, technically) on your phone or tablet. You will likely be greeted by a splash page the first time you open Chrome Beta after the update, but if you're not, head to the browser settings, scroll down to "Bandwidth management" and then tap "Reduce data usage" and hit the button at the top right to enable it. (If you don't see the option, try heading to "chrome://flags" in the navigation bar and enabling it manually.) You'll be able to come back after you do some browsing and see how much data you saved by enabling this new feature.
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Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Along with updates on the Google Chrome Beta channel for desktop systems that were made available yesterday, Google also announced the availability of an update to the Chrome Beta for Android app. The new update for Chrome 28 takes it up to version 28.0.1500.21. Headlining the improvements is better integration of the Google Translate service which will automatically detect whether a web page is in a different language from what your Android device is set to and will make the translate bar easily available similar to the desktop version of Chrome. Scrolling on a page will now cause the toolbar to disappear, providing a fullscreen browsing experience. Google also added in a new graph to show estimated bandwidth savings due to the experimental data compression feature and improved, mobile-friendly error pages. If you want to grab the Chrome Beta for Android app, just hit one of the download links below.
Come comment on this article: Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Along with updates on the Google Chrome Beta channel for desktop systems that were made available yesterday, Google also announced the availability of an update to the Chrome Beta for Android app. The new update for Chrome 28 takes it up to version 28.0.1500.21. Headlining the improvements is better integration of the Google Translate service which will automatically detect whether a web page is in a different language from what your Android device is set to and will make the translate bar easily available similar to the desktop version of Chrome. Scrolling on a page will now cause the toolbar to disappear, providing a fullscreen browsing experience. Google also added in a new graph to show estimated bandwidth savings due to the experimental data compression feature and improved, mobile-friendly error pages. If you want to grab the Chrome Beta for Android app, just hit one of the download links below.
Come comment on this article: Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Along with updates on the Google Chrome Beta channel for desktop systems that were made available yesterday, Google also announced the availability of an update to the Chrome Beta for Android app. The new update for Chrome 28 takes it up to version 28.0.1500.21. Headlining the improvements is better integration of the Google Translate service which will automatically detect whether a web page is in a different language from what your Android device is set to and will make the translate bar easily available similar to the desktop version of Chrome. Scrolling on a page will now cause the toolbar to disappear, providing a fullscreen browsing experience. Google also added in a new graph to show estimated bandwidth savings due to the experimental data compression feature and improved, mobile-friendly error pages. If you want to grab the Chrome Beta for Android app, just hit one of the download links below.
Come comment on this article: Chrome Beta for Android updated, adds better translation and full screen options
Here’s How To Enable The New Google Maps Web Interface (Even Without An Invite)
If you’re eager to test out Google’s shiny new Maps interface on the web, but aren’t so eager to wait for Google to invite you into their tender fullscreen embrace, then Android Police reader William Pickering has a trick to show you. All you need is Chrome (or another browser with the ability to manually set cookies), a free extension, and about a minute of time.
Step one: install a web cookie editor extension (like this one) from the Chrome Web Store.
Step two: head to maps.google.com. Ignore the “get the new Google Maps” message, and click the button for your new extension instead.
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