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In addition to the recently announced lineup of Samsung Chromebooks, Google has found another new way to market these devices to consumers. According to recent reports, Google is now trying to sell Chromebooks to the notebook section of users, emphasizing enterprise use in its earlier incarnations. Google’s Chromebook, even with a company like Samsung behind it, is a hard thing to get consumers excited about. The device runs Google’s Chrome operating system as opposed to Windows or Mac OS X, operating systems that most people are very comfortable using. The Chromebook also emphasizes cloud services instead of running applications from and saving things to the computer’s hard drive.Read More →

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Even though most people are saying that the Ultrabook market is dead (man, that was fast) that hasn’t stopped Sony from working hard on producing a slim, ultraportable laptop that is rumored to run Google’s Chrome operating system. That is, if recent documents filed with the FCC are to be believed. That would mark Sony’s first Chromebook, the device that Google unsuccessfully tried to launch not too long ago. Google struck a deal with both Acer and Samsung almost a year ago to sell Chromebooks, which the company described as instant-on “browser-in-a-box” devices, similar to netbooks. The difference in Chromebooks was that they were more affordableRead More →

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Are you currently looking for a netbook? Have you been considering a Chromebook? If you happen to be traveling at all this summer, you might have the opportunity to check one out if you choose to fly Virgin Airlines or stay at the Ace Hotel in New York. According to Heaven King, a product manager at Google, there are two promotions that will begin on July 1 and last the entire summer. On Thursday, June 30 Virgin America began sending out flyers to advertise their newest deal: customers that will be on flights between San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, and Dallas/Ft. Worth will have the opportunityRead More →