PC sales boomed throughout 2020, sending semiconductor earnings soaring. One company without much to cheer about, at least as far as its conventional Windows business is concerned, is Microsoft. For decades, we’ve talked about the “PC industry” and the “Windows PC” industry as if they were synonymous. New data …
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Cloud gaming is just starting to become a viable technology with new platforms like Stadia and xCloud gearing up to offer next-gen titles. Nvidia, however, has been toiling on GeForce Now for years — it first debuted the technology as “Grid” in 2013. Today, GeForce Now is a service …
Read More »Microsoft Unveils Windows 10 S to Compete With Chromebooks
Microsoft used to be king of the classroom, but Google has increasingly muscled in on its turf. Google announced Chrome OS nearly eight years ago, and the first few waves of devices were of little interest to anyone. Then, Chrome OS became more powerful and easier to manage, and schools …
Read More »Adobe bets on Chromebooks for education with slew of mobile apps
Until now there has been a clear division between Adobe’s mouse-and-keyboard driven desktop applications and its touch-centric mobile versions. But, timed to coincide with Google’s push to blend Android with Chromebooks, Adobe has announced support for six of its most popular mobile applications on Play Store-compatible Chromebooks. This is part …
Read More »All Chromebooks released in 2017 and later will support Android apps
Google began adding support for the Play Store to Chromebooks last spring, but the rollout has been very, very slow. At first, only a few ARM-powered Chromebooks had support, then Google’s own Pixel 2 was added. Now, many recent Chromebooks have gotten the Play Store, at least in the developer …
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