The Best Add-Ons for Google Drive. Speak It - Text to Speech in Google Chrome. 15 Chrome Apps That Work With Your New Google Drive. Google Drive is here. !!
Google Drive is designed as an open platform. That means, third party app developers can create awesome applications that work directly with your Google drive. While we are waiting to see such apps from those brainy developers, Google has worked with a few and added 15 apps to Chrome Web Store for you to get started. Here is the list. Title of each section is a link the app itself. 1. Pixlr Editor is a full featured photo editor direct in your browser, no download, no wait and 100% free.
If you are used to working with Gimp, Paint shop pro or even Photoshop you will feel right at home with this online image editor. 2. Here is the official description “We set out to re-imagine the graphing calculator from the ground up, building on the best technologies available. 3. Floorplanner gives you the tools to make beautiful floor plans, fast. 4. The easiest way to draw flowcharts, mockups, UML, mind maps and more.
Chrome Beta update lets you view all open tabs on multiple devices. If you’re a Chrome Beta user, you’re in for a treat. Google’s beta version of its proprietary web browser just got an update that lets you view all your open tabs in Chrome across multiple devices. Let’s say you’ve got Chrome Beta installed on your Macbook at home, a PC desktop at work, and your Android 4.0 smartphone. Now, if you open a tab on your Macbook, you’ll be able to view it on your work PC and smartphone. A new menu aptly named “Other devices” lets you view all the tabs open on all your different installs of the browser. The update will roll out over the next few weeks. Likewise, to view tabs on your phone you must be running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which is slowly rolling out to existing Android phones.
Are Google Chrome Users Smarter than IE Users? According to the number puzzle website Calcudoku, Chrome users appear to have the highest level of numerical intelligence when it comes to solving the puzzles on its site.
The company recently published a study based on 2010 and 2011 usage data and parsed it by the browser of choice by its players. I’ll be completely honest, when I went to the Calcudoku site, I had no idea how to even get started with number puzzles, which makes me feel like an absolute moron someone who isn’t so hot with numbers: According to the data it analyzed, people who use Google’s Chrome browser were the quickest problem solvers of its puzzles compared to those who use Internet Explorer or Firefox: Firefox users came in second place with Internet Explorer in third.
There wasn’t enough Safari data to drop them into the mix. Here’s Calcudoku’s summary on the data it looked at: These differences were found to be statistically significant (p = 5%). Next step in the Chrome OS journey. Last year we announced a new kind of computer This is the next step All of you haiku fans (like many of us on the Chrome team) can stop here; the rest can read on for more details.
A year ago we introduced a new model of computing with the launch of Chromebooks. We’ve heard from many of you who’ve enjoyed the speed, simplicity and security of your Chromebooks at home, at school or at work. (Thanks for all the wonderful feedback and stories!) Today, we wanted to share some developments with you—new hardware, a major software update and many more robust apps—as we continue on our journey to make computers much better. Next-generation devices Our partner Samsung has just announced a new Chromebook and the industry’s first Chromebox. Speed Speed is integral to the Chrome experience. An app-centric user interface With the new user interface you can easily find and launch apps, and use them alongside your browser or other apps.