Google Chrome browser is poised to receive an upcoming feature that has been surprisingly lacking until now. It is the ability to read aloud online articles or anything that is on the browser, reported XDA-Developers citing tipster @Leopeva64. That includes even e-books or other pieces of texts that you'd rather listen to than read. This, as XDA-Developers reported, has been … [Read more...] about Google testing new ‘Read Aloud’ feature on Chrome browser
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How to Enable Google Chrome Reader Mode
As readers shift from paper to online media, many web browsers now incorporate Reader Mode to provide better readability. This feature simplifies the webpage's layout by removing their ads, buttons, videos, and navigation panels. So, readers can read pages' essential content without any distractions. Google Chrome Reader Mode is one such feature. This secret feature of the … [Read more...] about How to Enable Google Chrome Reader Mode
You will no longer be able to install Chrome Extensions
You will no longer be able to install Google Chrome extensions from outside of the main Chrome Store anymore. This will prevent people from offering extensions on their own site and getting users to sideload them. This is partly done to have everything under one roof, but it is also for security. Google announced that users will no longer be able to sideload new extensions … [Read more...] about You will no longer be able to install Chrome Extensions
Google Chrome now has a Default Ad Blocker
Google Chrome has just received an update that has an advertisement blocker installed by default. This should help rid the internet of full screen advertisements or ones that run on a timer before you can view the content. It also will block autoplay video ads with sound or ones that play music. It is important to note that Chrome’s ad filter won’t block all ads, just those … [Read more...] about Google Chrome now has a Default Ad Blocker
Is there a future for Android Tablets?
Google announced that touchscreen enabled Chrome tablets will be getting Android app support in the next few months. Sometime soon thereafter Chrome OS desktops and other devices will be getting access to Google Play and all of the core services. Users will have access to the Chrome Internet browser, along with Firefox and millions of apps. Android apps. There is also going … [Read more...] about Is there a future for Android Tablets?
Google Play is coming to Chromebooks
If you have a modern Chromebook you will soon be getting Google Play and the ability to install Android apps. Google has posted a comprehensive list of the first Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, and other Chrome OS computers that will support the the new initiative. The best experience you will have with Chromebooks getting apps is if your particular model has a touchscreen. … [Read more...] about Google Play is coming to Chromebooks
Google Chrome for Mobile and PC Gets Dedicated Reader Mode
Google has been working on a new way to read websites by developing a dedicated Reader Mode for Chrome. This basically strips away most of the website design and advertising in order to provide a more visceral experience. This feature has been available for mobile since late last year but now is available for computers. If you're on a smartphone or tablet you can open Google … [Read more...] about Google Chrome for Mobile and PC Gets Dedicated Reader Mode
Android Boasts 1B Active Users in the Past 30 Days
We have come to expect a certain amount of boasting at these keynote addresses (and I am including Apple in that comment), and so not to be outdone, we heard from Sundar Pichai that over a 30-day period, 1 billion people actively use Android devices (which is up from 900 million reported at last year's I/O conference). Pichai also revealed that according to their latest … [Read more...] about Android Boasts 1B Active Users in the Past 30 Days
Android Jelly Bean May Have Greater Emphasis On Tablet Computers
We are yet to have enough of Android Ice Cream Sandwich though its next iteration -- Android Jelly Bean already seems to be peeping over the horizon. That shouldn't be too surprising considering Android 4.0 acceptance has been rather low while Microsoft too is slated to release its Windows 8 version toward the fag end of 2012. So what does Google do? Early reports emanating … [Read more...] about Android Jelly Bean May Have Greater Emphasis On Tablet Computers
Google Chrome issued for Android ICS
Google has just released their first iteration of their popular internet browser program for the Android platform today. It is technically still in Beta and is fully compliant with the latest version of the Google Android operating system 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich. Google Chrome for Android is made to work as a flip and swipe capable interface working with an unlimited … [Read more...] about Google Chrome issued for Android ICS