Following on from the hours of countless fun that users had with the "effective power" text messaging bug that caused iPhones to crash at will, there's now a new crashing solution doing the rounds. Here are the details.
Google's new Lightsaber Escape browser game lets fans of the Star Wars franchise wave their smartphones around as if wielding a lightsaber of their own.
Google has announced that it will discontinue support of Chrome web browser on some legacy Windows and OS X versions come April 2016. Here are the details.
Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers in the world at the moment so it's no surprise that developers and enthusiasts are keen to build and publish extensions for the software. Perhaps one of the simplest but highly functioning Chrome app available at the moment, is the newly discovered Vysor, which comes courtesy of the prominent developer behind Android apps and tweaks like AllCast, Helium, ROM Manager, and most importantly, ClockworkMod recovery. Vysor allows the display of an Android device to be mirrored onto a PC, Mac, or Linux computer running Google Chrome with absolute minimal fuss.
Google Chrome may be almost every user's go-to browser given the obvious advantages, but the piece of software does leave some improvements to be desired, especially on the battery consumption front if you're using a notebook. This is exactly what the team at Google has targeted to fix, as Chrome gears up to offer smart Flash content playback, improving the battery life of your notebook.
Google has just launched a new experimental Chrome extension, which lets users share links with others that are within an earshot. Aptly called Google Tone, this new feature uses sound to transmit information from your computer as it is picked up by the mics in nearby ones.
Here's how to run Android apps in Chrome browser on Windows and Mac OS X. Complete details and step-by-step guide can be found here.
In an effort to expand its dominance in the desktop Web browser market, Google is experimenting with a number of under-the-hood changes that dramatically improve the zooming experience currently offered in its Chrome browser. The current publicly available build of Google Chrome for Mac already offers a less than polished pinch-to-zoom type functionality, which ultimately gets the necessary job done but suffers from the fact that it only allows noticeably jerky 10% incremental zooms. Google's latest build of Chrome Canary for Mac takes things to the next level by introducing a polished Apple Safari-esque zooming experience.
Chrome browser for iOS has just received an update, bringing in a completely redesigned UI with Material Design elements along with some other new features. Read on after the jump to check out what the update brings for iPhone and iPad users.
Google has a history of packing in small little surprises from time to time in some of its services. Android users wouldn't be too new to the whole Easter Egg feature which Google hides away in its mobile platform, but did you know that it cleverly packed in a fun little gem in the Chrome browser? It's a retro styled game if you were wondering.
