Category: Chromebooks

Now watch Google Play movies and TV shows offline on your Chromebook

Are you like Ronnie and I? We are owners of Chromebooks.  Back in May, we were promised the ability to view offline any movies or television shows that had been rented or purchased from Google Play. On Thursday there was an update to ChromeOS that now allows this feature, along with …

Orangepixel’s new game: Groundskeeper2 now available

OrangePixel have been making some great retro 8-bit style games for a while now, they’re behind the Meganoid games, Gunslugs, Heroes of Loot and many others and now they’ve released Groundskeeper2 another retro style shoot em up. From the guys who brought you Gunslugs and Heroes of Loot …

Acer C720 Chromebook review

Chromebooks. Are they a good alternative to your day to day laptop? That is the question we are going to try and answer over the course of this review. I have been using one now for the past few days courtesy of Acer who lent me the device …

Acer Chromebook C720 unboxing

Here is a little something different. A thin and light laptop on Coolsmartphone. What’s going on? Am I reading the correct site do I need an eye test? Whoa there before you run off to Optical Express, relax because even though this is a laptop it share a …

Acer C7 Chromebook Review

The move to the cloud is becoming an almost irresistible force with remote storage being offered by companies such as Dropbox, Google (Google Drive), Apple (iCloud) and Microsoft (Skydrive). Possibly the first batch of devices to attempt to fully utilise this move are Google’s Chromebooks which run the …

Chromebook Pixel announced

Google have announced the latest in Chromebook series called the Pixel.  However this no ordinary Chromebook both feature wise but also unfortunately price tag wise as it will set you back a pretty penny. Here in the UK if you want to purchase a Pixel you will have to shell out …

Acer C7 Chromebook Initial Impressions

The lines between mobile and home computing are becoming ever more blurred.  With the advent of cloud computing, BYOD and other forms of mobile technology taking your data and processing it on the move is becoming ever easier. The Acer C7 is part of this new wave towards …

Getting your Android notifications in your Chrome browser….EASILY!

I don’t know about everyone out there, but I have not found a very easy way to sync my phone’s notifications to my desktop both easily and reliably…..until now. Android Desktop Notification is super easy and reliable. It doesn’t push things immediately, but I am sure that the …

Samsung Chromebook (Series 3) – Initial Impressions

We don’t normally cover Chromebooks here but with the lines between desktops, tablet and mobile OS’s becoming ever blurred its getting tougher to not to. For the last few days I have been using the £230’’ Samsung Chromebook. I’ve decided so that I can get a full view …

Acer UK launches new C7 Chromebook for £199

The Chromebook is something that is garnering more and more attention. Google have now introduced two new models to the market. The latest being a slightly lower spec model from Acer. But the price has just crept beneath £200 meaning it is almost as cheap as some tablets. …