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Chrome web apps get an extra year of support on Chromebooks

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment Chrome OS, Chrome Web Apps, Chrome Web Store, Productivity, PWAs

After announcing the end of support for Chrome Web Apps on Chromebooks in June 2021, Google has relented a little. Now, they’ll work until June 2022; hopefully PWAs will mature and more ubiquitous by then.

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Spruce up your Chromebook experience with these 14 new Chrome themes from Google

February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment Chrome OS, Chrome Web Store, Themes

Tired of the same old look and feel of Chrome OS? Check out these 14 new themes made by the Google Chrome team to give a little new life to your Chromebook experience.

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Chrome says goodbye to cryptocurrency mining extensions

April 2, 2018 Kevin C. Tofel 0 Comments Chrome, Chrome OS, Chrome Web Store, Extensions

Chrome extensions that mine cryptocoins in the background will soon be a thing of the past. Today the Chromium Blog announced that Google will no longer accept new Chrome Web Store extensions that perform this mining. And by the end of June, any existing extensions like these will be de-listed from the Chrome Web Store.