But no more. Now, all the more popular operating systems — macOS, iOS, Windows, Android, and ChromeOS — include that ability as part of their toolkits. Here’s now you can zip and unzip files in order to save space, no matter which OS you use.
Chromebooks recently got a nifty new feature: you can record a video of your screen and easily add an audio narration and a small selfie showing you as you narrate. It’s a great way to create a presentation for your colleagues, or for a relative who just can’t figure out how to, say, attach a file to an email.
Here’s how to do that and take traditional screenshots on a Chromebook:
We’re accustomed to things getting better every year, but in the case of Acer’s generally-excellent Chromebook Spin, the opposite happened.
The Chromebook Spin 714 is worse than last year’s Spin 713 in a number of crucial ways, including display and battery life. Bummer.
The Spin 714 isn’t terrible, but it’s not the champion the 713 was
Lenovo has made a solid budget computer — for the right workload
Earlier this week, Alex Heath and David Pierce reported that Google has canceled its next Pixelbook and moved the team elsewhere in Google, indicating we won’t see another one.
Monica Chin says that’s fine, and while she’s right, I can’t say I’m not sad about it — the 2017 Pixelbook remains a marvel of engineering to this day and I’d love to have seen an updated version (ideally with thinner bezels).
Monica Chin published her review of the HP Dragonfly Chromebook today, a computer I’ve been excited about ever since it was announced at CES back in January.
Sadly, while the hardware is incredible, the experience ChromeOS provides just doesn’t align with the stratospheric price tag HP is asking. It makes me wonder — who does it think is going to buy this thing?
Beautiful chassis, fast processor, great screen, and software that doesn’t keep up
