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Sector 5 Announces Comprehensive Support Package for Rugged E1 Chromebooks

Edit Stockhouse 21 May 2016
Education and Business Solutions to Include Technical ......

Google Play Store coming to Chrome OS later this year with native support for Android apps

Edit Indian Express 21 May 2016
With Android apps, Chromebooks will become more capable computing machine ... Google Play Store on Chrome OS will be available only on Chromebook Pixel 2, Asus Chromebook Flip and Acer Chromebook R11 ... With Android apps on Chromebooks, Google could seriously ......

How to run Android apps on a Chromebook

Edit Ars Technica 20 May 2016
At least, you'll be able to run Android apps if you have a modern Chromebook ... betas and a longer list of Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, and Chromebases that will be supported later in 2016 as the stable version rolls out. That list doesn't include most Chromebooks more than two years old, which Google tells us is intentional....
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Google to release new high-end Chromebooks this year

Edit DNA India 20 May 2016
Google says that will roll out new high-end Chromebooks later this year. If Chromebooks aren't your thing because they aren't specced high enough then you'll be happy to hear that Google plans to cater to a larger market with high-end Chromebooks ... It hopes to bring the apps to a beta version in the next few months and then finally to Chromebooks....

Older Chromebooks won't get the Play Store, even if they're able to run Android apps

Edit PC World 20 May 2016
Chromebooks recently beat out Macs in terms of shipments, according to one analyst firm. Now it appears Google has a plan to turn that feat into an ongoing sales streak. Android apps. Lots and lots of Android apps ... Not every app will work flawlessly, of course, as the Chromebook will need to have any hardware the app requires to function. But for the most part popular Android apps should run just fine. ....

​Chromebook + Android apps = Trouble for Windows PCs

Edit ZDNet 20 May 2016
Chromebooks are already outselling Macs. So Linus Torvalds is wondering if this really might be the year of the Linux desktop. With the addition of Android apps to the Chromebook, maybe it really will be ... ....

IDC: Google Chromebooks Outsell Macs for the First Time

Edit Newsfactor 20 May 2016
Google's cloud-based Chromebooks, which have been performing strongly, especially in the education sector. In fact, IDC analyst Linn Huang has confirmed that sales of Chromebooks from Dell, HP and Lenovo were -- for the first time -- stronger than sales of Apple's Macs during the first quarter of this year ... Chromebook sales could see a "potential continued ascent" even as sales of other devices remained sluggish....

Google just revealed it's 'bringing the Play Store to Chromebooks'

Edit Yahoo Daily News 20 May 2016
Instead, Chrome’s own sync engine will ensure they stay current from one Chromebook to the next. Some Android apps may still not run if they require hardware not found in current Chromebooks; in those cases, the Play Store won’t let you install the app — something that can already happen on Android phones and tablets ... On Chromebooks, Google says Android updates will ship automatically and routinely....

Chromebooks beat Mac sales in early 2016

Edit Engadget 20 May 2016
According to research firm IDC, more Google Chromebooks were sold in the first quarter of 2016 than all of Apple's Mac line. The milestone marked the first time Google's Chrome OS moved more units than OS X in the United States ... ....

8th Grade Return of Cromebooks (Lake Forest School Districts 67 - 115)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
Chromebooks were collected from 8th grade students on Wednesday, May 18th ... Chromebooks will be assessed by district technology staff to determine they are in working order and damage free ... http.//tinyurl.com/8thChromebook If you do not wish to claim a Chromebook, you do not need to complete the form. Students attending Lake Forest High School will be issued a different model of Chromebook....

For the first time, Google beat Apple in PC sales — and that's really bad news for Microsoft

Edit Business Insider 20 May 2016
And while Google doesn't make its own Chromebook laptops, with the exception of the super-high-end Chromebook Pixel line, the Chromebooks represent significant new territory for Google's ......

Google is finally smashing Android and Chrome together and it’s awesome

Edit Business Insider 20 May 2016
The Android app store, Play, is coming to Chrome OS, the software that runs on its Chromebook laptops, Google announced at its IO developers' conference on Thursday. That means that Chromebooks will soon be able to run most of the 1.5 million Android apps out there. The functionality will launch with three new Chromebooks this summer, with additional devices getting the functionality in the fall....

Now you can run 1.5 million Android apps on Chrome OS

Edit The Times of India 20 May 2016
Users are already able to run some of the Android apps on Chrome OS, but now Google is bringing all the 1.5 million Android apps to the Chromebooks ... The Google Play access in Chrome OS will first be hitting the Asus Chromebook Flip, the Acer Chromebook R 11 and the Chromebook Pixel (2015). Also, the Mountainview-based tech firm promises to bring Google Play to other Chromebook devices in future....
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