PC How-tos

If you are new to Chrome OS, you will quickly discover that the device comes with a collection of pre-installed apps. These apps have been created by Google to be used as default apps for various tasks. While this is convenient for a first-time user,... Read More

Chromebooks are amazing, right? No matter how many reasons you have for loving your Chromebook, you can make a case for one more, the Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode. This mode allows you to watch videos through a mini floating window while using other apps. This is... Read More

While Chromebooks are designed primarily to be used with the internet, they can work offline. When working offline, everything you do on your Chromebook will be saved on the device. The Files app allows you to create, name, upload, and organize files saved on your... Read More

If you're reading something on your laptop and don't need to touch the keyboard or touchpad, your Chromebook will likely go into sleep mode after a few minutes (normally 6 minutes). This is done mainly for security reasons and to preserve the battery. But you... Read More

Zoom is now a household name for making online calls and meetings. If you own a Chromebook, Zoom has been well supported as a Chrome extension downloadable from the Chrome Webstore and as a PWA App downloadable from the Play store. However, Zoom is terminating... Read More

Synchronizing your Chromebook and Android phone is made possible with Chrome OS. As a result, you can easily send and receive messages on your Chromebook as if you were using your phone. With this feature, you don’t need to pull out your phone when a... Read More

In the past, I dreaded the fact that I would download a file and be confused as to where it had been saved. Was it in the downloads folder or the desktop, I would ask. Well, with a Chromebook, you don’t have to go through... Read More

If you’re a Chromebook user, you may want to know how to connect an Android phone to a Chromebook and connect your Android phone to the Chromebook. Phone Hub allows you to connect your Android phone and Chromebook all at once. It also gives you... Read More

If you are new to Chromebooks, you are most likely coming from either Windows or Linux PC or a Mac. So you might wish to routinely connect to your previous setup to run programs that can’t install on your new Chromebook or access data from... Read More