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Tweetdeck for web and Chrome updated with cleaner user interface

Tweetdeck's webbased app updated with fresh UI

If you’re an avid user of Tweetdeck, we hope you’re also okay feeling the brisk winds of change. The browser-based app, as well as the version on Chrome, has been updated with a fresh and clean user interface. The new design moves all of your options, settings and other buttons to one simple navigation bar on the left side of the app. The sidebar can be expanded to reveal more information about each icon, though most of what you see there will also appear if you simply hover your cursor above the associated symbol. The new interface also adds improvements to lists and settings as well.

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Chrome for Android updated with tab history on slates, fullscreen for handsets

Chrome for Android updated with tab history on slates, fullscreen for handsets

Google’s like the gift that keeps on giving. Following earlier news of a Drive for Android update, the team from Mountain View today rolled out a new version of its Chrome browser for mobile devices. This update brings the same features we saw a little over a month ago in the Beta channel, however Google’s now deemed them ready for prime time. That (along with some undisclosed under-the-hood enhancements) includes the pseudo-fullscreen mode that’s triggered by scrolling the page and, for tablets, the ability to view the tab history by way of the browser back button. For those who decided to skip the experimental version, you’ll find the app in its stable form up for download at the Google Play link below.

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Leaked Scroogled video sees Microsoft parody Google’s Chrome ad

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Microsoft and Google have been locked in a war of words over a YouTube Windows Phone app, but in the midst of the arguments a new Scroogled ad has emerged. Designed to be an internal-only video, a copy has somehow managed to find its way onto the web right in the middle of Google’s I/O developer conference.

Unlike Microsoft’s previous attempts, this directly parodies Google’s own Chrome ads with a bouncing ball tracking how Google allegedly targets you with ads. It’s identical to Google’s own Chrome “Now Everywhere” ad, set to the same music and style. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to The Verge that the ad is genuine, stating it’s “an internal video that was leaked.”

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Google’s conversational voice search reaches the desktop through Chrome

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We’re used to Google’s mobile search apps letting us ask questions as we would with a real person, but the desktop has been quite stiff. That’s changing today: Google is bringing conversation-like voice search to our computers through Chrome, with no typing required.

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Spotify’s nightmare realized: Chrome extension allows MP3 download of any song

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A new Chrome extension lets Spotify users permanently download any song currently available from the streaming music service, a massive slip-up that could quickly upset record labels and music publishers. The Downloadify tool appears to take advantage of nonexistent encryption in Spotify’s web player, which the company launched in beta back in November. By simply installing the extension — freely available in the Chrome Web Store — and starting to play a song, users will download a full, DRM-free MP3 file of the track.

Spotify allows its premium users to “store” music files locally so long as they keep their monthly subscription active, in turn providing royalties to artists and industry groups. But thanks to this non-sanctioned…

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Updated Gmail for iOS links directly to Chrome, Google Maps and YouTube apps

The official Gmail app for iOS has been available since 2011, but up until now, links to Maps and other Google utilities have directed users to the browser rather than to the respective programs. A just-released update to Gmail for iOS lets you jump into Chrome, Google Maps, YouTube and other native programs directly from links in your inbox. Those who prefer to keep things browser-based, however, can turn off this new functionality via the app’s setting menu. Version 2.2.7182 (granular, much?) also lets you sign out of a single Gmail account rather than having to sign out of them all — a boon to those of us juggling work and personal identities. Hit up the source link to download the update.

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Packaged Chrome apps now searchable in dev channels for Chrome OS and Windows

Packaged Chrome apps now available on Dev Channels for Chrome OS and Windows

While Google opened the door to packaged Chrome apps back in February, it’s been a largely one-way affair ever since — developers could upload the native-style apps, but they couldn’t find anything without a direct link. As of a dev channel update, the relationship is a little more two-directional. Both Chrome OS and Windows-based Chrome testers can at last search for packaged apps in the Chrome Web Store alongside the usual releases. Google is mostly holding back on wider access to give developers more time to polish their work. Us non-coders will have to be patient, then, but truly offline-friendly apps just came one step closer.

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Chrome Beta for Android adds fullscreen for phones, tab history on tablets

Chrome Beta for Android hits 27 adds fullscreen mode for phones, tab history on tablets

Chrome Beta for Android just hit version 27 today, delivering with it a few nice enhancements to what is already arguably the best mobile browser on the market. The two biggest tweaks are the ability to view your tab history on the tablet version by holding down the browser back button and the addition of a fullscreen mode on the phone. Scrolling down to make the address bar disappear on a handset is a extremely welcome change. A lack of fullscreen browsing was one of the few quirks of Chrome that occasionally had us contemplating a return to the stock Android browser. There are a couple of other, less notable, tweaks such as support for client side certificates. The Omnibar will also now continue to display any search terms you enter, instead of the URL for the results. You can see the full change log at the source and download Chrome Beta for Android at the more coverage link.

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Google’s Schmidt Says Chrome & Android Will Remain Separate – But Do not Be Fooled: Two Years Ago He Verified They Will Merge

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Google ’ s Eric Schmidt has said Mountain View will keep its 2 OSes, Android and Chrome, separate after all, according to a Reuters report. Schmidt, who is in India attending an IT occasion called Big Outdoor tents Activate Summit, stated the 2 os will remain different products but obviously likewise said there could possibly be more “ commonness ” between them. Techmeme editor, @ scepticgeek, who was seeing the conference livestream, additionally tweeted Schmidt saying Android and Chrome would be “ separate & individual for a long period of time ”: TechCrunch called Google and asked it to verify whether it plans to try to keep Chrome and Android

separate but Google decreased to comment. Exactly what ’ s most interesting about Schmidt ’ s comments today is that his words, as reported, seem to negate comments he made back in February 2011, when he

told delegates at the Mobile Globe Congress tradeshow that Chrome and Android would absolutely converge. We ’ re working overtime to get [. Chrome & Android] merged in properly “ We ’ re working overtime to obtain those technologies merged in the right method, ” he stated at the time, however added: “ I discovered a long period of time back, wear ’ t force innovation to merge when it ’ s not prepared, await the innovation to develop to the point when it can be merged. ” In shorts: a Chrome-Android merger is unavoidable, butalso gained ’ t be rushed. So his remarks today — about increasing commonality between Chrome and Android — suggest Google is still constructing a steady course to merging (as Schmidt stated it

was in 2011). Rumours that Google ’ s quasi-desktop OS Chrome and its touch-based mobile OS Android might be ready to merge were sparked earlier this month when head of Android, Andy Rubin, was shuffled out to another role within Google — with Sundar Pichai, head of Chrome and apps, taking over. Pichai did not leave his existing

responsibilities however rather included the Android short to his Chrome and apps portfolio, suggesting a unifying catalyst for the task changes. Chrome and Android ‘ staying different and individual for a long period of time ’ has similar emphasis as Schmidt ’ s comments from two years ago — when he said they would merge, eventually. Precisely exactly what he suggested by attempting to ensure they are “ merged in properly ” is up for argument — whatever it suggests, 2 years of Google working overtime still obviously hasn ’ t developed those sought after, clement conditions.(It ’ s likely Google requires to await the market to harmonize with its mobile driven vision — so expanding the Android platform and broadening its reach is one method Mountain View could have been “ working overtime ”.)Make no mistake though: the ultimate merger of Chrome and Android is inevitably since the differences between hardware categories are being eroded. Chrome OS was announced in mid 2009 — at a time when netbooks were riding high. Remember them? The launch of the iPad in 2010 developed the tablet group afresh and tablets quickly pulled the rug out from under mini laptop computers, and started wearing down the desktop computing market too — putting the emphasis squarely on touch and mobile computing. And from there it ’ s but a short hop to motions and wearables. All of which highlights that ultimately having two separate OSes — one mobile and one quasi-mobile — makes no sense for Google in the long run. It ’ s not a question of if Chrome and Android will merge — the huge concern is how quickly it can be made to happen.

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Stitcher browser plugins for Chrome and Firefox now available

Stitcher browser plugins for Chrome and Firefox now available

Stitcher has lived comfortably on the web since late October, but now the audio streaming experience is expanding its territory with browser plugins. On Chrome, the freshly announced add-on offers quick access to the full-fledged HTML 5 app, while on Firefox it also serves up play and skip buttons to control audio, along with information about what’s currently playing. Itching to nab the extension for the web-based Stitcher? Hit the source links below for the downloads.

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