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Technology in New Schools: Why VR is Not Ready for Prime Time

by Len Scrogan

As a new school year rapidly approaches, there’s always a lot of excitement in the air. Part of that exhilaration resides in the fact that August and September are most often the months for …

Tags:Chromebooks| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Projection Screens| Projectors| Virtual Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 28

Acer Announces New Gaming and School Line-Up

by Norbert Hildebrand

During its press conference in New York, Acer announced its new product lineup for the school and gaming segments. The conference included a presentation by Acer’s CEO Jason Chen and some guests from Microsoft, …

Tags:Acer| Chrome| Chromebooks| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| tablets| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 20

HP Claims World’s First Chromebook Detachable

by Bob Raikes

HP has announced the first Chromebook in a detachable form factor, the X2. HP said that Chromebook sales have grown by more than 50% over the last two years, quoting IDC. The unit has …

Tags:Chromebooks| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pen Input| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Chromebooks with Ultra HD Displays Coming Soon?

by Andrew Fenn

Google has let slip that an Ultra HD edition of its Chromebook device is on the way. A technical commit regarding an update to the Chrome logo was posted recently, saying “As an added …

Tags:4k| Chromebooks| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Asus Promotes Chromebooks for Education

by Bob Raikes

Asus was at the show to promote, mainly, its client devices and professional systems. The main headline at the show for the company was a new Chromebook, described to us as a new 14″ …

Tags:Asus| Chromebooks| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB Monitors| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Google Has a Busy Week

by Bob Raikes

Google had a busy week with the release of the new Pixel 2, new members of the Google Home voice systems and a new Google Pixelbook. Both models have OLED displays with the 6″ …

Tags:Chromebooks| Convertible PCs| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 37

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Acer Again Leads the Worldwide Chromebook Market

by Alan Spencer

According to Gartner, quoted by Acer, last year the worldwide Chromebook market was led by Acer with 28% of the market and with a 33% year-on-year growth. Acer was also the worldwide leader in …

Tags:Acer| Chromebooks| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Haier Takes Aim at Education

by Bob Raikes

Haier had a big presence at the show and told us that it has been in the education ‘more than ten years’. It is now in the process of global expansion of its business …

Tags:BETT 2017| Chromebooks| Education| Haier| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 04

AOpen Claims Smallest Chromebox

by Bob Raikes

AOpen has announced two new Chrome-based boxes. The Chromebase Mini is an interactive 10.1″ all-in-one touchscreen solution. It’s designed to be managed with ease, reliability, and security for high-traffic enterprise environments and applications including …

Tags:Chrome| Chromebooks| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Acer Chromebook 11 N7 Is Mil Spec Ruggedised – for Classrooms!

by Bob Raikes

Acer knows that students are tough on technology – its latest Chromebook, the 11 N7 (C731) is built to military specifications (MIL-STD 810G), but is intended for education customers. The device has an 11.6″ …

Tags:Acer| Chromebooks| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Chromebooks Continue Progress

by Tom Allen

Chromebook sales will grow in double digits this year – one of the few areas of growth in the PC market, along with Windows-based convertibles and gaming PCs. Mikako Kitagawa, a Gartner analyst, shared …

Tags:Chromebooks| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30| Worldwide