News of more Chromebooks than iPads sold to U.S. schools in the third quarter isn’t terribly surprising; we’ve noted the trend several times this year. With tight budgets and lower-cost computers that meet most needs in the classroom, Chromebooks are a good choice. So too are iPads but they don’t have a keyboard, which could have some impact as well due to Common Core education standards being adopted by states.
We chat about that as well as Google’s Android app strategy on Chrome OS, plus a handy hidden feature in Chrome for Android on this week’s podcast.
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Hosts: Janko Roettgers and Kevin C. Tofel
More Chromebooks than iPads sold to schools in Q3. Common Core may be impacting this.
Reader Mode finally makes its way to Chrome stable for Android
Google adds another handful of Android apps for Chrome OS.
Forget the Black Friday deals: Google’s Drive offer runs through the holidays
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Chromecast ranks second in streaming device sales
There’s a handy little Edit button on document attachments in Gmail now
App/extension of the week: AirDroid 3 beta

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