Earlier this month, Google released Chrome Package Apps to essentially turn webapps into desktop ones. The result? Some pretty useful and powerful software with features you probably never expected ...

Who needs Windows? Soon, you’ll be able to use Chrome-based standalone apps to communicate with a Fitbit, sort through an iTunes music library, and pay for in-app purchases via Google Wallet. Google ...

With the right tools, Google’s Chromebooks make for cheap Linux development machines, but it takes a bit of work to get there. Nitrous.IO, which offers a fully cloud-based development environment for ...

Google made a couple of updates to its Chrome Web Store today and with these, developers can now use the store to offer free trials for packaged apps (which are able to run offline). But more ...

The new Chrome App Launcher is already available on Windows, says Google, and will be arriving on Mac OS X and Linux very soon. This move is part of Google’s broader strategy to unify the user ...