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Kick, dribble, shoot: Introducing Kick with Chrome, a new Chrome Experiment
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Whether you’re from Croatia, Cameroon or Colombia, chances are you’re cheering on your country’s team as they vie for the ultimate soccer achievement: winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup™. Now Chromies around the world can get in on the action with
Kick with Chrome
, a new Chrome Experiment that will help you tap into your inner soccer champion.
In
Kick with Chrome
, you can play three different games: Infinite Dribble, Space Kick, and Shootout. In Infinite Dribble, tilt your phone or tablet to dodge defenders and roadblocks. Kick the ball high in the sky in Space Kick. Or kick and block penalty shots in the best-of-three game Shootout.
Thanks to the latest mobile web platform technologies, your phone or tablet is always your game controller in
Kick with Chrome
, and you can play with or without your desktop computer. Web technologies like
WebRTC DataChannel
and
WebSockets
enable the real-time mobile-to-desktop connection, and the
HTML5 Fullscreen
,
Accelerometer
and
Vibration
APIs create the rich mobile web experience. Just open Chrome on your Mac or Windows laptop, Android phone or tablet, iPhone or iPad and
kick things off
.
Posted by Julia Harter, Product Marketing Manager and #persieing expert
Gooooooaal!: Chromecast scores WatchESPN, Major League Soccer and Google+ Photos
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Soccer, fútbol, football, jogo bonito
—however you say it, there’s a good chance you’ll be tuning in to watch when the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ kicks off next week. But if you’re not lucky enough to have a ticket to the matches in Brazil, you can enjoy the next best thing right in your living room with Chromecast.
Thanks to our friends at Disney and ESPN Media Networks, you can now cast live sports content from the
WatchESPN app
if you receive ESPN networks as a part of your cable, satellite or pay-TV subscription from affiliated providers. This means that next week, U.S. soccer fans will have the ability to watch all 64 World Cup games with the tap of the cast button (vuvuzelas not included). Of course, in addition to soccer, you can also cast all of ESPN's other sports content, from the NBA Finals and X Games to college football.
And if you can’t wait to get your soccer fix, starting today you can cast professional soccer matchups with the MLS Matchday app and MLS LIVE
premium services
. So get your friends together to watch your local favorites while practicing the new
game-day anthem
for the U.S. Men’s National Team from the comfort of your couch.
Even if you're not a sports fan, there are new apps for you to enjoy. Starting today, you can transform your TV into a photo album and cast Google+ photos and videos. Just look for the cast button in the Photos view of Google+ for Android and iOS.
We’re also adding
Crunchyroll
to the video lineup. Whether you're a casual anime fan or the hardcore otaku, Crunchyroll is your one-stop-shop with over 25,000 videos and 12,000 hours of Anime, Korean Drama and Live-Action titles.
Premium Subscribers
can even catch episodes just one hour after Japanese TV broadcast.
You can find all of these great apps in the Play Store and Apple Store, with Chromecast support rolling out over the day. As always, you can explore these apps and more on
Chromecast.com/apps
.
Posted by Brad Foreman, Chromecast Sports Partnerships Lead and Future Soccer Dad
Chromebooks are coming to nine more nations
Monday, June 2, 2014
Chromebooks are coming to nine more nations
to improve computing for all generations.
So we’d like to say our Hellos
to our new global Chromebook fellows:
Kia ora to our New Zealand mates,
where getting on-line will have shorter waits.
Kumusta to new friends in the Philippines,
a better way of computing is what this means.
Hallo to all the folks in Norway
Speed, simplicity and security are coming your way.
Hej Hej to the people in Denmark
Built-in virus protection will be your new computing benchmark.
To Mexico and Chile, Hola we say
Tons of apps and free automatic updates are starting today.
And in the coming weeks -- very soon, you’ll see --
Chromebooks will be in Belgium, Spain and Italy.
Chromebooks are easy to share, manage and use,
With lots of
shapes, colors and sizes
to choose.
Stay safe with your data stored in the cloud,
A smart pick like Chromebook will make your mom proud.
When Chromebooks in these countries alight,
We hope our new global friends find some computing delight.
Posted by David Shapiro, Director of Chromebook Marketing and Occasional Versifier
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