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Chrome Remote Desktop is a remote desktop software tool, developed by Google, that allows a user to remotely control another computer's desktop through a proprietary protocol also developed by Google, internally called Chromoting.
Chrome Web Store was publicly unveiled in December 2010, [2] and was opened on February 11, 2011, with the release of Google Chrome 9.0. [3] A year later it was redesigned to "catalyze a big increase in traffic, across downloads, users, and total number of apps". [4]
Stylus was forked from Stylish for Chrome in 2017 [1] [2] after Stylish was bought by the analytics company SimilarWeb. [3] The initial objective was to "remove any and all analytics, and return to a more user-friendly UI." [4] It restored the user interface of Stylish 1.5.2 [5] [2] and removed Google Analytics. [1] [2]
On Linux, Google Chrome/Chromium can store passwords in three ways: GNOME Keyring, KWallet or plain text. Google Chrome/Chromium chooses which store to use automatically, based on the desktop environment in use. [143] Passwords stored in GNOME Keyring or KWallet are encrypted on disk, and access to them is controlled by dedicated daemon software.
Google Chrome Apps, or commonly just Chrome Apps, were a certain type of non-standardized web application that ran on the Google Chrome web browser. Chrome apps could be obtained from the Chrome Web Store along with various free and paid apps, extensions , and themes.
For example, a notification can be sent to user's mobile device when user is in the proximity to a particular artpiece. By sending user the notification, user is alerted with the artpiece in his proximity, and if user indicates their further interest, a specific app can be installed to interact with the encountered artpiece. [12]
A proximity sensor (often simply prox) is a sensor able to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. A proximity sensor often emits an electromagnetic field or a beam of electromagnetic radiation (infrared, for instance), and looks for changes in the field or return signal. The object being sensed is often referred to ...
This beacon is the underpinning of the Physical Web. In android 4.4 or higher, it causes a notification to be displayed on the user's phone. As of October 2017, Google removed Eddystone detection from Chrome on iOS and Android. [10]