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 ...

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 ...

Retail-sector CIOs said last week that they still face challenges finding packaged software to meet their needs, particularly in the supply chain areas. Such difficulties plagued Kmart Corp., which ...

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 ...

You could call it a revolution. You could call it a capitulation. Either way, when Google quietly started making a few packaged apps available through its Web Store last week, it marked a new and ...