The Pixelbook is the future of Google’s Chrome OS hardware.

Target is selling Google Chromecast for $25 or 30 percent off today.

The tech is great, but watching the content -- what there is of it -- requires a high-speed Internet connection and a top-of-the-line TV.

"Two years ago we launched Google Cast, an extension for Chrome that allowed you to show content from your favorite websites on the best screen in your home — your TV — using Chromecast. Whether watching your favorite show on Netflix, or sharing a photo slideshow at a family gathering, Google Cast makes it easy to extend the web to the big screen."

Spotify has started a new promotion that will give users of its Premium service a free Google Chromecast. The promotion runs until 11:59pm CET on February 28th 2016 or while supplies last.

Google's promotion gives Android Pay users a free Chromecast for making 10 payments with the app.

On October 29th, Amazon will be removing all listings of video streaming devices that do not support Amazon Prime Video (like Apple TV and Google’s Chromecast). Amazon wants all of the video streaming products they sell to support Prime Video to “avoid customer confusion” so any streaming devices that are not Amazon’s will be removed.

There's an old saying in the manufacturing world: Don't reinvent the dongle. Or maybe it was a wheel or something. In any case, it should be little surprise that Chromecast Audio — Google's low-cost answer to the problem of streaming your music easily all over your home — essentially is on the outside the exact same device as the new Chromecast (erm, Video).

There's no doubt that Google's Chromecast has become quite the popular little dongle. In a new blog post, Google says that 17 million Chromecasts have already been sold, and users have tapped the cast button over 1.5 billion times. The company also talked about some of the success developers have had after integrating casting into their apps.

Chromecast is single-handedly responsible for spawning the HDMI media stick category. From the price point down to its core functionality, Google got nearly everything right with Chromecast. That said, it’s still not a perfect solution for all situations although a…

If you have Wi-Fi problems, you can now directly plug into your network.

One of the most frequent complaints about Chromecast has been that it doesn’t come with a remote control, requiring user…

Walmart thinks it can out-price the Google Chromecast, Roku Streaming Stick, and Amazon Fire TV Stick. The mega retailer has quietly put out its very own streaming device, called the Vudu Spark, and it costs just a meagre $24.95, a Walmart representative tells Gigaom. And there's a currently a promotion that will effectively make the device free — Walmart will give you $25 in movie credits over five months when you purchase the streaming stick. The device first leaked from the FCC in November.

There seems to be some outrage today over Google’s decision to block AllCast, an app that let Chromecast users stream their own photos and videos to the $35 TV dongle.