Download or read book The Chrome Book (Third Edition) written by C. H. Rome and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-03-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Note that while this edition is good value, a newer fourth edition is now detailed at www.thechromebook.info Welcome to the brave new world of cloud computing, a slightly different world where all of your apps and data files are stored on the world wide web and can be accessed from any internet-connected device at any time from anywhere (but only by you and those you trust). Welcome to the world of the Chromebook, where you interact with your computer pretty much as you always did (using a proper keyboard and web browser) before tablets came along to make you do things differently. Welcome to the much expanded third edition of The Chrome Book: the Essential Guide to Cloud Computing with Google Chrome and the Chromebook, the book that covers these topics: 1 - The Case for Cloud Computing with Chrome 2 - The Chromebook Computers 3 - Opening and Operating the Chromebook 4 - Google Drive 5 - Google Docs 6 - Gmail, Contacts and Calendar 7 - Google Apps (in brief) 8 - Web Apps and the Chrome Web Store 9 - The Chrome Web Browser 10 - Your Google Account 11 - Cloud Computing Conundrums 12 - Cloud Computing Case Study 13 - My (and Your) Head in The Clouds If you're thinking of joining the cloud computing revolution, if you're thinking of purchasing a Chromebook computer or you just bought one, get the most out of cloud computing with Google Chrome and the Chromebook by reading the third edition of "The Chrome Book". This edition is bang up-to-date at the time of the Chromebook Pixel launch, and there is a companion web site at http://chrome.lotontech.com