This past week saw Google(s goog) Now finally land on the desktop version of Chrome. You’ll need to run the experimental, and often updated, Chrome Canary version of the browser to get Google Now, but you can run Canary and regular Chrome on the same device. Amazon is ready to send out the Toshiba Chromebook 13 once it has stock, so you can pre-order now. And now we know why the Desktop mode of Chrome is nowhere to be seen where it once was.

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Hosts: Kevin Tofel and Chris Albrecht

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