It was nice not really knowing you, Chrome OS.-The Wall Street Journal-is reporting that Google is planning to effectively kill off Chrome OS and fold its best components into Android by 2017. Chrome OS, for those who don’t know, is the operating system that is used to run Google’s Chromebook line of laptops that are low-storage machines that rely on cloud computing to perform most tasks. FROM EARLIER:-Harvard researchers create insect-sized robot that can both fly and swim So why is Chrome OS going away? Basically, Google would like to have Android be one mobile system that works the safe way across devices similar to what Microsoft has done with Windows 10. “Google’s new version of Android will also run

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