New Google Chromebook for $ 249 with next generation ARM chip

Chrome OS has a new Chromebook with one unveiled yesterday by Google. The Mountain View company has developed in partnership with Samsung. If the first Chromebook showed high tariffs, this time Google has made the price has dropped significantly, perhaps inspired by the success of the Nexus 7. With a $ 249 price, it could attract new users. On the hardware side, exit the Intel x86 architecture, it is now the latest Samsung SoC that replaces it. This is the Exynos 5250 Dual 5 which is based on a dual-core processor ARM Cortex-A15 architecture. It is of course another great feature of this Chromebook makes a step towards mobility. Such a choice also allowed Google to lower the BOM ( Bill of materials ) netbook. The processor is supported...

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Google is number 1 on wages

We know wages in Silicon Valley are higher than elsewhere in the equivalent position, and this is particularly the case with regard to developers and engineers. According to various sources, we saw during our recent visit on site a good PHP developer in the Bay Area could easily qualify for an annual fee of approximately $ 100,000. In fact the competition and a relative "shortage of labor" between Sans Francisco and San Jose did have a tendency to result in higher wages. In this tense context (the lucky ones), it is still Google that is doing the best. According to a study by Glassdoor, a company specializing in the analysis of the labor market in the U.S., in Mountain View that engineers are better paid, with an average annual salary of...

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