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it looks like the end is near for Chromebooks I'm Bridget Carey this is your C net update Google's Chrome operating system for PCs may not be around for much longer Google is working on releasing laptops that run on Android and that's according to a report by The Wall Street Journal which was also backed up by other news outlets but Google says it is still committed to Chrome reports indicate that Google is working on merging the two or maybe it's more like having Android absorb Chrome this new merged operating system could be out by 2017 and we may get a sneak peek next year Chromebooks are an interesting breed these are pcs that run on Google's Chrome operating system which means only Chrome apps work on these systems research firm IDC estimates that Chromebooks only make up 3% of PCs today but Chromebooks are very popular in schools there are hundreds of thousands of these machines in classrooms today with students using Google Docs for education but maybe the concept of a Chrome operating system hasn't caught on yet to the mainstream consumer whereas everyone knows what Android is there have been signs that Google sees Android as something that could be a desktop experience in late September Google unveiled the pixel C tablet it runs Android marshmallow 6.0 and it has a keyboard case it was pushed as a Productivity powerhouse having Android be the one system on all device this can be a good thing for Google if you have Android on your phone and your laptop you're more likely to invest in Google's world of movies music apps and other services at which point there's less incentive for you to jump away to Apple and developers should be happy that an Android app will just work automatically on a laptop but don't let this news confuse you about the chrome internet browser that's a separate thing that's not changing in fact Microsoft just created a new Chrome browser extension so you can quickly create a new office document from the chrome toolbar yeah Microsoft who wants to push its edge browser is plain ice with chrome Microsoft also updated office online by integrating Skype voice and video liddie make a call right from inside a document in Word Excel PowerPoint and OneNote and in wireless news t-mobile may have some huge news to share soon when it comes to streaming netflix on your phone or tablet t-mobile is expected to let customers use unlimited data when streaming some video services like Netflix or HBO the carrier has a news event scheduled for November 10th with the teaser tagline we'd never hit pause but reputable mobile news leaker evan blas tweeted the spoiler thursday if this is true it's very similar to t-mobile's music freedom program where customers can stream as much as they want from dozens of services and it doesn't count against their monthly data limits that's it for this tech news update and there's more at cnet.com from our studios in new york I'm Bridget Carey