Google is in discussions with the Arunachal Pradesh government  for deploying Chromebook laptops for school students. The pilot is proposed to be introduced in schools in two cities, namely, Itanagar and Ziro.

Chromebooks along with Google Apps for Education can play an important role in helping students create, collaborate and learn.

Ms. Hashim said a lot of applications like Google’s Drive and Gmail as well as others like VLC player are being made available offline so that they can be used without being connected to the internet.

What is Chromebook?

1. Chromebook is a laptop running Google’s Chrome Operating System.
2. The devices are designed to be used primarily while connected to the internet with most applications and data residing “in the cloud”.

3. Google also launched Chromebooks for businesses and Chromebox for meetings.

4. Chromebox for Meetings brings together Hangouts, Google Apps and easy-to-manage Chromebox to allow companies conduct high-definition video conferences.

About Google:

1. Google is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products.
2. Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
3. Founded on 4th September 1998.