Chromebooks Can Now Run Apps... Sort Of

One of the criticisms of Chromebooks is that they can't run apps per se — pretty much everything they run is done through the Google Chrome browser. That keeps the machines nimble, but limits the kinds of experiences they can serve up.

Unless of course those experiences are adapted to run through a browser, and that's exactly what Citrix has done. The company has directed its virtualization powers at Chrome specifically, creating a version of its Citrix Receiver to simulate a native device experience within the browser for some apps

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