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In 2017, the Chrome Web Store will no longer show Chrome apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux, though it will continue to offer extensions and themes for the Chrome web browser.

He explained that Google will continue to offer support for all types of Chrome apps on Chrome OS, including extensions and themes, for the foreseeable future.

They include everything from Googles own Cast, which allows you to beam Internet content to a Chromecast, to casual games and ad blockers.

In the short term, they can also consider using a Chrome extension or platforms such as Electron or NW.js.

He previously covered the consumer tech beat as a news reporter for PCMag in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, where he rode in several self-driving cars and witnessed the rise and fall of many startups.

Before that, he worked for PCMags sister site, Computer Shopper, where he occasionally dunked waterproof hard drives in glasses of water.

In his spare time, hes written on topics as diverse as Borneos rain forests, Middle Eastern airlines, and big datas role in presidential elections.

A graduate of Middlebury College, Tom also has a masters degree in journalism and French Studies from New York University.

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