Google Chrome Turns One: Has It Been a Success?
Exactly one year ago today, the Google Chrome browser was launched to the world. And, in Google-like fashion, they took the unconventional route of announcing Chrome via comic book. Do you remember all of the discussion around Google’s decision to enter the browser market? Now, 365 days later, Google is commemorating Chrome’s first birthday with some impressive stats. To get the full picture of where Chrome stands today though, we need to look at all the numbers. The Chrome Road...
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Can 20 folks Make Bing? Nah.
Since vacation last week I’ve been on the road constantly, and unable to find much time to write. But this NYT Op Ed, by Robert Cringely, caught my eye, as it addresses something I’ve been watching closely for some time – the competition between Microsoft and Google. Clearly the two giants are circling each other’s core revenue streams – Google announced a vapor competitor to Windows last week, and Bing is Microsoft’s answer to Google search. (Disclosure:...
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Intel doesn’t view Chrome OS as a threat to Moblin, just wants world peace
Here’s an interesting one. While one would assume that Intel would be quaking in its boots with the emergence of Chrome OS, Michael Chen — director of Intel’s embedded sales group and ultra mobility group in Asia-Pacific — recently proclaimed that the company isn’t worried at all. In fact, Intel seems pretty stoked that Google has introduced an operating system that will undoubtedly rival its own Moblin. To quote: “Our long-term goal is providing hardware...
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First Google Chrome OS screenshots leaked? Update: it’s a fake
It’s not much, in fact, these screenshots are incredibly easy to fake. Still, a hastily constructed WordPress blog has been setup to host what are claimed to be the world’s first screenshots of Google’s new Chrome OS — hailed as both a Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X killer or a Google FUD generator depending upon who you’re listening to. As the story is told, a Google representative demonstrated a private beta build of the OS to an anonymous Acer parts...
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Google Chrome OS in Context of the Google Distribution Chain, Being a Cartoon With Roughly 11 Steps and a Guest Appearance of the MS Monster
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