Reflections On Chrome OS From A Consumer Perspective
Nov 22, 2009 at 11:15am ET by Greg Sterling
Google hosted something of a formal "status update" on Chrome the operating system in Mountain View on Thursday. There we discovered the company is open-sourcing the code. We also found out it's intended as a netbook OS (for now) and that Google is working with several hardware partners to create a better netbook experience (full-sized keyboard, slightly larger screen). We also learned it's intended to be a secondary or supplemental machine, not a primary computer.
That positioning is very important.
Google Product VP Sundar Pichai wouldn't discuss the hardware partners involved with Chr [...]
Filed in: Google: Chrome, Google: Mobile, Top News
Developer Impressions Of Google Wave: “Real-Time Email On Crack”
Jul 23, 2009 at 3:14pm ET by Greg Sterling
What is it? Google's answer to Twitter? Email and IM replacement? Personal communications and collaboration platform? These were questions and characterizations that emerged as Google announced Wave at the company's May developer event in San Francisco. (Here's a bit more context from my related post at the press conference.)
It's a shapeshifter, a new species and something of a rorschach test for people because it crosses boundaries and isn't easily defined.
Google Wave's API has recently become available to developers. And now some first "hands on" impressions are out. Ben Rometsch wr [...]
Filed in: Google: Apps For Your Domain, Google: Chrome, Google: Labs, Google: User Interface
Google’s Founders & CEO Didn’t See Eye To Eye On Chrome
Jul 10, 2009 at 9:34am ET by Barry Schwartz
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google's founders and CEO didn't see eye to eye on building out the Chrome browser or OS, at least, not initially.
Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, said that initially when Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google's co-founders, brought the idea of building a browser or operating system to him six years ago, he was not interested. Schmidt said recently, "At the time, Google was a small company." "Having come through the bruising browser wars, I didn’t want to do that again," he added. But when Schmidt saw what a Googler (previously Firefox developer) built, he [...]
Filed in: Google: Browsers, Google: Chrome
Google OS Reactions: The Positive, Negative & The Paranoid
Jul 8, 2009 at 7:12pm ET by Greg Sterling
Late yesterday Google announced (or finally admitted) that it had developed an operating system, called Chrome OS, not to be confused, exactly, with the related Chrome browser. Everyone and their grandmother seems to have an opinion about it. Here's a sampling of the reaction, positive, negative and in-between:
The fans, boosters and generally positive takes:
TechCrunch, BetaNews, Computerworld, Mashable, BuzzMachine, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, ArsTechnica, Google Watch, MediaMemo, Linux-Watch.com, Google Operating System, The Register, TheNextWeb.com, Black Web 2.0, BloggingStocks, Gadge [...]
Filed in: Features: General, Google: Chrome, Google: Content Central, Google: Other, Google: Partnerships, Microsoft: Business Issues, Microsoft: General, Top News
The Google Operating System Is Real: Google Chrome OS Announced.
Jul 8, 2009 at 1:00am ET by Danny Sullivan
Ars Technica posted earlier that Google is to unveil its long rumored computer operating system, and now Google confirms this is true in a blog post: Introducing the Google Chrome OS.
The company says that the OS will be released later this year (likely in the fall, I'm told) to developers, designed primarily for netbooks but not limited to them. Then in 2010, it expects it will be available to consumers (though no doubt, many enthusiasts will try it on their own machines). From the company's post:
Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targ [...]
Filed in: Google: Chrome, Google: Other, Top News
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