Eric Schmidt’s Favorite Google Product? Chrome!

Sep 20, 2009 at 11:33am ET by Danny Sullivan

What's Google CEO Eric Schmidt's favorite Google product at the moment? When I asked him that this week, I expected a "I love all my children equally" answer. Instead, Schmidt surprised me answering without hesitation: Google's Chrome browser. "The one that I am the most pleased with is Chrome. This is a personal answer. Because Chrome has a lot of subtlety to it," Schmidt said. "It's all of these complex design choices that the Chrome team made that makes Chrome faster and just [intuitive]. And once you start using Chrome it's very hard to go back to a different browser. And you can' [...]

Filed in: Google: Browsers, Top News

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

Chrome Comes Out of Beta with 10 Million Users

Dec 11, 2008 at 1:00pm ET by Greg Sterling

As was reported yesterday, Google's browser Chrome is coming out of beta -- a mere 100 days after it was introduced. When I commented to Sundar Pichai, Product VP, that this had to be one of the fastest exits from beta for Google in recent memory he explained that "Google has a very traditional approach to our client software products," meaning it accelerates the process of getting them to a general release. There were suggestions on the TechCrunch blog that third parties were potentially exerting pressure on or encouraging Google to hurry up the general release of Chrome. I asked Pich [...]

Filed in: Features: Analysis, Google: Browsers, Google: Business Issues, Google: Chrome, Microsoft: Partnerships

Waiting For Google Chrome To Launch

Sep 2, 2008 at 9:26am ET by Greg Sterling

Obviously the big story of yesterday and today in the technology world is the impending launch of Google's open-source browser Chrome. It will likely be available for download here later today. (TechCrunch and Google Blogoscoped have a few screenshots.) There are dozens and dozens of stories on Techmeme. Most of the coverage, from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and elsewhere, focuses on several themes: Google going directly after Microsoft (browser wars redux); it's even being called a "windows killer" by some Google trying to guarantee access to its search box Google now competing [...]

Filed in: Google: Browsers, Google: Chrome, Top News

Google Chrome – Google’s Finally Launching Its Own Browser

Sep 1, 2008 at 4:50pm ET by Danny Sullivan

So much for a quiet Labor Day off. Google Blogoscoped has news of Google Chrome, a new browser that Google plans to release. More coverage can also be found on Techmeme. No -- it's not just a rumor. Google tells me that it is indeed a real browser it plans to release. Expect more news to come when we're back at things on a normal schedule tomorrow. Postscript Barry Schwartz: The Google Blog now has a posted on the news. Basically, the Google browser is coming out in Beta for Windows users tomorrow. [...]

Filed in: Google: Browsers, Google: Chrome, Top News

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