ABI Research reports that operating systems like Android and Chrome OS (meaning ofcourse the Linux kernel as well) will be dominant on non smart phones in 2015. If this will happen it is quite significant for Linux and for Chrome and Chrome OS. Devices like smart phones, but also netbooks, *Pads (non-Apple iPad pads which […]
Category: Misc
Google announces Chrome app store
Of course this was bound to happen! Best way to make money from a free os: open an online app store!
Google & Verizon planning iPad Rival!
Of course the thundering success of the iPad has brought a lot of copy cats out of the woods, but here’s a team that might be able to put a dent in Apple: Google and Verizon are working on a tablet together!
Google and Bumptop: Chrome going 3D?
Google has acquired Bumptop, a company that developes 3D desktop environments. So is Chrome going 3d? That would be kinda neat!
Ipad + Chrome OS = awesomeness?
Here’s a video where a guy reviews the ipad and what the iPad could do if it had Chrome OS installed on it.
Google Chrome: printing in the cloud
Making a light OS where everything takes place in the cloud sounds fine and dandy, but Google had to come up with a simple way to allow users to print documents. Not n easy task with so many different printers out there but Google says they’ve cracked it!
Google developing Android tablet?!
According to the New York Times, Google exec Eric Schmidt is all excited about developing an iPad rival. The tablet is being built in the utmost secrecy, and apparently it won’t be using Chrome OS, but Android!
Chrome OS Cake
If you’re getting tired of baking easter bunnies and painting eggs, why not try your hand at baking a Google Chrome OS Cake? (video after the jump)
Steve Balmer laughing at Chrome OS (video)
I’m not sure there ae many Ballmer fans left out there, but I always thought he was quite a colorful character. I guess there may not be many more videos like this, as Microsoft seems to be on its way out, but as a bit of nostalgia in the making, here’s Stevie!
Chrome OS app store?
Apps are an enormous growth market and a great way to make a buck or two. So now Google is ready to get into the game with its App Marketplace for Cloud based apps!
Chrome OS demo video
So how fast does Chrome OS do a cold reboot? Here’s a video…
Google Chrome os tablet video
Google released a video with plans for a Chrome OS-based tablet. Google won’t confirm a release date, but we’re guessing it’ll be by the end of the year. (video after the jump)
Samsung working on 10 inch Chrome OS netbook
I just read it at Tecnmagnews: Samsung are developing a new Chrome OS Netbook
Chrome TV video
One of the most exciting features, I think, with the Chrome browser is their new tv extension.
Chrome bugs are worth big bucks!
Wondering how to make it through the month during the crisis? Well, there’s an easy way to make a quick buck on Chrome: find bugs!
Chrome OS video
Animated video on Google Chrome and the creation of Google Chrome OS (video after the jump)
Chrome beta moves in on Mozzilla and Safari
The new Chrome beta for the Mac is nearly twice as fast as Mozilla’s Firefox. It can’t keep up with Apple’s Safari. Yet.
Chrome os to launch within the week?
We’ve been waiting with bated breath for the launch of Chrome OS since July, and now all our waiting seems to be coming to an end!
Chrome for Mac OS X
Ofcourse we Mac users became used to the Chromium builds which work ‘ok’ as second browser, but finally a native Chrome seems to be heading for a Mac near you! We heard from several well informed sources the past hour that the Mac native version of Chrome will be released in december 2009. It’ll be […]
Google Dashboard Video
Google came with a little cartoon to show the advantages of using their dashboard feature.
More notebook switching to chrome?
The netbook makers Lenovo has stated that they are watching the development of Chrome OS. So they may be planning to use Chrome on their future notebooks?
Google: Chrome os should be like “switching on a tv”
I like that metaphor. In a recent interview Vinay Goel, Google’s Country Head of products in India said that Chrome OS should just be like switching on a tv, and I think he’s right on the money.
Google Chrome safety: will it be enough?
We’ve been speculating so much about Chrome OS, but nobody’s really sure what it’ll be able to actually DO once it’s launched. Or how they plan to protect it. Google’s VP of product management, Sundar Pichai, shed some light at the Web 2.0 Summit.
NVIDIA working on Tegra-based Chrome OS device
NVIDIA has been working hard on its Tegra-based “computers-on-a-chip” line, and now it has been announced that as well as the normal mobile platforms like Windows Mobile or Google Android, it has also been working on the up-and-coming Google Chrome OS. Helped by none other than Google itsself.
Google: Apple Chrome notebook is on its way!
Google CEO Schmidt announced that he expects an Apple announcement about a notebook running Chrome OS no later than this year.