The Chrome OS has an interesting history. I wouldn’t call it successful, but I wouldn’t call it troubled either. Chrome OS is a fascinating concept: strip down an OS to its most basic necessities and focus everything on the browser. Build your applications with increasingly powerful web tools. It may be a solution in search …
Tag Archive: Google
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Oct 29
Google Announces Nexus 4 Smartphone and 10 Tablet, Android 4.2
I can attest to the fact that Hurricane Sandy is one mean bruiser of a storm. Here in DC, we’ve shut down school and remain vigilant as the rain and wind increase outside my apartment window. It’s gonna be one hell of a downpour. So in this light it makes sense that Google canceled their …
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Oct 08
Inside the Apple Maps Fiasco
Whenever corporate-consumer blunders like these take place, I practice patience and reserve. It is far too easy for the pundits of the tech blogosphere to take the slightest sign of trouble as an excuse to flood the world with analysis, editorials, and omens of death and despair. Apple’s Maps are verifiably bad, that much is …
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Jul 03
Google I/O 2012: Jelly Bean
Yes, this post is late. Jelly Bean is old news. But as I said, my schedule is limited. It seems like only yesterday that Google was showing off Android 4.0 — Ice Cream Sandwich — to a demanding world. After years of Google’s flagship mobile OS being a drift with carrier and OEM skins, it …
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Jun 06
Google Maps Event Shows Major Improvements
Google’s Maps application may be the company’s most successful service this side of GMail. In the immortal words of Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell, “Google Maps is the best. True dat. Double True.” Not only is Google Maps one of the most reliable and sophisticated internet mapping systems, it has also been Google’s greatest source …
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Sep 19
The Case for Google+
Since the July release of Google+, I have struggled to find a use for the service. Don’t get me wrong, Google+ is actually a really well designed network. The UI is clean, I love Circles which realistically display our relationships with others, and it has some pretty good integration into the rest of Google’s services. …
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Aug 18
Google Buys Motorola Handset Division
Google has announced their acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a major manufacturer of cellphones and Android smartphones, for $12 Billion. The deal is a major game changing event in the mobile landscape as Google, maker of the Android Mobile OS, has now acquired a hardware division. With this, Google has mobilized a new army in the …
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Jul 08
Facebook Gets Skype, Google Gets Social
L’shalom my dear readers. Excuse the Hebrew and blatant Judaism in the greeting, but that’s kind of the world I live in now with my summer job. A lot of stuff has erupted in the social scene over the past couple of weeks and I haven’t been able to report on any of it due …
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May 11
Google I/O Conference 2011: The Kitchen Sink
Wow. Just wow is all I can say about the past two days for Google. The Search Giant turned all around software badass has turned it up to 11, announcing new services, software, and hardware for every corner of its market. Android, Chrome OS, new features in YouTube, and whole new way to consume music. …
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Jan 16
Could Steve Jobs be the Hero HTML5 Needs?
Fall out continues from Google’s announcement last week of dropping H.264 support from the Chrome browser. It has become clear that while Google hides behind a veil of promoting openness on the internet and ending the codec schism, they are really making a move to promote WebM and even send support to their buddies at …
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