Posts Tagged ‘Google’

A big target group of Chrome OS may be casual users – e.g. it seems to fit perfectly as operating system on the computers of an internet cafe (not the worst thing for Google, as that’s a place where many young people in many countries may use the internet most of the time). But what if you’re a creator working with your ... Full story

In case you missed it, Google unveiled for the first time today their fancy new Chrome operating system. Why do we care? Because its debut trailer managed to sneak in a little Metal Gear, that’s why. Get to around the 1:49 mark of the clip and you’ll see that somebody on the Chrome team likes their coffee. ... Full story

Sharper eyes than mine have spotted this little easter egg in the Google Chrome OS Demo video that Google published yesterday. (Or were you completely off the grid yesterday, and didn’t know that Google hosted members of the media to demonstrate Google Chrome OS?) Big Boss? An e-mail from Yoji, asking you to be ... Full story

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google expects lightweight computers powered by its new operating system to be on sale in time for next year's holiday season.The Internet search leader set the target date Thursday during the first preview of the operating system since Google announced its plans for the product in July. The free operating system, named after Google's Chrome Web browser, is being designed for "netbooks." ... Full story

The gPhone is still dead. Despite two years of fighting off the gphone vs. android phone fallacy, people still didn’t get it. Starting with industry analysts who perpetuated the distant rumors, trickling all the way down to consumers who had no clue what Android was or is but have heard about some sort of Google Phone or gPhone, ... Full story

Update: Google has announced that eight new cities can now be modeled with Building Maker: Brussels, Rotterdam, Cologne, Dortmund, Boston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and San Jose. "We’ve also made some useful improvements to the product, including: the option of a Google Earth-view when you’re choosing a location to model, the ability to save models as drafts before submitting them for review, and a new tool ... Full story

Well, place this one on the maybe, maybe not section, or rumors section, if you will. But according to “well-sourced rumors”, the good folks over at TechCrunch reported yesterday that the famous Google Phone was in fact coming in 2010. Today, they have an updated post on the same topic, but saying that the GPhone might end up being just a data-only device ... Full story