Google today finally announced their foray into the Desktop / Net-book OS market.
IMHO, this is the perfect lightweight architecture for many users who have moved their data into the cloud. If Google can persuade the net-book vendors to embed wireless devices and cellular radios into their net-books they will have a huge winner on their [...]
Posts Tagged ‘google’
8 Jul
Google Chrome OS, Digital Cameras, Photos and Music
26 Feb
Safari 4 vs Google Chrome on the Mac
I figured I would drop this post here from the future.
A few thoughts:
Safari 4 doesn’t need to wait for the future it is here on my Mac today and with its ultra fast Nitro (formally known as SquirelFish Extreme) java script engine it blows away the competition.
Google Chrome has V8 while Safari (webkit) has Nitro. [...]
17 Dec
Our reliance on services without a strong financial model
In the past couple of days there have been many articles published about the introduction of Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect to multiple services such as Twitter and Discuss. Even now many people are enabling both the Facebook and Google services on their weblogs and finding that folks are using their Google and Facebook [...]
21 Sep
The Summer of 2008 Javascript Space Race
It has thus far been an amazing summer when it comes to browser performance.
We have seen 3 major advances in browser performance when it comes to Javascript specifically.
1. Firefox Tracemonkey
2. Google Chrome V8
3. Webkit SquirrelFish Extreme
Each one has been an exciting advancement in browser performance, leaping ahead quickly. I have been a long time Safari [...]
1 Jun
For Android, the Carriers + Customized OS = Mess
Here is the problem I see with the Android platform.
The OS + the carrier’s customization = mess.
Which carriers will offer up a phone you can customize with your own OS build or application software downloads? The real power of android is separating the software from the hardware. Let the phone maker offer a brilliant, [...]
31 May
Google Android Comes Roaring Onto the Scene
I took this screen shot from one of the youtube demos posted by Google demoing the Google Android OS.
A couple of take awys I thought were important:
The OS allows both multi touch input and traditional navigation using keyboards and rollerballs (like the blackberry).
The OS has many of the features the iPhone introduced to us and [...]
