Google's Chromebooks have fallen off the radar lately, but they may soon get new life with Sony hardware and an updated interface.
Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley.
Google’s big bet on web-only laptops has now been fully realized with the consumer availability of Chromebooks. There are two models—one from Acer and one from Samsung—each available either with a 3G cellular connection built-in or as lower-priced Wi-Fi-only versions.
Over at TIME.com, my Technologizer column for this week is about Microsoft’s demo of Windows 8 last week and Apple’s demos of OS X 10.7, iOS 5, and iCloud this week–how they relate to each other and what they might mean for the future of personal technology. I refused to talk about the PC dying, [...]
I spent most of Tuesday and Wednesday this week at Google’s massive I/O developer shindig in San Francisco. And then I wrote a Technologizer column for TIME.com on the first day’s keynote, which was jam-packed with Android news. But I could just have easily written a column about day two’s keynote, which was devoted to [...]
As the second and final keynote address at Google’s developer conference winds down, we’re left with news of Google’s web-only Chrome OS (operating system) and the machines that’ll power it.
Techland and our partner site Technologizer are teaming up to bring you live coverage of Google’s special event in San Francisco, starting at 12:30 pm Eastern. No need to refresh: Sit back and enjoy the show as Technologizer’s Harry McCracken and Techland’s Doug Aamoth bring you the latest news.
I actually like the idea of this—hear me out! Hear me out.
Chrome OS notebooks won’t arrive until later this year, but Google is already planning for tablets.
Google’s web-only Chrome OS (operating system) will hit the consumer market next year, with several major manufacturers selling inexpensive notebooks that boot directly into a web browser–no desktop, no “Start Menu,” no “Dock,” just the web.
Google just unveiled its plans for a major shakeup of the computer industry. It’s a classic three-pronged approach consisting of Google’s Chrome web browser, the newly-opened Chrome Web Store, and the upcoming Chrome Operating System. Let’s take a closer look.
