Google today announced the first commercial devices (following the Cr-48 pilot program) to be powered by its Chrome OS. Dubbed Chromebooks, they will be available from Acer and Samsung starting on June 15th. These are not typical notebooks. With a Chromebook you won’t wait minutes for your computer to boot and browser to start. You’ll be reading your email in […]
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Google I/O 2011: Google planning further Nexus devices
At a Q&A that followed today’s Google I/O keynote, Andy Rubin, SVP of Mobile at Google, today confirmed that Google will release further Nexus devices. Asked about a potential Nexus 3, Rubin replied: “The Nexus has been the thing that we used to set the bar, and there’s always going to be new ones coming out in the market…we’ll make […]
Google I/O 2011: Google announces movie rental and music services
As part of its first Google I/O 2011 keynote, Google announced two new services: Movie rentals through the Android Market and Music Beta by Google, a digital locker and streaming service. Much as it did with Books recently, Google will offer movie rentals through the Android Market. It will be possible to stream or download (by ‘pinning’) the movies to […]
Google I/O 2011: Google announces Android 3.1 Honeycomb update
As Google I/O 2011 kicked off today, Google announced that it will release an update to Android 3.0 Honeycomb for tablet devices. It comes with a number of new features including new multitasking functionality, resizable widgets, USB host support (providing support for camera uploads, game controllers, mice and more). The multitasking promises to offer more fluid transitions and be more […]