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An excerpt from the Google Chromebook intro; see the post link below for more details and a couple videos
A little less than two years ago we set out to make computers much better. Today, we’re announcing the first Chromebooks from our partners, Samsung and Acer. 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 seconds. Thanks to automatic updates the software on your Chromebook will get faster over time. Your apps, games, photos, music, movies and documents will be accessible wherever you are and you won’t need to worry about losing your computer or forgetting… Continue reading: Official Google Blog: A new kind of computer: Chromebook
An awkward experience for Facebook – see the article link below for details by Dan Lyons
For the past few days, a mystery has been unfolding in Silicon Valley. Somebody, it seems, hired Burson-Marsteller, a top public-relations firm, to pitch anti-Google stories to newspapers, urging them to investigate claims that Google was invading people’s privacy. Burson even offered to help an influential blogger write a Google-bashing op-ed, which it promised it could place in outlets like The Washington Post, Politico, and The Huffington Post.
The plot backfired when the blogger turned down Burson’s offer and posted the emails that Burson had sent him. It got worse when USA Today broke a… Continue reading: Facebook Busted in Clumsy Smear Attempt on Google – The Daily Beast
More Chromebook details
Google also said that many apps would operate offline, including Gmail, Google Docs and Google Calendar and, when workers need a break from all that productivity, the game Angry Birds.
Working with manufacturers to make computers and providing businesses with technical support may seem a long way from Google’s mission to organize information through search. But the more Web users there are, the more people use Google’s products, Mr. Pichai said.
“It makes business sense because I think people are willing to spend money to save time,” Mr. Brin said.
Google’s Chrome Laptops to Go on Sale in June – NYTimes.com
Check the article link below for more details on a device that will likely be at least as popular as the Bubble 1.0 Network Computer
The first devices will come from Samsung ($429 with Wi-Fi, $499 with 3G) and from Acer ($349). Come June 15, the devices can be ordered directly from Google and both will be available at Best Buy and on Amazon. Also available, a $28-per-user monthly subscription for business and a $20-a-month deal for students and teachers. And when the hardware is upgraded, users automatically get a replacement.
All the storage is in the cloud and all the updates are automatic. Google’s pitch is that the devices improve in… Continue reading: Google to Launch the Chromebook in June | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD
Concluding paragraphs of a Hiawatha Bray review of the new Amazon and Google music streaming services
Still, there’s a lot to like about both these services. I’d have liked them just as much in 1997, when Michael Robertson pioneered the idea of a service to stream your own music. But the music companies hated the idea and sued MP3.com into a coma.
Looming over Amazon and Google is the specter of online music store pioneer Apple Inc., which is almost certainly working on a similar service of its own.
With the power of its iTunes store, Apple could instantly leapfrog both companies, and lock in its position as… Continue reading: Services keep your tunes in the cloud – The Boston Globe
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