Monthly Archives: September 2010

‘ChromePad’ – Chrome OS On The Ipad?

‘ChromePad’ – Chrome OS On The Ipad?

Yesterday I wrote a scathing rebuke of attempts to sensationalize Hexxeh’s supposed leak of an Apple Ipad running Chrome OS (more accurately; Chromium OS). Today Hexxeh released a very short and cryptic video (of-course) showing this ‘miracle’ and indeed the mainstream media picked it up once again.

In Chrome OS, Videos

Ipad Hacked To Run Chromium OS?

Ipad Hacked To Run Chromium OS?

Today Hexxeh tweeted a picture which seemed to display Apple’s Ipad running Chromium OS. More opportunistic bloggers (Kat Hannaford from Gizmodo) quickly turned the tweet into an over sensationalized story about how Hexxeh had possibly ported Chromium OS onto Apple’s star product.

In Chrome OS

Google Begins To Prep Web Store

Google Begins To Prep Web Store

Google has began to make the finishing touches to the upcoming Chrome Web Store. It is widely anticipated that the Web Store will be officially released to the public next month, at which point Chrome OS is likely to make it’s debut.

In Apps

Google Reignites Chrome Ad Campaign

Google Reignites Chrome Ad Campaign

It seems like Google has reignited their Chrome Browser Ad campaign in the last few days. The search giant has began to push ads through it’s Adsense network so aggressively that it has become difficult to visit a website without seeing one.

In Google Software

Chrome OS To Arrive In October

Chrome OS To Arrive In October

The long awaited Google Chrome Operating System will be released in October this year. The Operating system which Google announced last year has ever since been ducking and diving the media spotlight. Even so, it now seems that as the release of Chrome OS draws closer, many are begining to re-evaluate the operating system’s possible impact on the netbook and tablet market.

In Chrome OS

The New Twitter – Web App

The New Twitter – Web App

It seems like Twitter has made the leap; transforming it’s once mundane website design into an HTML 5 powered interface. We’ve all seen the preview video (shown above) but the question is whether this deployment will asher in a new era in web development.

In Apps, Videos
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No Chrome OS Tablet…yet – So Stop Rumouring!

No Chrome OS Tablet…yet – So Stop Rumouring!

Over the last few months there has been a lot of speculation over the supposed release of a Chrome OS powered device. It’s not suffice to say; all these rumours have been spurred on by an unwavering, wishful craving for a worthy competitor to Apple’s Ipad.

In Chrome OS

Chrome Web Store Licensing API – Tutorial

Chrome Web Store Licensing API – Tutorial

As most of you developers already know, Google released their developer preview of the Chrome Web store a few weeks ago. Already a lot of people in Google’s Chromium OS Dev channel have been jostling for the opportunity to try out their Web Apps in the Web Store.

In Tutorials, Videos
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