Google's Senior Vice President of Chrome & Apps Sundar Pichai confirmed to the crowd back at D10 that Chrome browser use was soaring -- particularly in the consumer space -- and StatCounter's latest data most definitely backs that up. The newest report, ending July 2012, shows the Chrome creeping up to 33.8 percent worldwide from 32.8 percent … [Read more...]
Google Drive official: 5GB of free storage, Chrome web apps, Wave-like sharing and editing (video)
April 30, 2012 by
If it happened any other way, it just wouldn't be as satisfying, now would it? After years of leaks, murmurs, hubbub and other familiar synonyms, Google's mythical cloud storage platform is now official... sort of. As Lady Fate would have it, the company apparently outed a memo of the features on its French blog earlier today, but before it could … [Read more...]
Sony VAIO VCC111 Chromebook passes through FCC, Chrome OS flies its flag
March 23, 2012 by
Wondering if Chrome OS has a future? Wonder no more. After Samsung and Acer ushered out Chromebooks of their own following Google I/O 2011, it looks as if Sony's planning to usher in one of its own prior to this year's gala. The VAIO VCC111 has just found its way into the FCC's database, signaling that there's only a minimal amount of time before … [Read more...]
Syfy Partly Scraps “Blood & Chrome”
March 21, 2012 by
Syfy has decided NOT to go forward with its long-gestating "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome" spin-off series - at least on television. Initially envisioned as a Web series, the network greenlit the property as a two-hour TV pilot in October 2010. Due to extensive post-production, the completed pilot wasn't delivered to Syfy until last … [Read more...]
