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For Android and Chrome, Open Development is Different
Posted on 22. Oct, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 
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Recently, Google VP of Engineering Andy Rubin took to Twitter in an effort to take a shot at the openness of Android when compared to Apple’s iOS. That certainly got former Mozilla engineer Joe Hewitt fired up, tweeting some thoughts about the actual openness of Google’s smartphone platform.
Since it’s pretty hard to get in-depth on Twitter about the technicalities of open-source, Hewitt wrote a full blog post and he makes a lot of good points. Unlike Android, Chromium has been developed in the public eye and people outside of Google are capable of following the progress with builds of both the browser and the OS.
Did Google’s Andy Rubin Confirm Chrome OS Tablet Release on Black Friday?
Posted on 19. Oct, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 6 Comments
Yesterday, a Wall Street Journal MarketWatch report took a look at the current legal situation involving Google’s trademark of the “Speedbook” name. Some have suspected this to be a brand name for devices that run Chrome OS since the platform has a goal to allow users to navigate the web faster.
A company called CollegeNet has filed a complaint against Google, citing that use of the Speedbook name by the search company will confuse people with its own products and thus they would be unfairly competing against each other. CollegeNet suspects that a Speedbook is coming in November, and is demanding some answers from Google.
thechromesource Daily: Links for 5/24/10
Posted on 24. May, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 0 Comments
Google’s Adsense program keeps 32% of publishers’ revenue from content advertising, and 49% from search ads, it was released today.
Will Apple be able to keep up with Android’s frenetic progress?
Although it was not optimized for tablets and lacks (legitimate) access to official apps, Android slates are coming, hints NVIDIA’s CEO.
Partnering with Current Cost, Google will allow people to send their energy usage to its PowerMeter service to monitor usage stats in real-time.
Google VP of Engineering and head of Android Andy Rubin talked to Gizmodo about the short-term future of the operating system.
Nexus One Availability Shows a Shift for Google to Retail Stores?
Posted on 16. May, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 0 Comments
Well, at least the Nexus One web store experiment was interesting.
The recent announcement from Google’s Andy Rubin, VP of Engineering that the Nexus One will slowly migrate to retail outlets still shows us that they are not afraid to take risks in market disruption. It was a test worth watching: could Google single-handedly upend the traditional mobile phone market by selling phones through their own channels? Initial complaints with the web store were that when problems arose with the Nexus One, there was no real way to get customer support on the phone. This coupled with low sales numbers made it really hard to expect this model to work on a mass-market scale.
But there is a unique twist to all of this and one that bodes well for future hardware that runs on Google’s operating systems. Instead of having an online store, the idea is to replace that with a showcase-type web portal where people can get a handle on the different devices that run Android. In the future, that will also include devices that run Chrome OS whether they may be netbooks, smartbooks or tablets.
But a showcase can only display pictures, videos and specifications. What is really needed are physical stores.
Let’s not forget that a major engine of growth for Apple in the past decade has been their entrance into the retail market with their own stores. Even Microsoft now has their own retail shops in some test markets. The reality is that people who are early adopters in technology (like the Nexus One) don’t need to go to a traditional store to check out gadgets, but a large majority of people want to be able to see, touch and interact with a device before they buy it.
With Google, there are already so many Android smartphones available from a large swath of companies that it makes sense to have a showcase, quite possibly with their own branded locations. Eventually they will also have Chrome OS devices on display as well and at the same time will need to compete with Apple and Microsoft in this space, who are already ahead of them in this regard.
