Tag Archives: Google games
thechromesource Daily: Links for 4/25/11
Posted on 25. Apr, 2011 by Daniel Cawrey. 
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PC Pro believes that the social-centric browser RockMelt is even better than Chrome, which it is based off of.
Multiple profiles have arrived to the Dev Channel of Chrome already.
Microsoft is going head to head against Google Apps with its own comparison site to show off its feature set.
The updated Google management page essentially just takes everyone off of the list.
Google is trying to ramp up their gaming unit with a key job opening available.
thechromesource Daily: Links for 8/25/10
Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 0 Comments
The dev channel has been updated; Omnibox changes and wrench tweaks on Mac are part of the release.
Garrett Rogers of ZDNet calls Google’s new Voice rollout “disruptive”.
Google’s game developer advocate Mark DeLoura is leaving the company after only five months on the job.
Despite having a HTML5-based app, there are no plans right now for Google Voice on the iPhone or iPad.
Here’s a graphic that lays out all of the Google acquisitions over a nine year span.
thechromesource Weekend: Links for 8/8/10
Posted on 08. Aug, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 0 Comments
The Chrome Web Store is nearing a launch date – DownloadSquad has discovered webapp sync support is in the pipeline.
Google Checkout may be uniquely positioned to benefit from the release of Google Music, Google Games and Chrome OS.
The Dev channel of Chrome browser has been updated; stability fixes and UI improvements are part of the release.
Google Wave will live on – as an enterprise collaboration solution called Novell Pulse.
Here is a useful guide on how to find files within Google Docs.
thechromesource Daily: Links for 7/21/10
Posted on 21. Jul, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 1 Comments
Another Chrome OS competitor: Peppermint Ice OS bridges the gap between cloud computing and Linux-based native apps.
As if it is not yet clear, our friends at Inside Google have written a post on Google’s gaming initiative.
Here is a very in-depth look at the Google-ITA Software acquisition from a serious travel expert.
In India, the battle is Internet Explorer versus Chrome.
No doubt that a Google Music service is coming to America; they’ve hired a top-notch attorney to help get it off the ground.
Gaming Could be a Possible Growth Area for Google
Posted on 17. May, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 1 Comments
Last week, TechCrunch deftly pointed out that Google is on the hunt for someone to fill the role of Product Management Leader, Games. Currently, Google really does have too much going in the gaming market. It did, however, recently purchase LabPixies which creates widget-like games for the iGoogle portal as well as making games for Apple products, Android systems and social networking sites.
So the gaming arena could in fact be another engine of growth for Google, one that diversifies the company from advertising and its stated goal of profiting from enterprise cloud applications. If they move aggressively in this space, they may find themselves at an advantage when you consider that the console industry is now experiencing an overall decline in sales. More often than ever, multipurpose devices such as the iPad and smartphones allow people more flexibility to play video games without having to pay a lot of money for gaming titles. This is also true when you consider how successful some companies have become offering games on social networks.
Even some internal Google employees have ported a first person game like Quake II to the browser as one of their projects. Games are now capable of being ported over to HTML5 and run in the current generation of browsers, such as the Asteroids port that is available at the Chrome Experiments site.
Even OnLive, which plans on streaming games to your PC or television, will be launching this summer, allowing gamers to play their favorite titles from top publishers in an entirely new way. Although the bandwidth requirements may be quite high, OnLive is dubbing their service as “the future of gaming” which is most likely true.
Bottom line? There is a lot of room for Google to grow in gaming since their footprint right now is nascent. I would not be surprised if they would go with the now-classic free model that is supported by advertising, expertise that a mobile ad company like AdMob can lend to Google’s wealth of knowledge from utilizing AdWords on web sites and Apps like Gmail. That is, if the Federal Trade Comission ever approves the Google-AdMob deal.
thechromesource Daily: Links for 5/12/10
Posted on 12. May, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 0 Comments
iPad killer on its way? Google and Verizon are reportedly working on an Android tablet to battle Apple’s slate.
Signs are pointing to the fact that Google may be getting more involved in the gaming business over the next few years.
Does Google need to pull the plug on Chrome OS? At least one intrepid blogger seems to think so, complete with five reasons why.
Here is a guide to four features in Gmail that many people do not know exist.
The Google Moderator API has been released, allowing for more collaboration abilities in Wave as well as possible Android apps.
