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Video: Sundar Pichai Talks Chromebooks
Posted on 13. May, 2011 by Daniel Cawrey. 
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Sundar Pichai is the VP of Chrome. It’s his job to lead the effort of the browser and the operating system at Google. Here is a clip of him at Google I/O being interviewed about the future of Chrome and the success he expects to have with Google’s PC operating system on Chromeboooks.
Chrome VP: No More Cr-48s, Chrome OS Devices This Summer
Posted on 11. Mar, 2011 by Daniel Cawrey. 129 Comments
Google has been very tight-lippped about the supply of Cr-48s, who they are going to and when shipments will stop. But in a tweet sent out by VP of Product Management Sundar Pichai, the shipment of Cr-48s to users is over, and that we can expect commercial devices to be arriving in the next few months.
For those who did not get a chance to try out a Cr-48 through the Pilot Program, there should be opportunities this summer to purchase Chrome OS devices. It appears that Google is still focused on the U.S. market since although there has been talk of the Cr-48 going international that never materialized.
During the December Chrome event, Pichai announced that both Acer and Samsung would be the first manufacturers to release Chrome OS gadgets. And by all signs despite the rumors, they are going to be laptops.
While Apple clearly has a hold on the tablet market, it’s possible that Chrome OS could find a place in the consumer gadget space that is somewhere in between a more complex Windows machine and the simplicity of a slate device.
Surely the information overload that is Google I/O in early May will provide a lot more details about Chrome OS. Until then, are you ready to buy yourself a Chrome OS device?
Sundar Pichai, Chrome and Chrome OS VP, Being Courted By Twitter
Posted on 08. Jan, 2011 by Daniel Cawrey. 3 Comments
It’s being reported by All Things Digital that Google’s VP for Chrome and Chrome OS Sundar Pichai is being agressively courted by Twitter to take over the company’s vacant product management position.
Pichai, who has been at Google since 2004, has been an integral part of Chrome OS’s development. Every major press event regarding Chrome has included him, from the initial unveiling, the open source announcement and the launch of the Cr-48 test pilot program.
Apparently, Google is attempting to retain his services. That would be a big help. Having Pichai leave in the middle of Chrome OS’s transition from a beta product into one that manufacturers will be creating products for is problematic for everyone involved. Here’s hoping that the company can somehow tie Pichai’s compensation to the success of Chrome OS.
Judging by the support of businesses that were announced during December’s Chrome event, there is still a lot of interest in the operating system despite what some have said about it being merged with Android. I still find this merging with Android perplexing, because already we’re seeing that there will be two versions of Android: one for phones and one for tablets. That appears to be more fragmentation rather than merging.
But we’ll see where this leads. It’s interesting to see that this is even being reported in the media. You don’t hear about these kinds of things coming out of Google’s management structure very often.
Cr-48: You’re Free? And You Will Have Support? Very Smart, Google
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 1 Comments
Who doesn’t already have at least some love for the Cr-48? I mean, come on, it’s the little Windows destroyer that could, right? Apparently, there might even be a little bit of customer support action in the cards.
I don’t think this is too much of a valid argument since it is indeed jailbreak-able, built for techie-types and such; but head Chrome honcho Sundar Pichai did say today at the Q&A session that there will be technical support available for the Cr-48.
Chrome Event is Live!
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 3 Comments
See it here in livestream. We’ll be updating developments here, just refresh your browser.
-VP Sundar Pichai on stage. In six months gone from 70 million users to 120 million Chrome users.. developing countries important to growth.
-Brian Rakowski is showing off Instant in Chrome.
-Working on making the integrated PDF reader really fast! Nice.
-Showing off WebGL examples. I have posted this in the past here.
-Google Health demo of smooth GPU processing in the browser. Layers of the human body. Emphasis on fast, and Brian leaves the stage.
-Pichai is back on stage. V8 JavaScript engine is improving immensely. V8 is getting enhancement called “Crankshaft” with adaptive compiling. 100x faster than original Chrome.
-Chrome team is constantly looking at every pixel in the browser for simplicity in the UI.
-Chrome sync is being shown. “Same Chrome experience everywhere”. Makes browser simpler.
-Talking about security. Many, many layers. Auto updates. Sandboxing. Plug-in sandboxing.
-Working with Adobe on Flash sandboxing.
-Chrome Web Store!!
-It’s hard to monetize apps. Users don’t trust unknown developers. This will be solved with Chrome Web Store.
-Showing off Sports Illustrated Snapshot webapp.
-Games are the top thing in app stores.
-CloudCanvas productivity app. Has monthly fee, but users can try it for free.
-NYTimes for Chrome webapp being shown by Mark Frons, CTO NYT. You can read this app offline, somehow.
-COO of EA John Schappert takes the stage. Showing off game called Popit. Now showing Chrome version, very fast. Full HD as well.
-Popit Embedded in Chrome 9…
-Amazon’s Eva Manolis and David Limp on stage. Showing Window Shop for retail-like experience. Something called CakePop.
http://chrome.google.com/webstore is the link to Chrome Web Store.
-Boom. Pichai talks Chrome OS. People live on the web. How do most PCs work today? Complexity is in operating system before web existed. Let’s rethink this. Chrome OS is nothing but the web. Chrome running on hardware.
-Showing login process. Asks for picture. Most people do not like this.
-Resume from standby should be instant. They show it comes up right away. They are now showing how installs/syncing between browsers is really easy.
-Now showing off sharing. Incognito mode for browsing on shared machines. Pichai says everything is private.
-Displaying collaboration in Google Docs. It will all work offline. Again, no explanation, but likely cached.
-Every Chrome notebook will have data connectivity!?! Yup 3G. Pichai says it works really well.
-Partnership with Verizon. Pay as you go! Modem by Qualcomm. 100 MB of free data every month for two years. You can pay for a plan, which starts at $9.99 for a day pass. He says no contracts, no activation fees, no overage fees or cancellation fees.
-Security. All user data will be encrypted. Startup will have digital check.
-Talking about Chrome OS for business. This intrigues CIOs. Too much money spent on lower level activities like updating software, etc.
-CIOs suggested to work with Citrix. Partnership with them on Chrome OS. Fast and responsive. Applications off machines and in datacenter.
-After you buy a regular PC, it gets slower. Pichai has been using Chrome OS for six months, and it gets faster.
-Time left to go on consumer device. Partners will be Acer and Samsung. Middle of 2011.
-Thousands of Googlers are already being used. But there are bugs. Real user program coming. Today, Chrome OS Pilot program.
-Name is Cr-48 for testing the software. 12.1″ display. Full size keyboard. 3G built in. Dual band wifi. 8 hours of active use.
-Jailbreak mode is a feature!!
-Businesses will have pilot programs. American Airlines, Kraft, Logitech. Call centers. Department of Defense!
-Consumers: New tab page will have an application form.
-Limited number of users.
-Eric Schmidt hits the stage. Problems with cloud computing in the past laid out.
-Chrome OS will become the third viable platform in IT.
-No word on when CR-48 will ship.
For Android and Chrome, Open Development is Different
Posted on 22. Oct, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 0 Comments
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.
Video: Google Executive Talks Chrome, Chrome OS
Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 3 Comments
Google VP of product management Sundar Pichai was featured at a Google press conference held at Computex today. I got a chance to film many of the questions that were asked, as well as ask some of my own regarding Chrome OS.
More Chromium and Chrome OS information to come. Follow us on Twitter and/or via our RSS feed for the latest updates from Computex.
Google VP: Chrome OS Release in Q4
Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 26 Comments
Speaking today at the Computex Cloud Computing forum, Google VP of product management Sundar Pichai said that Chrome OS will be on the market in the fourth quarter of 2010. The Cloud Computing Forum is featuring executives from Google, ARM and Quanta Computers.
Computex has been mostly focused on Microsoft products that are on display.
When asked about the Chrome vs. Android debate, Mr. Pichai said that providing open source platforms will allow the market to make the best determination about what operating system will work best in the mass market. It’s pretty clear that Android has really taken off, it will be interesting to see how Chrome OS will develop.
