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Google's ChromeOS: Ten observations

Google Ink - 4 hours 48 min ago

Google took the wraps off their Chrome OS yesterday. The OS will be a big deal. Here are some observations that you might not have considered.

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YouTube to include captions for hearing impaired, meetings

Google Ink - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 10:23am

Google today will make available automatic speech recognition captioning for its YouTube video selection.  You can also add captioning manually by following directions on YouTube's site here.

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Google Phone is actually a VoIP phone?

Computerworld, Apple Ink - Wed, 11/18/2009 - 1:38pm

OK, this is actually the rumor I wanted to hear. Last night TechCrunch reignited the Google Phone rumor. Today they are saying it is, in fact, a VoIP smartphone.

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Google to reveal ChromeOS on Thursday

Google Ink - Tue, 11/17/2009 - 6:35pm

Invitations have gone out. Google is going to share information on their upcoming Chrome Operating system on Thursday morning at Googleplex HQ in Mountain View, California.

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ARM launches Solution Center to foster Android-powered devices

Google Ink - Tue, 11/17/2009 - 1:53pm

As the Android wave continues to engulf new markets of electronic devices, developers for the platform may get confused by all of the different hardware variables out there. Android isn't just for smartphones like the Motorola Droid. Device manufacturers are putting Android into everything from digital picture frames to cars. Where can developers find help?

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Gartner: Android closing in on Windows Mobile

Google Ink - Mon, 11/16/2009 - 2:05pm

According to Gartner, Windows Mobile share is being eaten up by Android...

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Apple gets victory in Psystar case

Computerworld, Apple Ink - Sat, 11/14/2009 - 9:33pm

A judge ruled today agreed with Apple's  in its copyright-infringement case against Psystar, the unauthorized seller of Mac clones running Mac OS X.

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Dell's Android phone for China and Brazil: How bad can it be?

Google Ink - Fri, 11/13/2009 - 8:27pm

Jeez, from the talk out there you'd think that Dell's just announced Mini 3 phone had no shot at success.  Dell, even though it hasn't been wildly successful over the past few years, still builds a lot of computers, including one of the thinnest and sexiest out there, the Adamo laptop line.

Their history in portable devices is less illustrious.  They had the Dell DJ and Axiom lines which both didn't live up to expectations.  However, the blame for those failures might be more on the OS than the hardware. 

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