the NeoCommunicator» google http://theneocommunicator.com Technology for Strategic Communications Professionals in Simple Terms Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:35:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Google Announces Lightweight Chrome OS http://theneocommunicator.com/2009/07/09/google-chrome-operating-system/ http://theneocommunicator.com/2009/07/09/google-chrome-operating-system/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:20:51 +0000 Jeff http://theneocommunicator.com/?p=223 On July 7th, search engine giant Google announced the Google Chrome Operating System (OS). Google has already successfully produced office administrative tools, including the very successful Gmail cloud-based email service. But an OS is an entirely different animal. Compatibility with third-party software and hardware is a challenge that Google hasn’t experienced yet.

I’ve had a Gmail account for years, and have been using Google Docs for the last few months. While these tools are fine for the basics of what they do, I often find myself longing for more robust features. It also appears that the various development teams at Google don’t talk very much, since functionality is not as seamless between applications as it should be. The basic concept of seamless integration of Google’s existing technology into the OS will be vital to its success.

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