YES!!! I am really happy to use my favorite browser on my favorite device.... iPhone.. Google launched Chrome as App on iPhone.. Supposedly to counter Apple's move to replace them as their default search engine and as default map. We will come to this issue later but for now let me express my happiness and joy of using Chrome on iPhone.. for most of the users it is not big deal.. in fact I know many folks who like chrome but they don't use it for the sake of privacy issue surrounding Google's data tracking policies.. However, for me, Chrome is one browser which is super fast and asks for least amount of plug-in downloads and more importantly understands me.. senses what I am going to do next and propose next step automatically.. I don't care how much data it collects and send it to Google. I any how feel that openness is best policy.. and as long as I am not doing anything illegal or supposedly morally bad.. I don't care.. I use this very blog to express my happiness or sadness or frustration to entire world any how.. so why do I care if anyone is tracking me or not.. as long as they deliver and simplify my life further I don't have any problem with tracking or privacy... as long as it is mutual.. as long as they give me back something in lieu of taking and collecting my data, I am fine..
I think we went too much into this privacy nonsense..
Coming back to another topic, which I feel is an indicator of Apple's arrogance and greed and foolishness.. Replacing Google as their default search engine and map.. Do what you are best at.. get other's best and don't try to mess up with their best.. I don't think that Apple understand this for now.. they will soon.. the same arrogance, greed and pride and sense of doing everything on their own, sank Sony.. that despite best in many technologies.. they are a dying company.. Apple.. on the other hand is on rise for now.. but if they don't accept the fact that this era is about collaboration and co-operation and leveraging best from others.. they will go Sony way soon.. Pie is way to big.. you don't want to even attempt to eat it all.. that thought itself will kill you before you even attempt it. I think, Apple needs to just stick to their best.. they create best machines and they are best in marrying hardware with software.. they are best in providing user experience.. this user experience is not just all of it their.. it is best because they provide framework which can be leveraged by other great players like Netflix, Facebook, Google and many other smart and small companies on their devices and provide fulfilling feeling to users.. If you try to restrict it.. or constrain it by trying doing on your own.. you are going to be next Sony..
STEPHEN LAM/REUTERS
Google executive Sundar Pichai said the company wants to make it easier to use its software “across all your platforms.”
In an interview, Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney said Chrome, which is known for speed, may not perform as well on Apple devices because of differences in Apple’s operating system. Even so, he added, “the smart thing” for Google is “to be available on as many devices as they can.”
Google senior vice president Sundar Pichai echoed that point Thursday when he said the company wants to make it easier to use its software “across all your platforms and all your devices, so that you can live online in the cloud, seamlessly.”
As an example, Chrome already has a feature that remembers bookmarks and other settings. But Google vice president Brian Rakowski demonstrated that the browser can also remember recently visited sites and show them on other computers and smartphones, provided the user signs on with a Google account.
Drive is also available for Apple’s mobile gadgets and has new features that let users work on files when they aren’t connected to the Internet; changes are uploaded automatically when the user is back online. Product manager Clay Bavor also showed off Drive’s search feature, which works with documents and even pictures.
Contact Brandon Bailey at 408-920-5022; follow him at Twitter.com/ BrandonBailey.
I think we went too much into this privacy nonsense..
Coming back to another topic, which I feel is an indicator of Apple's arrogance and greed and foolishness.. Replacing Google as their default search engine and map.. Do what you are best at.. get other's best and don't try to mess up with their best.. I don't think that Apple understand this for now.. they will soon.. the same arrogance, greed and pride and sense of doing everything on their own, sank Sony.. that despite best in many technologies.. they are a dying company.. Apple.. on the other hand is on rise for now.. but if they don't accept the fact that this era is about collaboration and co-operation and leveraging best from others.. they will go Sony way soon.. Pie is way to big.. you don't want to even attempt to eat it all.. that thought itself will kill you before you even attempt it. I think, Apple needs to just stick to their best.. they create best machines and they are best in marrying hardware with software.. they are best in providing user experience.. this user experience is not just all of it their.. it is best because they provide framework which can be leveraged by other great players like Netflix, Facebook, Google and many other smart and small companies on their devices and provide fulfilling feeling to users.. If you try to restrict it.. or constrain it by trying doing on your own.. you are going to be next Sony..
INTERNET
Google’s Chrome browser comes to Apple’s gadgets
iPhone, iPad users can access software and Drive feature
By Brandon Bailey
bbailey@mercurynews.com
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple fans can now use Google’s popular Chrome browser on their iPhones and iPads, the Internet search giant said Thursday, while announcing several initiatives aimed at making it easier for people to spend more time in Google’s “cloud.”
Google also announced it will compete with Amazon and other commercial tech companies by renting out data center capacity for software developers or Internet businesses that need lots of computing power and don’t want to build their own.
But most of the focus was on software Thursday, the second day of Google’s annual I/O conference, after a previous day that highlighted new consumer hardware products from the Mountain View company. Google, which is increasingly competing with Apple, Amazon and Facebook for the attention of Internet users, showed off new features for the Chrome browser and for Drive, its online service for storing and working with documents, photos and other digital material.
Chrome is already the world’s most-used Internet browser, according to the research firm StatCounter, which reported that Google’s browseredgedpastMicrosoft’s Internet Explorer last month. Google says the number of active Chrome users grew from 160 million users last year to 310 million in June.
Those numbers should grow further now that Chrome is available for Apple’s popular mobile gadgets, where a version of Apple’s Safari browser has been the default choice for most users. Having Chrome on Apple devices could protect Google’s search advertising business, added Ben Schachter of Macquarie Securities in a report, even if Apple goes through with a rumored move to replace Google as the default search engine on Apple’s browser.
Google’s Chrome browser comes to Apple’s gadgets
iPhone, iPad users can access software and Drive feature
By Brandon Bailey
bbailey@mercurynews.com
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple fans can now use Google’s popular Chrome browser on their iPhones and iPads, the Internet search giant said Thursday, while announcing several initiatives aimed at making it easier for people to spend more time in Google’s “cloud.”
Google also announced it will compete with Amazon and other commercial tech companies by renting out data center capacity for software developers or Internet businesses that need lots of computing power and don’t want to build their own.
But most of the focus was on software Thursday, the second day of Google’s annual I/O conference, after a previous day that highlighted new consumer hardware products from the Mountain View company. Google, which is increasingly competing with Apple, Amazon and Facebook for the attention of Internet users, showed off new features for the Chrome browser and for Drive, its online service for storing and working with documents, photos and other digital material.
Chrome is already the world’s most-used Internet browser, according to the research firm StatCounter, which reported that Google’s browseredgedpastMicrosoft’s Internet Explorer last month. Google says the number of active Chrome users grew from 160 million users last year to 310 million in June.
Those numbers should grow further now that Chrome is available for Apple’s popular mobile gadgets, where a version of Apple’s Safari browser has been the default choice for most users. Having Chrome on Apple devices could protect Google’s search advertising business, added Ben Schachter of Macquarie Securities in a report, even if Apple goes through with a rumored move to replace Google as the default search engine on Apple’s browser.
STEPHEN LAM/REUTERS
Google executive Sundar Pichai said the company wants to make it easier to use its software “across all your platforms.”
In an interview, Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney said Chrome, which is known for speed, may not perform as well on Apple devices because of differences in Apple’s operating system. Even so, he added, “the smart thing” for Google is “to be available on as many devices as they can.”
Google senior vice president Sundar Pichai echoed that point Thursday when he said the company wants to make it easier to use its software “across all your platforms and all your devices, so that you can live online in the cloud, seamlessly.”
As an example, Chrome already has a feature that remembers bookmarks and other settings. But Google vice president Brian Rakowski demonstrated that the browser can also remember recently visited sites and show them on other computers and smartphones, provided the user signs on with a Google account.
Drive is also available for Apple’s mobile gadgets and has new features that let users work on files when they aren’t connected to the Internet; changes are uploaded automatically when the user is back online. Product manager Clay Bavor also showed off Drive’s search feature, which works with documents and even pictures.
Contact Brandon Bailey at 408-920-5022; follow him at Twitter.com/ BrandonBailey.
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