Noisy Browser Tabs and Finding Your Stuff
I read this today and thought “yes, it’s about time”. When a tab is streaming audio in Chrome 32 Beta, an indicator will appear next to the close tab X. The indicators will change depending on the source, so streaming audio will be denoted by a speaker icon, a red circle will indicate a Web […]
First appstore experience on a Windows 8 Tablet: the Chrome web store
From 2011-09-13 I am at Microsoft Build where the company is taking the wraps off its new tablet-friendly Windows 8 operating system. No freebies for influencers at BUILD (fail!) but the developers here will all be taking home the shiny. I can’t give you the specs of the machine – its under NDA til later […]
The Googlebot Wants Everything – #io2011 Trip Report
At the recent Google I/O 2011, the search giant unleashed itself into almost every nook and cranny of IT, consumer and “enterprise.” This positions them against pretty much every vendor out there, and with their billions in money from advertising, they’re like a wealthy but aloof giant that seems to have unlimited resources, just waiting […]
Chromebook/Notebook/Tablet As A Service. On Google Competing With IBM Global Finance
So a lot of smart people have already written up the news from Google I/O this week – notably our very own Stephen O’Grady in a piece entitled Google I/O: The Android Story. So I decided to look at something different. To try and provide some industry context, if you like. In case you […]
Mozilla at the Crossroads
Mozilla CEO John Lilly is stepping down from that role and leaving the nonprofit, a successor has not been announced. The only reason I am taking the time to post about this is that it is my view that Mozilla is at a crossroads, while accomplishing much over the years it seems to be remembered […]
