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  • Google’s Chromebook Pixel as a play for the enterprise? It’s not so crazy.

    Yesterday, Google unveiled its rumored high-end netbook replacement—the Chromebook Pixel . While I haven’t gotten my hands on one yet, I was really impressed by the specs and apparent build quality. It’s the closest thing I’ve...
    by Justin Meisinger on February 22, 2013 : 12 comments , 4,122 views
  • Consumerization Nation #6: We discuss Google and Quickoffice, BriForum, and identity management

    Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3 Thanks for listening to this week's Consumerization Nation. Here's what Colin and I talked about: Google Docs + Quickoffice: It's not about offline Google Docs (that...
    by Jack Madden on June 07, 2012 : 0 comments , 177 views
  • Consumerization Nation #2: Colin Steele and Jack Madden discuss Google Drive, MMS, and Windows Intune

    Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3 There was a lot to talk about this week on Consumerization Nation. Here's what we covered: Google Drive and whether or not it's awesome Windows Intune and its mobile...
    by Jack Madden on April 26, 2012 : 0 comments , 292 views
  • Google Drive represents the future. Unfortunately that future is really far away.

    You probably heard that Google entered the cloud-based file sync race yesterday by releasing Google Drive . At first glance, Google Drive seems to be a head-on competitor to services like Dropbox or Box, but after reading the announcement it looks like...
    by Brian Madden on April 26, 2012 : 8 comments , 17,311 views
  • Google launches "Chrome Remote Desktop," full desktop sharing via Chrome. What does this mean?

    On Friday Google launched the public beta of the "Google Remote Desktop" extension for the Chrome browser. This extension allows one computer to remote control another, all done via Chrome extensions on both ends. We first learned that Google was working...
    by Brian Madden on October 10, 2011 : 6 comments , 17,333 views
  • I got a Chromebook (and I might return it!). Here's my review:

    Last week, I received the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook with 3G. I've since opened it, played with it, and packed it back up in its box while I figure out what to do with it. It worked ok, but I came away as uninspired as ever when it comes to things that...
    by Gabe Knuth on June 22, 2011 : 8 comments , 25,317 views
  • Why Android thin clients will rule

    One of the most exciting things I hope we'll see very soon is thin client devices running Android . I'm not talking about Android netbooks or tablets, rather, I'm interested in an honest-to-goodness legitimate desktop thin client that runs...
    by Brian Madden on March 22, 2011 : 14 comments , 11,831 views
  • Google Chrome: A browser to help web apps replace Windows desktop apps?

    Yesterday Google launched a beta of a new web browser they're calling "Chrome." (Windows only at this time, with Mac and Linux in the works.) Most peoples' initial response is "Oh great, ANOTHER browser to deal with!" But Google is saying "No no! This is not just another browser." With Chrome, Google is starting from scratch and creating an [open source] web browser for this decade that's more appropriately designed for today's environment....
    by Brian Madden on September 03, 2008 : 17 comments , 7,579 views
  • Will Google affect the future of server-based computing?

    If our future includes ubiquitous Internet connections and massive back-end computing grids that can be accessed from anywhere, Google is in a very good position to deliver this technology to us. This is the ultimate in server-based computing: Unlimited resources with no client-side usage.

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    by Brian Madden on November 21, 2004 : 4 comments , 11,146 views