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Mobile Technology and Google’s Chrome OS

Netbooks and  Smart Phones

Technology is becoming more and more mobile. With netbooks, smart phones, and MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices), people are able to take there computer and documents with them. One of the problems with having a full sized computer at home and a smaller device on the go is having access to the same programs and data on both devices. In the past that meant physically attaching the two devices and syncing them. As broadband cellular connectivity to the internet has become more available and affordable, using the internet as a means to keep your home and mobile computing in sync has become extremely convenient.

Google  applications

Since Google generates all its revenue from online searching, they are eager to enable any technology that promotes online computing. Not only do they offer services like free mail, calendars, and news, but they actually created a suite of online office applications (word processor, spreadsheet, etc…) called Google Docs that run in a browser and store your documents online. For a time, there was speculation that they were going to become a cellular service provider to promote mobile computing. It turns out they were only working on an open source Smartphone OS, Android. Recently they announced a real shocker when they stated that they were working on a brand new Operating System, called Chrome OS, named after their new browser also called Chrome.

Google Chrome OS

Recently, lifehacker picked up on a story that someone found a new build of the Chrome browser on Google’s servers that appeared to be built for the Chrome OS. No one really knows when Chrome OS will be released, but when it does, what will it mean for mobile computing? Google is trying to marry the internet and the operating system much more closely than it has ever been before. With Google Docs, mail, calendar, voice, and all the other web applications they have created integrated closely with the operating system, mobile computing becomes easier and easier because your data and applications are on the internet, not on your local computer, and always accessible.

Online based services

Many other companies are following suit and offering online based services so those services are always accessible. Flicker lets you store and manage your photos online. FoodNetwork.com lets you create your own online recipe box. TrueShare is one of those services, but instead of offering a service that replaces one of the traditional desktop applications TrueShare provides an Online File System. This allows you to manage all types of files just like you would on your desktop, but the files are stored in the cloud and always accessible. As Google moves forward bringing the internet to the Operating System, TrueShare is moving forward bringing the file system to the internet.

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