Tag: google
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Web Inspector CSS gone in Chrome 19: Bug or Design Change?
I depend on this feature a ton, and am hoping this is a bug instead of a conscious change in functionality. I haven’t had the time to do all the testing and bug tracker searching across the Chrome, Chromium, and WebKit projects yet, but I’m hoping I can get some word on this change from…
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High-end Android Phones Serve Everyone But the User
Yesterday, I headed to my local Verizon Wireless store to try out the Galaxy Nexus, the latest designed-by-Google phone from Samsung. While I was there, I also tested the current top-of-the-line LTE phones from HTC (the Rezound) and Motorola (the DROID RAZR). I’ve written my impressions of each below, but in testing all three, I…
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Google ending experimental “labs” offerings
While we’ve learned a huge amount by launching very early prototypes in Labs, we believe that greater focus is crucial if we’re to make the most of the extraordinary opportunities ahead. Translation: “We need to leave ‘release early, release often’ behind.” I wonder if it’s because they catch too much flak for exposing prerelease features…
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Chrome OS reflects the future of computing, but is it premature?
Google’s launching the Chromebook this year, which is the first all-in bet on a computer that uses the Web as its one and only software platform. On one hand, the concept shows incredible promise: Web technologies are now powerful enough that they’re capable of performing many tasks that had to be done using more native…
Zeke Weeks 