Chrome Extensions

So it looks like Google are getting round to incorporating extensions into Chrome. I cant wait for the results to be honest. 

Update on Monday, June 1, 2009 at 02:29PM by Paul

Check out http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions for some more information on Chrome Developer Extension program. 

Update on Monday, June 1, 2009 at 02:35PM by Paul

http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions/howto

Google Chrome Running on MacOSX!!

It looks like the Google Chrome team are making some good progress getting Chrome up and running for the Mac (something I have been waiting for since the initial Windows release). The guys over at the big G have moved past the initial layout and Webkit compatibility testing and onto getting a Coca based UI up and running. Its also nice to hear that major functionality such as the task spawning and crash recovery are getting worked into this early build.

One of the best things about Chrome on Windows is its unique sandboxed environment and the way it handles web pages as separate processes in memory (Check out the Google Chrome Comic book for a run down of some of its more notable features). This approach to browser process management makes Chrome one of the most stable applications I have used. Its nice to see that they are employing the same approach with Chrome on the Mac.

Check out their progress and sneak peak updates here

So what's Google been up to?

So what's Google been up to recently? Well...it appears they have been up to quite a bit actually! I mean we all know about Chrome and their recent patents for floating (green) data centers, but Google have also been busy getting involved in a new Satellite Telecommunications Infrastructure with O3b. Which is a big deal actually!

O3b stands for "Other 3 Billion", which is a reference to the rest of the population that have no means of effective communications infrastructure or access to the Internet. So it makes sense that Google would want to team up with operators that could eventually enable them to extend their reach beyond the current customer base in Europe and the US (as well as Asia) and include Africa and other remote places (from a communication standpoint)

I always thought that Google would get into delivering high bandwidth satellite communications somehow (whither it be that they started up their own company to achieve this, or team up with another established operator) as it appears to be the only viable option to deliver a communications infrastructure to everyone on the globe. 

I genuinely think this is a good thing, and hopefully, with the backing of Google, we will establish a fully global Internet bringing all its benefits and knowledge some of the most remote and poorest places on the planet.