I had not heard this rumored earlier, but Google is set to release a beta version of its own browser on Tuesday. They’re calling it Chrome, and it makes sense to do so at this time. Instead of asking what browsers matter and developing for them, or attempting to trademark the phrase “cloud computing” as Dell has recently done, Google made its own browser and wrote a 38-page comic book to announce it,
E-Mail and search are still the top activities folks engage in online, and Google is already there with GMail, Postini, and Google Apps. They’ve long been pushing the cloud with Google Docs. That they’re releaseing a browser just now makes me wonder what took them so long. Will be hard to compete with Firefox 3 for features and usability, but the Google name will give it a good start.
