TechSpot

JULY 14, 2022

On Thursday, Google announced that it has moved ChromeOS Flex from "early access" to "general availability." Flex is a fork of the Chromebook operating system that is compatible with most hardware. Google has certified nearly 400 devices that can run Flex without issues, including various Apple models.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Google is bigger than we are. For Google has released data suggesting it has at least 900,000 servers under management, and media reports suggest they have deployed at least one million servers over the life of the company. Microsoft’s ‘Cloud Operating System’ 218,000 Servers in Microsoft Data Centers?

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Google is finally making its own in-house smartwatch that’s set to launch in 2022, according to a person familiar with the matter and a new report from Insider. The watch is being worked on by Google’s Pixel hardware group separately from Fitbit, which Google bought for $2.1 Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Unlike Google and Apple, Amazon doesn’t have a smartphone platform of its own for native integration of its voice assistant, after the short-lived Amazon Fire Phone. Google regularly updates Android, and the feature relies in part on systemwide microphone access. (GeekWire File Photo / Nat Levy).

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CTOvision

AUGUST 15, 2016

The Company also designs and sells hardware, and delivers online advertising to the customers. The Company operates in five segments: Devices and Consumer (D&C) Licensing, D&C Hardware, D&C Other, Commercial Licensing, and Commercial Other. It provides consulting and product and solution support services.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

All indications point to Google announcing its latest Chromecast during tomorrow’s hardware event. Instead of a no-frills TV dongle that plays content sent over from the apps on your phone or computer, the new Chromecast finally has a proper menu system and familiar user interface — and now it comes with an actual remote control.

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The Verge

MAY 23, 2021

Once again , Google is hitting the reset button, combining with Samsung’s Tizen wearable operating system for a new wearable OS, tentatively called “Wear.”. It’s trying yet again, this time with Samsung’s Tizen OS helping to fill in the gaps that Google, for whatever reason, can’t. Photo by Avery White for The Verge.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 16, 2016

The Company operates through five segments: Global Technology Services (GTS), Global Business Services (GBS), Software, Systems Hardware and Global Financing. Its GBS segment provides consulting and systems integration, application management services and process services. AoE: The AI of everything (itworldcanada.com).

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Network World

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Microsoft added two new chips-for-hire to the huge variety of hardware instances in its cloud computing catalog at its Ignite conference last week — and all eyes are on AWS to see whether it reinvents its custom chip offering at its own event next week. Microsoft was a little late in joining the custom chip revolution.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

It’s high time that Google followed that example with a Pixel Watch that does the same thing for Wear OS. It’s pretty likely that Google is already working on something along those lines: When we asked, Rick Osterloh told The Verge’s Dieter Bohn that its own Wear OS wearable is just a matter of time. Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge.

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The Verge

MAY 17, 2021

A new tweet from the official Wear OS Twitter account is teasing an update tomorrow at I/O 2021 to Google’s frequently forgotten smartwatch operating system. In the last year, Google has added a new keyboard , support for third-party Tiles (Wear OS’s answer to glanceable widget-like information), and improvements to performance.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

” Amazon is at a disadvantage on smartphones vs. Google and Apple, which integrate their voice assistants directly into the popular mobile operating systems. TalkSocket works with PopSocket’s swappable accessory system, attaching to the base and accordion design.

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Network World

JULY 17, 2024

Interest in the open-source network operating system SONiC is rising as major networking vendors and start-ups look to offer resources to help enterprises give SONiC a try. SONiC is seen as a significant alternative to more traditional, less flexible network operating systems. What is SONiC?

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The Verge

MARCH 15, 2022

While the ads can be easily dismissed, they’re still a frustrating experience in an operating system that’s traditionally been ad-free. Sadly, Microsoft isn’t alone in advertising its own services in its operating system or apps. Microsoft has been experimenting with ads inside Windows for a decade now.

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The Verge

MAY 18, 2021

At the I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced a range of new privacy measures, including a new partition within Android to manage machine learning data more securely. The partition will make it easier for the operating system to protect that data, while still keeping it available for system-level functions.

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Gizmodo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

5, but what would a new operating system be without new hardware to showcase it? Microsoft is having what many have pegged as a Surface hardware event on Sept. We already know Microsoft is launching Windows 11 on Oct. 22 at 8 a.m. It’s all virtual, of course, and there’s a link available if you want to… Read more.

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Network World

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Android is headed to the internet of things in the form of Android Things, an operating system that grew out of Project Brillo and will be able to get updates directly from Google. It will be easy for developers to scale their prototypes up to large production runs using custom versions of those boards, Google says.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 17, 2011

Yesterday I was interviewed on ABC TV about Google’s bid for Motorola Mobility. The interview segments aired were on the value to Google of Motorola’s patent portfolio and the implications for the Android ecosystem. And so Google is trying to replicate that. It is an interesting question. There’s the rub.

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Galido

AUGUST 2, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - Enhancing the User Experience: Fantastic Android Q Features Proving Google as the Ultimate Winner - Information Technology Blog. Hence, Google has introduced an open-source operating system running excellently over the smartphones and furnishing the customization needs of smartphone manufacturers, Android. .

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2021

It’s part of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to build more consumer devices that circumvent Apple and Google, the two dominant mobile phone platform creators that largely control Facebook’s ability to reach people. The watch offers Facebook a way around Apple and Google. Facebook’s track record for making hardware is spotty.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Android 11’s first public beta has arrived today, and it brings a bunch of big new features to Google’s operating system — including a few that should look pretty familiar to iOS users who have had similar functionality for some time. Think of it like the AirPlay icon in iOS’s Control Center but for Google speakers.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

4K, which Amazon says is coming soon, might be more of a challenge for Luna on this hardware, especially without dialing down graphical settings in some demanding games. Amazon’s main cloud streaming rivals, Microsoft and Google, are using entirely different hardware and operating systems for their own cloud gaming services.

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Vox

MAY 19, 2021

Google’s upcoming Android 12 will have several new privacy features. Google is once again playing catch-up with Apple. Google’s latest attempt to play catch-up to the privacy features in Apple’s iOS was on display again Tuesday, when the company announced details of its Android 12 operating system.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2021

Yesterday brought the momentous news that Google and Samsung will merge together their Wear OS and Tizen-based smartwatch platforms into a single operating system. Speed and responsiveness were one of the major talking points when Google and Samsung made this announcement during the I/O 2021 keynote.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2020

It’s a beautiful piece of hardware, and a novel take on mobile computing. Microsoft + Google: Surface Duo is Microsoft’s first Android device, the result of an unlikely partnership with its longtime rival Google. Most of Google’s key apps haven’t yet been optimized for the Duo’s dual screens.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

An android phone is a powerful and highly advanced Smartphone which runs on the Android operating system, which is created by Google. Android operating systems run on almost all the mobile and handheld devices, it also provides a host of handsets for the biggest mobile manufacturers in the world.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 28, 2021

Complaints about the resource-hogging Google Chrome… Read more. I also have 17 Microsoft Edge tabs open, which take up 535MB of memory. Aside from those two extra tabs on Edge, I have the same webpages open, yet Chrome is hogging more memory.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Along with the launch of the new Chromecast with Google TV , which we’ve just reviewed , Google is changing the name of the Google Play Movies & TV app to Google TV. The app is Google’s store for renting and buying movies and TV, and in truth Google is following Apple’s lead here. It’s $49.99 Android TV.

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Vox

JANUARY 29, 2021

Angry CEOs, operating system updates, and maybe even a lawsuit — the feud continues. Apple’s tracking-optional mobile operating system update is coming to iPhones this spring, and the new privacy-preserving features will give users the ability to opt out of being followed around the internet via trackers in their apps.

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GeekWire

JULY 21, 2021

The news, announced Wednesday morning, is part of a broader effort by Amazon to boost developer interest in Alexa skills, which are the equivalent of apps for Amazon Echo devices and other Alexa-enabled hardware. Amazon announced more than 50 new developer features and tools as part of its Alexa Live virtual conference.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Google never stops issuing updates to its Android OS (well, unless your phone is old enough to have outlived its update period ), and it has recently introduced its latest upgrade: Android 12. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Everything you need to know about Android.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Google says “it’s time” to now bring its mysterious Fuchsia operating system to “additional smart devices and other form factors” beyond smart displays, according to a number of job listings first spotted by 9to5Google. The first generation Nest Hub, which was updated to run Fuchsia earlier this year.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JUNE 25, 2013

IBMs M2M Computing Solution - It squeezes a process that previously required up to 280 computers into a single 2U rackmount-configured hardware "appliance". Android is becoming the standard operating system for the “Internet of things” Technologies. Startups and Enterprises. Father of three. Keep me outdoors.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

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CIO Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

For me there was, and is, a fascination with using free tools on inexpensive hardware to do impressive things. A quick google search revealed not one, but several Linux distros that will run on this unit. You don't need expensive gear and proprietary operating systems to do impressive things with computers. Circa 2009.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 18, 2021

Google’s newest Chromecast dongle has a lot going for it, including support for an increasingly broad range of apps. But despite being made by Google, you won’t find every Android app on the device—just the ones that have been approved and tweaked for big-screen use. If you want to install other apps and games, here’s… Read more.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

Agency must have sufficient information to calculate a cost of operating system per hour (COSH) score. Virtualization must be at least 40% – Virtualization is defined as a technology that allows multiple, software-based machines, with different operating systems, to run in isolation, side-by-side, on the same physical machine.

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