Tue, September 02, 2008
Want to sound like a smarty pants at your next cocktail party – download Chrome, the new web browser recently released by Google, and talk about how progressive you are in making the leap away from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer {doesn’t everyone love to hate Microsoft? you sound even edgier if you say you ditched Firefox!} I’ve been using Chrome as my web browser and so far, I’ve been pretty happy. It doesn’t really feel much different or that much quicker than the other browsers but I’m sure I will see differences for better or worse over time. I mention this article simply because I personally think anything Google releases at this size and scope is ultimately a potential ‘game changer’ and I would suggest you keep a very close eye on this. So, let’s see – they can now track the places you visit online, the things you search, the videos you watch, the ads you click and can even zoom in to the roof of your house from satellites in space – who would have guessed five years ago. Wow.
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