10 posts and columns on Google Chrome

Google’s Ad Company (Which Isn’t Google) Explains What’s Up With Those Chrome Ads

in Media on January 3 at 6:11 am PT

No big deal, says Unruly Media CEO Scott Button — we do this stuff all the time.
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Firefox Gets Faster by Revising Its Numbering System

in News on June 21, 2011 at 12:04 pm PT

Mozilla has rather shamelessly sped up the numbering of its browser releases to push out Firefox 5 today, only three months after the release of Firefox 4.
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Firefox 4 First-Day Downloads Outstrip IE9's, Fall Short of Firefox 3 Record

in Social on March 23, 2011 at 10:12 am PT

According to Mozilla’s official counter page, Firefox 4 has been downloaded more than seven million times. Impressive, but its first-day numbers were still short of the Firefox 3 release in June 2008, which actually earned a Guinness World Record for its eight million downloads in 24 hours.

Firefox Creative Lead Aza Raskin Leaves to Found Health Start-Up

in Social on December 14, 2010 at 11:54 am PT

Interface designer Aza Raskin announced today that at the end of the year he will leave Mozilla, where he is currently creative lead for Firefox, to found a new (and already funded) stealth personal health start-up called Massive Health.

Google Announces Web TV Google TV

in News on May 20, 2010 at 9:20 am PT

“The revolution we’re about to go through is the biggest single change in television since it went color.” Intel CEO Paul Otellini said that last week, hinting at the announcement Google made just moments ago: A new software platform for set-top boxes and televisions that promises to marry broadcast TV with the Internet. Its name: Google TV.

D7 Video Highlights: Mitchell Baker and John Lilly of Mozilla

in D7 on May 28, 2009 at 11:30 am PT

Walt Mossberg interviews Mitchell Baker and John Lilly at D7 about Mozilla, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and the state of the modern browser wars.
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Eleven Movies About Google’s Browser, One Cool Song

in Media on May 8, 2009 at 7:13 pm PT

Well, Google can’t say it’s not in the content business anymore. Here are 11 ads the company has commissioned to promote its Chrome browser. Most are designed to be “viral videos,” though you might see one of them on TV because Google will be buying some airtime for the spot using its TV Ads platform.
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Using Foxmarks on Different Computers

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on February 11, 2009 at 6:07 pm PT

Walt answers questions about migrating bookmarks using Foxmarks and hardware requirements for the upcoming Windows 7 operating system.