Google Chrome’s Eyes Bigger Than its Stomach?

Google Chrome browser came out a little over a year ago, and has had pretty good success with its product so far. But, are Google’s expectations of Chrome bigger than what can happen? It is a big company, and a success in itself, but is the world ready to take on Chrome as the search engine?

Google has high hopes for its search engine and has some specific numbers in mind for it. For example, it currently has around 3% of the browser use globally, and it sees larger numbers in its near future. They would like to see that 5% of internet browsers out there were Chrome in one year’s time. Sure, a year is a long ways off in internet time, but it’s just around the corner in real time. A 2% increase may not seem like a whole lot, but that’s an awful lot of people to convince to change their current choice (which is probably IE or Firefox, since those are the big boys of browsers).

Google have been working hard to improve their baby, and have been doing a fine job. There are still a lot of adjustments and additions, but that’s with any project. Over time products get better, and have more options – at least this is how it’s supposed to work. They have an excellent team working on all of their projects there, and all of us little guys always have our eyes open for what’s happening. Time will certainly tell us if they have all their priorities in order.

Xperia X2 Is Here

Sony Ericsson Unleashes High-End Powerphone

In the ad infinitum rollout of smartphones, a new one has just hit the streets in the form of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2. Don’t get it confused with the new Nokias (N97 and X-series) or the brand new high-end HTC Touch 2. This new phone is part of the same competitive battle for a world-dominating smartphone.
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Apple Patent Applications Predict New iPhone Possibilities

The sad thing about new technology is how quickly it gets old. This is good news for the iPhone, which is getting better, one patent at a time. Currently, Apple engineers are in the development stages for some features that render the iPhone 3GS rather old school. As UnwiredView and Engadget closely watch the rollout of Apple’s patent applications, these interesting features come to the fore.

The “What is it?” App
Using an environment-sensitive basis, new iPhones may have the ability to recognize physical objects, barcodes, and RFID tags. Merely by aiming the phone toward any given object, say in a store or in a museum, users can instantly gain real-time information on the object, whether it’s history, prices, or latest news.

And Your Name Is?
If you’ve used the latest version of iPhoto, you may have played with the face-recognition feature of the software. Imagine having the same feature built in to pictures that you take on your iPhone. It could be possible through Apple’s proposed “personal computing device control using face detection and recognition.” Just don’t point your camera at the guy whose name you just can’t remember. That could be rude.

Tighter Text Messages
Just want teens want: more parental control. Apple also proposes a new “text message filtering” feature that could scan every message that comes in, whether in an e-mail or text message, that would eliminate or alert to text messages containing preset keywords or other objectionable elements. It’s more than just a no-no filter, though. It’s a learning tool, too. The new feature could actually stipulate that a certain phone send messages only in Spanish (at certain times), force correct spelling, punctuation, or vocabulary. And if not…the application would alert the parents to the problem.

Intelligent Phone Conversations
Have you ever called or e-mailed someone without realizing that they left you a message that you haven’t listened to? A new feature could prevent this problem. Before you send a message or make a call, the phone can screen your unread messages or e-mails to make sure you have all the info you need before making the call. In fact, even when writing about certain topics, the phone can inform you (based on the keywords in your message) that you may have an unopened e-mail or voice message about that very topic.

Voice Changing
Apple thinks of everything. Chances are, you’ve never been too concerned about changing the sound of the voice in an audio book that you’re listening to, or a podcast you subscribe to. Would it be interesting to hear what Paul McCartney would sound like if he read War and Peace? You might be able to do just that. Audio playback could come equipped with a “different voice” option that gives you a variety of choices for voices—yours, celebrities, and the retinue of stock models.

Email Monitoring – How Much Is Too Much

The National Security Agency has recently been brought to light, as they seem to have gotten a bit overzealous with their work. It appears that several people involved with the NSA feel that privacy issues have been ignored by some, and they are digging too deeply into too many private people.
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The Unveiling of Sony’s X-Series Walkman

The dawn of Sony’s first touch screen Walkman, the X-Series, will leave the Walkman’s past behind and will bring the future to a new horizon. The X-Series presents several new enhancements and features, such as an improved sound system, Internet Wi-Fi capability, and an amazing new OLED display.
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