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Expecting Google Chrome For Mac Tomorrow? Don’t Hold Your Breath
Nearly everyone around the TechCrunch office is a Mac user, and we’ve been waiting rather impatiently for Google to port over its Chrome browser since its debut (for Windows only) last September. Google has been pretty quiet on when a Mac version might come out, and with Google’s I/O event this week we thought that there might be a chance that the search giant would finally release Chrome for Mac during one of its two keynotes.
Today’s keynote was a swing and a miss - we learned about Google’s web elements, new application features using HTML 5, and everyone in the audience got a shiny new GTC phone. But Chrome for Mac was nowhere to be soon. Should we expect more tomorrow?
TechCrunch IT Editor Steve Gillmor caught up with Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and asked when we could expect Google Chrome for the Mac. Brin’s response? “I ask about that every other day.”
Brin says that Chrome for Mac is definitely coming along. The team measures its progress by how long it can get Chrome to run stably on their computers, and they’ve moved from a few minutes at a time up to a number of hours. But it doesn’t sound like it’s close to being finished. Brin could be playing coy, but it sounds like he wants this as badly as the rest of us.
If you’re feeling adventurous, you can always try out the in-development (and buggy) versions, though these obviously aren’t ready for public release.
Be sure to watch the rest of the video for more on Google’s experimentation with HTML 5 and YouTube.
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Want An HTC Magic From Google I/O? Try eBay.
After learning that everyone who attended the Google I/O conference was getting a free Android phone, were you upset that you weren’t here? Well I have good news. But it will cost you.
The Google Ion (aka the HTC Magic or the “G2″) that was given to everyone who attended the Google I/O conference today is already available on eBay. Quite frankly, I’m shocked that it seemed to take an hour for this to happen.
In the short amount of time since the listing went up, the item already has 8 bids, pushing the price past $200. Considering this thing is unlocked and comes with a month’s free of T-Mobile service (which Google also gave to all conference goers), you can probably expect it to go much higher.
The pictures listed for the device on eBay were clearly taken at Moscone West (where Google I/O is taking place), so you know it’s the real deal. Also, the device has a spiffy I/O logo on the back, so that’s worth an extra $50 right there, no?
Update: Just a few minutes after our post, the bids and price have almost doubled have more than doubled.
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Microsoft, Tell Sergey About Bing And He’ll Give You A Better Name
During a Q&A session in the press room following the Google I/O keynote today, Googler co-founder Sergey Brin made a surprise appearance and fielded some questions. One of them was about his thoughts on the name Bing, the supposed name of Microsoft’s new search engine.
Brin said he didn’t know enough about it to give a suggestion, but that Google is “pretty happy” with the name it chose, which drew laughs. He then goes a bit more into the name. Watch the video below.
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