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July 13, 2011 11:54 pm GMT
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Google Getting Serious About Chrome Profiles, The Logged-In Experience
The meteoric rise of Google's Chrome web browser has a side effect that I think a lot of people are missing. It gives Google, which wants to continue to be the center of the web in the face of a huge challenge by Facebook, the ultimate weapon. And while Google will never admit this, they don't have to. We're already seeing it.The latest builds of Chrome (version 14 in the Canary channel) feature a new, experimental profile switching and creation icon. This ability to tie a Google account to Chrome has been around for a little while, and it's a vital part of Chrome OS, but given the new graphical layout of the feature, it's clear that Google intends to make this much more useful and compelling.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/4eEFVnRGCDM/
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