This is exactly the most outstanding feature in Google Chromium OS. In Google Chromium OS everything is web-based, or if you prefer it, in “the Cloud”. It is meant to be used with online web application and you will store all your files online. That’s what makes it so fast and lightweight: the OS doesn’t need to install anything on your computer, because you can access everything online.

This is the perfect Operating System for low-spec computers like notebooks. After logging in with your Gmail account, you are ready to start. Google Chromium OS may look a bit peculiar at first, but it’s also very intuitive. Peculiar because it’s completely different from any OS you may have tried so far – it’s just a web browser –, and intuitive because a web browser is where we spend most of the time on any other OS, so there’s no learning curve at all.

Google Chromium OS is certainly a revolutionary operating system that challenges us users to change our image of computers, and the way we’ve been using them so far.

The new Google Analytics Data Export API is now publicly available to all Analytics users as a Labs API that provides an easy to use way to get read-only access to your Analytics data. All report data that is available to you through the web interface will also be available through this new Google Data API. In addition to the standard Google Data API protocol of making requests over HTTP and accessing your data in XML, we will also be providing both a Java and JavaScript client library to make it even easier to integrate with your Analytics information.

With the availability of this API, you all now have a standardized way to integrate your Google Analytics Data with your own business data to extend existing products or create new standalone applications. Want to see custom views of your Analytics data? Create your own dashboards and gadgets that pull from the Analytics API. Want features that aren’t included in the web interface? Build them yourself instead of waiting for them to be developed. Take a look at this Android application from Actual Metrics or this desktop from Desktop-Reporting to see examples of what some developers have already done.

To dive in and begin writing your own apps, make sure you go to the Analytics API section of the Google Code website to find all of the necessary documentation. For key announcements, code changes and updates, sign up for the Google Analytics API Notify e-mail group which we promise will only send out e-mails when there is something that directly affects developers. Lastly, to share ideas and and get feedback from other developers, join the Google Analytics API Group.

For more details on Google Analytics and the new API, check out the Analytics blog. For more information about building gadgets with the JavaScript library and other topics related to the Google Data APIs, make sure to check out the website for our developer conference, Google I/O, which will be taking place from May 27-28th in San Francisco.

Google users can now develop client applications that download Analytics data in the form of Google Data API feeds, with the help of Google Analytics Data Export API.

Users can use the Data Export API to request data from an authorized Analytics profile user and also refine the result on the basis of query parameters.

At present, Data Export API is available in public beta and has a read-only access to Google Analytics Data. Even the current feeds in the Data Export API have been categorized into two groups:

* Analytics accounts and website profiles
* Analytics report data from a single profile

Google chrome team member has announced that a few weeks ago, we joked about creating a special version of Google Chrome that made the web 3D. Well today, all joking aside, a team at Google is actually taking a step in that direction by introducing O3D: a shader-based API for 3D graphics in the browser.

This API allows for the development of sophisticated 3D applications that rival experiences one would expect in native applications. Technology like this will eventually make launching high quality games as easy as clicking a link in your browser.

What is O3D?

O3D is an open-source web API for creating rich, interactive 3D applications in the browser. This API allows for the development of sophisticated 3D applications that rival experiences one would expect in native applications. Technology like this will eventually make launching high quality games as easy as clicking a link in your browser.

Read more about O3D on the Google Code blog or explore the API at code.google.com/apis/o3d.

 This is the latest news coming out of Adobe Max 2008 in San Francisco. Its a great place for designers and developers to meet.

Given this vast choice, whenever we build applications for our clients, we often face this age-old question: Build or Buy? Sometimes, we ask this of ourselves, and other times, our clients ask us. The answer to this question can have profound cost and strategic implications as we move down the product life cycle.

The answer is not always simple or at least not one that can always be arrived at with just a casual consideration. As any good project manager will tell you, the devil is in the details!

So what are some key factors that are important to consider in answering this question that usually has critical economic and strategic implications?

• Total Cost of Ownership for each option (on surface this often supports buy option, but dig deeper)
• Extent of visual branding required vs. permissible by purchased software
• Extent of functional customization required (customization is expensive!)
• Integration with legacy systems or databases (often a big factor when considering for an established business model)
• Availability of Source Code
• Technology platform compatibility – hosting, competency of internal support resources
• Application usage volume/traffic/licensing costs (per server/site etc)
• Intellectual Property issues

As you can see, when you consider all of these factors, the decision requires a thorough analysis from multiple angles – technology, legal, business, marketing and finance. A good decision avoids expensive reworks later. Sometimes, when the window of opportunity is lost or under exploited because of incorrect buy or build decision, rework may not even be an option. That can be very costly!

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