Google Inc. will open a web applications store later this year in an attempt to make it easier to find and establish programs in the Internet search leader's Chrome browser.
The online store, preview Wednesday at a conference for the Google software programmers, seem to be well suited for lightweight laptops called "netbooks" that will rely on an operating system orbiting the Chrome browser. The Chrome OS netbooks will not have hard drives and the internet to run programs.
These cheap computers are scheduled to be on store shelves in time for the holiday shopping season.
Google has not set an exact date for the opening of its new programs, or "apps", store, saying only that it will be available for the more than 70 million users of Chrome browser by the end of the year. The company is already an apps store for her Andriod software that runs a wide range of smart phones.
Big news expected to come on Thursday in the Google developers conference. It is when the company is expected to announce it is working with Sony Corp., Intel Corp. and Logitech International to make it easier to search and view online at flat-panel TV.
Internet-connected television is expected to rely on Android operating system and use Chrome as their browser.
Although steadily grown in popularity since the 2008 debut, ranks Chrome browser is still far behind Microsoft Corp. 's Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox also paths.
Google's Web Apps Store can also provide fodder for a tablet computer to compete with Apple's IPAD. Verizon has acknowledged it is working with Google on an IPAD alternative, even though Google has said little about this work.
Apple says IPAD users have downloaded more than 12 million applications from his store, because this computer is in early April debut.
Like Apple, Google will offer free programs, while other applications may require a fee.
In Wednesday's preview showed Sports Illustrated Magazine, that people might want to download an app from Google stock instead of visiting a website.
The Sports Illustrated app duplicates the look of the magazine, while offering a wide range of interactive features. Among other uses readers to rearrange the pages to suit their taste, calling up the statistics and click on the video reinforce the themes of the articles without leaving a page.
As many magazines and newspapers, Time Warner Inc. 's Sports Illustrated hope that smartphones, tablet PCs and other mobile gizmos will spur more sales of subscriptions and advertisements to offset declining revenue from print editions.
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