News
Staff Reporters
Jun 16, 2011

Google launches Chromebook with Acer and Samsung

GLOBAL - Acer and Samsung have both released netbooks operating on Google's Linux-based operating system Chrome, designed to run exclusively with browser-based applications.

Samsung and Acer's Chromebooks
Samsung and Acer's Chromebooks

The concept behind the Chromebooks are that they're built for web-access and have next to no installed programmes - functioning mostly via Google's cloud applications. As a result they boot up very fast (eight seconds). The downside is, you can't use them offline.

While other web-based operating systems, like JoliCloud, are available for download, these devices are the first to be designed solely around cloud-based computing.

Prices for Acer's offerings start at US$349.99 and Samsung's at US$429.99 on Amazon.

Source:
Campaign Asia

Follow us

Top news, insights and analysis every weekday

Sign up for Campaign Bulletins

Most Read

Mission possible: Four steps to make marketing teams more effective

1 Mission possible: Four steps to make marketing teams more effective

GroupM axes global agency CEO roles in major centralisation push

2 GroupM axes global agency CEO roles in major centralisation push

How Yandex advertising solutions help building a bridge between brands from APAC and the Russia-CIS market

3 How Yandex advertising solutions help building a bridge between brands from APAC and the Russia-CIS market

Chinese prosecutors seek lengthy prison sentences for former GroupM executives as scale of bribery allegations revealed

4 Chinese prosecutors seek lengthy prison sentences for former GroupM executives as scale of bribery allegations revealed

Omnicom and IPG chiefs visit UK to sell merger to staff and pitch consultants

5 Omnicom and IPG chiefs visit UK to sell merger to staff and pitch consultants

Publicis Groupe taps McCann exec Amit Sutha as Malaysia CEO

6 Publicis Groupe taps McCann exec Amit Sutha as Malaysia CEO

Lunar New Year goodies: APAC's Year of the Snake campaigns

7 Lunar New Year goodies: APAC's Year of the Snake campaigns

Moves and wins roundup: Week of January 20, 2025

8 Moves and wins roundup: Week of January 20, 2025

Mastercard's Raja Rajamannar: ‘Advertising as we know it is dead’

9 Mastercard's Raja Rajamannar: ‘Advertising as we know it is dead’

Fuji TV loses over 50 advertisers amid alleged sexual misconduct

10 Fuji TV loses over 50 advertisers amid alleged sexual misconduct

Related Articles

Merkle launches AI-powered Google Technology Practice
Aug 18, 2023
Coral Cripps

Merkle launches AI-powered Google Technology Practice

The gift of love: A Dashain story by Samsung
Oct 15, 2024
Ad Nut

The gift of love: A Dashain story by Samsung

UK competition watchdog to investigate Google’s search and search advertising services
Jan 14, 2025
Reem Makari

UK competition watchdog to investigate Google’s ...

Why we must celebrate technology and talent in equal measure
Aug 21, 2024
Geoff Clarke

Why we must celebrate technology and talent in ...

Just Published

Creative Minds: Jereek Espiritu pushes his ideas to the edge of madness
2 days ago
Staff Reporters

Creative Minds: Jereek Espiritu pushes his ideas to ...

An intervention by a computer repairman drove Jereek Espiritu away from a career flying helicopters to a world of creative leaps and flights of fancy.

UM launches Full Colour Media with a focus on brand-building and growth
2 days ago
Anup Oommen

UM launches Full Colour Media with a focus on ...

Full Colour Media is underpinned by a body of custom research conducted with more than 10,000 brands and with 5 million data points, culminating in a ‘Brand Patterns’ proprietary model designed to grow and differentiate brands.

Campaign Global Agency of the Year Awards 2024: Don't miss the February 18 deadline
2 days ago
Jennifer Small

Campaign Global Agency of the Year Awards 2024: ...

With the final entry deadline for Agency of the Year Global fast approaching, we speak to judges who share their views on the biggest opportunities and challenges for 2025, and what they hope to see in winning entries.

The 'laziest influencer' makes cleaning effortless—literally
2 days ago
Ad Nut

The 'laziest influencer' makes cleaning effortless—l...

S.C. Johnson's new mold-cleaning campaign features their least energetic spokesperson ever—a sloth whose main qualification is mastering the art of minimal effort.