Google Chrome Articles

Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and as a stable public release on December 11, 2008. As of September 2012, according to StatCounter, Google Chrome had 34% worldwide usage share of web browsers making it the most widely used web browser. W3Counter indicated that Chrome became the leading browser globally in August 2012 with 28% marketshare. However, Net ...

Google Chrome To Drop H264 - How Will This Affect You?

Just when it appeared that the online video industry was moving toward a video standard, with H.264 video playback in HTML5 – more chaos ensued with Google's announcement of its plans to phase out support for H.264 in its Chrome browser, in favor of open ...

Google TV Comes Out of Hiding - Has Twitter, Netflix, Apps, Search and More

We've been hearing about Google TV for several months now, though the details on what it will be have been scarce.  However, today that all changes.  If you head over to Google.com/tv, you'll see that the search giant has finally started releasing some specs and ...

Google TV vs. Apple TV – A Side-By-Side Comparison – What’s What?

Mark thought it would be cool to have a resource article about Google TV. I thought it would be cool to have one about the Apple TV (no, not really). So we compromised (or rather, I snuck off and wrote this instead). Instead of just limiting ...

Stallone Blows Up YouTube, Shows Impressive Online Marketing Chops

Everyone's embracing YouTube these days, from Tennessee gubernatorial candidates to accidental local news stars to car companies.  And now even 80's action star Sylvester Stallone has embraced YouTube, by destroying it. I love clever twists on YouTube marketing like this—particular this kind where the player ...

YouTube Adds HTML5 Iframe Embed Code, Doesn't Work On IPhone

On Thursday the YouTube blog popped up some new embed code. This time round they're giving us some <iframe> code so you can offer up both HTML 5 and Flash in one quick embed. That's pretty cool.The new iframe is a quick bit of code ...

Chrome "FastBall" - Awesome New Interactive YouTube Game

YouTube has launched a new "video" today to celebrate and advertise the Chrome browser, which recently became the third-most-popular browser in the United States.  One of the reasons it's so popular is its speed, and this video attempts to celebrate that attribute.

YouTube's 6 Reasons Why HTML5 Won't Replace Flash, Yet

YouTube agreed with us on several points lately. We're not sure if they knew they were doing it or not but they have. The main point is that while HTML 5 is cool and has a lot of potential, it's not going to replace Flash ...

List of WebM Browsers and Media Players: Watch WebM VP8 Video

You all know you want to know how to do stuff and we the Reel Masters are back with a new how-to round up. This time we're going to show you how to watch WebM/VP8 encoded video.

The "Reel" Deal With HTML5 Video - Not Quite There Yet

Online video is an exciting field to work in. As creator of the JW Player, I'm privileged to be at the forefront of the industry. Every week, our team receives thousands of emails from web developers regarding various bug reports, product feature requests and general ...