The second day of Google I/O just got started on the West coast, and the improvements to Google Chrome and Google Docs are quite impressive. Google Chrome will now sync automatically across platforms. So, all of the tabs I keep open on my notebook computer automatically appear when I load Chrome on another device. Now, I can be working in Chrome at my desk, grab my Nexus phone, and, while out and about, say at lunch, can open Chrome and be looking at the same sites and pages. If I browse on the phone, it is automatically synced with the notebook back at the office. You need an ICS or later device, so I can't do this on my tablet until it gets ICS later in the summer. But, now I will have the same tabs wherever I go. Google Docs now works seamlessly on or off line. So, any document you are editing online can be continued without an Internet connection. When the Internet connection is restored, the document syncs instantly. Good stuff from the Google engineers. As an aside, all of this new functionality will now be available on iPhone and iPad. So, Apple lovers, keep your devices. Just switch to Chrome from Safari.
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