31
May
07

Google Gears: Bye Bye Adobe Apollo?

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By Paul Lomax
Categories: Internet Industry, Software & Services, Web Development and web 2.0

Google have announced the launch of their latest beta product, the oddly named Google Gears (what happened to clear beats clever?), which seems to be a direct competitor to Adobe’s Apollo and to the recently announced plans for Firefox 3.

Google Gears is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using JavaScript APIs.  These will allow web-based applications to store data locally using a fully-searchable relational database (powered by SQLite), with full use of AJAX.

The first Google app to get the offline treatment will be their RSS feed reader.

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Paul LomaxPaul Lomax is Head of New Media for the Guardian Media Group's Regional Division and divides his time between London and Manchester in the UK. He's a former entrepreneur, a technologist and an experienced general manager and has been a digital professional for well over ten years.

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