Google+vs.+Microsoft

__**Article Analysis**__ -Original Article - [|Google Keeps Disrupting] Wal-Mart has been known as the bully of small “mom and pop” shops as it continues to offer more products and services to more communities within Canada: Google is swiftly approaching this level of monopoly. The company released its first version of the Android mobile operating system late October, 2008, and is now slated to release its highly anticipated Google Operating System. Google has been working with Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Lenovo, Adobe, and Texas Instruments to develop this operating system, which is targeted at users who spend most of their computer time on the Internet. The system will support applications utilized by remote servers accessible through the web, rather than providing applications from within the system itself. The system will rely completely on cloud computing storage. Cloud computing refers to anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. Three categories of cloud computing services are: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Along with these categories, cloud computing has three distinct characteristics: “It is sold on demand typically by the minute or the hour; it is elastic; and the service is managed by the provider.” Along with this operating system, Google also announced the upcoming release of free turn-by-turn navigation software for use on its Android OS. Receiving this news, GPS maker Garmin cut $1.2 billion off of its market cap. Market battle has persisted for years between Google and Microsoft, and the war continues with Chrome. Microsoft does top the market in software applications, but Google may be swiftly approaching.

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