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December 15, 2010

New Web-Based Version of TweetDeck Popular Choice for Downloads

A new Google (News - Alert) Chrome-specific TweetDeck application has been very popular these last several days.

Chrome TweetDeck, a web-based version of TweetDeck, is the first application to have over 100,000 weekly installs in the Chrome Web Store, reports Iain Dodsworth via Twitter. He is the TweetDeck founder and CEO.

A bit earlier in the month, it was reported that in the 3 days after the launch of the Chrome Web Store, Chrome TweetDeck had 45,851 users and was installed 62,477 times.

In comparison, The New York Times had 43,542 users and 56,215 weekly installs. Gmail had 40,783 users and 37,921 weekly installs.

“We are blown away by the response and what appears to suggest TweetDeck is the most popular app in the Web Store right now,” according to a Dec. 10 company blog post.

Users of Google's Chrome web browser can download a free, built-from-scratch, Chrome-specific TweetDeck app from the Google Web Store.

Similar web applications that can run in Firefox and Safari are expected to be released in 2011, according to a blog post.

Meanwhile in related news, TMCnet says The AP is reporting that Google is facing delays in releasing the new Chrome operating system. Google said the first laptops powered by Chrome won't be available for purchase until the middle of 2011.

Originally, Google planned to have the Chrome operating system ready for the holiday shopping season now underway.

Google needed the extra six months to tweak the Chrome OS.

The Google Chrome operating system will be Linux-based. It was designed by Google.

The planned release of the operating system shows how Google wants to compete with rivals, Microsoft (News - Alert) and Apple.


Ed Silverstein is a TMCnet contributor. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Juliana Kenny

(source: http://it.tmcnet.com/topics/it/articles/127056-new-web-based-version-tweetdeck-popular-choice-downloads.htm)

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