The Verge Traces Origins of Google's Googlebook Concept Back to 2010
A feature recounts how Google executive Sundar Pichai first outlined a browser-centric vision for laptops years before the new Googlebook line.

The Verge has published a feature tracing the history behind Google's new Googlebook laptops back to late 2010, when Sundar Pichai, then a rising Google executive, presented an early vision for browser-based computers.
According to the outlet, that idea centered on the concept that a web browser alone could host all of a user's applications, laying groundwork for what eventually became the Googlebook line.
Sources
- The long dream of the Googlebook — The Verge
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