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The launch was announced alongside a new netbook running Chrome OS, Google's browser-centric operating system. And the Web Store is part of Chrome, Google's super-fast web browser. Except that many Chrome apps can run in other browsers, since they're actually just websites. Oh, and don't mistake apps for "extensions," which are add-ons for the Chrome browser. Confused yet?
Suffice to say, Google's grand plans are ambitious, groundbreaking, and darned difficult to explain to the average computer user. That's why I think it'll be some time before the world embraces Google's vision for the future.
That's the topic of my CNN column this week.