Glide OS
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Glide OS is a cross-platform web desktop
developed by TransMedia Corporation. It is notable for operating on both desktop operating systems, like Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and mobile operating system
s like Apple iOS, Google Android and Honeycomb, BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry Tablet OS (QNX), webOS, Symbian and Windows Mobile. Glide OS is compatible with a variety of web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Google Chrome.
platform that could manage media across proprietary platforms. The Company shifted its focus from business clients to consumers, and Glide was launched on November 30, 2005.
The current HTML5 version of Glide is 4.0 and was presented at the Harvard University Cyberposium 16 Technology Conference on November 13, 2010. The previous version, 3.0, was launched on May 20, 2008 at the All Things Digital Conference (AllThingsD).
In 2006, Intel announced plans to include Glide on ultra-mobile PCs
. However the project has not yet manifested as a consumer product.
Glide provides support for most tablets including the Apple iPad, HP Touchpad, BlackBerry Playbook, Samsung Galaxy, Motorola XOOM and most recently the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet.
Glide OS and TransMedia have won numerous awards, including PC World's Top 100 Products of the Year, Laptop Magazine's Top 50 Products of the Year, EContent Magazine's Top 100 Companies of the Year and Red Herring's Top 100 Companies of the Year among others.
, Glide HD, and Web Portal. Glide includes several web-based applications, including an integrated office suite
, media players, photo editor, calendar software
, webmail, address book, micro-blogging service, publishing platform and Internet search client.
Web desktop
A web desktop or webtop is a desktop environment embedded in a web browser or similar client application. A webtop integrates web applications, web services, client–server applications, application servers, and applications on the local client into a desktop environment using the desktop metaphor...
developed by TransMedia Corporation. It is notable for operating on both desktop operating systems, like Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and mobile operating system
Mobile operating system
A mobile operating system, also known as a mobile OS, mobile software platform or a handheld operating system, is the operating system that controls a mobile device or information appliance—similar in principle to an operating system such as Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux distributions that controls a...
s like Apple iOS, Google Android and Honeycomb, BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry Tablet OS (QNX), webOS, Symbian and Windows Mobile. Glide OS is compatible with a variety of web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Google Chrome.
History
TransMedia was founded by Donald Leka in September 2001. He began to develop a cloud computingCloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
platform that could manage media across proprietary platforms. The Company shifted its focus from business clients to consumers, and Glide was launched on November 30, 2005.
The current HTML5 version of Glide is 4.0 and was presented at the Harvard University Cyberposium 16 Technology Conference on November 13, 2010. The previous version, 3.0, was launched on May 20, 2008 at the All Things Digital Conference (AllThingsD).
In 2006, Intel announced plans to include Glide on ultra-mobile PCs
Ultra-Mobile PC
An ultra-mobile PC is a small form factor version of a pen computer, a class of laptop whose specifications were launched by Microsoft and Intel in spring 2006. Sony had already made a first attempt in this direction in 2004 with its Vaio U series, which was however only sold in Asia...
. However the project has not yet manifested as a consumer product.
Glide provides support for most tablets including the Apple iPad, HP Touchpad, BlackBerry Playbook, Samsung Galaxy, Motorola XOOM and most recently the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet.
Glide OS and TransMedia have won numerous awards, including PC World's Top 100 Products of the Year, Laptop Magazine's Top 50 Products of the Year, EContent Magazine's Top 100 Companies of the Year and Red Herring's Top 100 Companies of the Year among others.
Features
Glide features a desktop-like interface which displays the DesktopDesktop environment
In graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface derived from the desktop metaphor that is seen on most modern personal computers. These GUIs help the user in easily accessing, configuring, and modifying many important and frequently accessed...
, Glide HD, and Web Portal. Glide includes several web-based applications, including an integrated office suite
Office suite
In computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office software suite or productivity suite is a collection of programs intended to be used by knowledge workers...
, media players, photo editor, calendar software
Calendar
A calendar is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial, or administrative purposes. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months, and years. The name given to each day is known as a date. Periods in a calendar are usually, though not...
, webmail, address book, micro-blogging service, publishing platform and Internet search client.