Google is now allowing developers to
upload applications to the as-yet-un-open Chrome Web Store, an online
gallery of web applications and web extensions for the company's Chrome
browser and its upcoming Chrome OS operating system.
"Developers can now start uploading apps and experiment with packaging them, installing them in Chrome...and integrating our payments and user authentication infrastructure," the company said in a blog post.
Earlier this week, 1Up.com reported that the store will open in October, but Google has yet to confirm this date. The company did not respond to a request for comment asking for confirmation.
But the company has said that Chrome OS will arrive this fall, and if it's allowing developers to upload apps, the launch can't be far away.
As 1Up.com reported, Google will take a 5 per cent cut of all app sales - rather than then 30 per cent typically taken by Apple's App Store and other mobile app stores - but it will also charge 30 cents per transaction and a one-time $5 registration fee.
Uploading apps to the store is similar to a procedure used by the current Chrome extensions gallery, and when the store officially launches, it will replace the gallery. The store will offer extensions and browser "themes" as well as what Google calls "installable web apps," essentially a web app with some extra metadata that mimics installation. It adds a launch icon to the browser, and in some cases, it adds a few hooks into your machine's operating system.
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Source: Cade Metz, The Register
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