The Lost Realm

Gruber’s point is quite poignant, both Google and Apple are approaching the cloud in similar but different ways. Google is approaching it as software running in a web browser, Apple is approaching it as a native app. Personally I think the ideal situation is a fusion between the two.

This is a fundamentally different vision for the coming decade than Google’s. In both >cases, your data is in the cloud, and you can access it from anywhere with a network >connection. But Google’s vision is about software you run in a web browser. Apple’s is >about native apps you run on devices. Apple is as committed to native apps — on the >desktop, tablet, and handheld — as it has ever been.