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What a Google Fuchsia preview reveals

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Google is working on a new operating system, and we just got our first real look at it.
What do you do when you are Google and have the most popular operating system in the world? You build a new one, of course.
That appears to be what Google is doing with Fuchsia, a new OS that the tech giant has been working on since last summer. But what is Fuchsia, will it replace Android, and, most importantly, why is Google creating it?
In IT Blogwatch, we share what we know.
So what is going on? Steven Musil has some background:
Ok, we have a new Google OS, and it card-based. Where did it come from, though? Kellex has that info:
And how does it work? Elyse Betters introduces us to the OS:
Can we get some more details on what can Fuchsia do? It seems like it will do lots, but for now we just have a very basic preview. From that preview, Ben Schoon shares some details:
We get it, a lot is still up in the air. But what do we know? Alex Wagner fills in some of the blanks:
And is all this what we are going to see when Fuchsia is finalized? Maybe, maybe not. Corbin Davenport has an important reminder:
That brings up a good point — what is the point of Fuchsia, anyway? Ron Amadeo gives his opinion:
Finally, we keep hearing about this Fuchsia preview — where is it, anyway? Kyle Bradshaw put it together.

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