Another monumental work, and among my favorites, is Swiss artist Alex Hanimann's "Vanessa" (2012), a 5-meter-high chrome statue of a tomboyish teenage girl that gleams in the sun and reflects the surrounding buildings.

WSJ: Collecting: 'Art and the City' Show

In what passes for a publicity stunt for hackers, Todd Simpson, Chief of Innovation at Mozilla (the maker of Firefox), and Hugh Finnan, Director of Product Management for Google Chrome, staged a high-definition video chat through their respective browsers, and posted the video above.

FORBES: Google And Mozilla Strike The Golden Spike On The Tracks Of The Real Time Web

Adobe only started caring about high-profile titles when Angry Birds was released for Google Chrome using HTML5, showcasing a competing technology and exposing their vulnerability.

FORBES: Adobe To Stop Work On Flash For Mobile Browsers

Most recently, high-profile Canadian indie rockers The Arcade Fire have teamed up with Google Chrome to produce "The Wilderness Downtown, " an interactive Web-produced music video.

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Already, Chrome OS has some of the same features as Android, such as a touch interface on its latest high-end notebook, the Chromebook Pixel.

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