Like many projects in Silicon Valley (see: Twitter), Chrome To Phone started as a mere side project at Google.
Dave Burke, Google's Engineering Manager for Mobile and the chief architect for Chrome To Phone, was just tinkering around with Google's third party developer tools in his free time. Fascinated by the divide between mobile and desktop, he stumbled upon Chrome To Phone. "I created an early version that I sent around internally, and then I started getting sort of notes and e-mails from people going 'Wow, this is really useful, thanks for creating it!' And over time people started using it more and more because it really just addresses a need today and I guess it just generated some momentum after that."
On Thursday, Google officially launched Chrome to Phone to the public, it's a useful extension that allows you to push information, like web pages, phone numbers and maps directly from your Chrome browser to your Android phone. Burke says this is just the beginning, he has a laundry list of functions he plans to build. Next up? An update that will reverse the path, to Phone To Chrome. And yes, he's already working on it. For additional info on what Burke is working on, click ahead for our full interview and a quick 2-minute demo.
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