The best of the new Chrome OS apps

This week, Google unveiled its long-awaited Chrome OS store with over 500 web-based apps. We took some for a test drive and tallied up the best of the first wave.

<a href=http://www.sliderocket.com/>Slide Rocket</a>
Price: free for basic features; $24 / user / month for off-line usage and analytics
It's arguably the best in-browser presentation app around right now thanks to an intuitive user experience, cloud-based capabilities that enable real-time HD web meetings and file-sharing, as well as YouTube and Twitter feed integration.
By JP Mangalindan, writer-reporter

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