Google, Intel and Sony are working on Google TV, a platform and service that will funnel search, video, Twitter and other Web applications through set-top boxes and onto televisions. Google TV will leverage a version of the Google Chrome Web browser, letting users search through the Web and video content just as if they were accessing the Web from their desktops and mobile phones. Google applications would be paired with Google’s stock-in-trade digital ads. Twitter, Facebook and associated gaming applications would be fair game for this service. Google, Intel and Sony are working on Google TV, a platform and service that will funnel search, video, Twitter and other Web applications through set-top boxes and onto televisions, according to The New York Times. The report comes days after eWEEK reported that Google was testing a TV service to run TV, Web video from YouTube and other applications from a set-top box based on Google’s Android operating system. Google has made a prototype set-top box to test the service, powered by Intel’s Atom processors and tested on televisions made by Sony, the Times said, noting that Intel and Sony are hiring programmers who have experience writing software for Android. […]