2012: The Year The Old Browser Died
January 2012 has been a remarkable month for the web browser as we know it. Those who closely follow the popularity of web browsers already know that Chrome has, according to StatCounter, surpassed...
View ArticleChrome for Android: It’s Not Enough, Google
Chrome for Android was released with about 3 months delay (or more than 3 years, depending on your view) on Tuesday. Google hopes to replicate the runaway success of the desktop version of the browser,...
View ArticleRoadmap Update: Redesigned Firefox UI Most Critical in 2012
The second half of 2011 was, it seems, a recovery period for Mozilla's Firefox team. After a prolonged Firefox 4 development period that caused Mozilla to miss the most critical evolutionary phase of...
View ArticleFirefox 11 With Chrome Tools Is Prepped For Tuesday Release
Mozilla is ready to launch the 11th generation of its web browser on Tuesday - and it will bring the long awaited Chrome data migration toolset with it. It's a first feature that goes much more...
View ArticleMicrosoft Acquires Netscape Patent Base As First Strike Weapon Against Google
Analysis - Microsoft came dangerously close to being split in several units during an antitrust case in which the company was battling 20 U.S. states between 1998 and 2001. Netscape was at the heart of...
View ArticleWhy We Love Firefox. And Why We Hate It.
Admit it. You are in a love-hate relationship with Firefox. Either Mozilla gets Firefox right and you are jumping up and down, or Mozilla screws up and you threaten to ditch the browser in favor of...
View ArticleThe Browser Wars’ Biggest Challenge: Mobile
For over a decade, major technology companies have been waging a war with each other for a product that is free but everyone uses: the web browser. Google's Chrome browser, released about four years...
View ArticleGoogle Places Packaged Apps Against Windows 8 Store
Google has announced a substantial upgrade for packaged apps as an option for developers, which is more than likely a play to protect the Chrome Web Store against the mounting wave of Windows 8 apps....
View ArticleBrowser Wars: Chrome’s Success Visualized On A World Map
Analytics firm StatCounter is offering a stunningly entertaining tool to follow the distribution and popularity of web browsers globally. It's like playing Risk with Chrome, IE, Firefox and Opera.
View ArticleMozilla Unveils New, Faster JavaScript Engine in Firefox 18 Nightly
The release of IonMonkey arrives on the heels of the quiet release into the limited developer channel in mid-August. It is somewhat unexpected, but somewhat on schedule with previous hints that the new...
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