WebKit technology is what powers some of the top browsers (especially mobile) today. While Apple and Google are its most visible champions, the support for WebKit and ancillary technologies is coming from unlikely quarters such as Amazon and Boxee. Here’s its new BFF. Read More »
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There’s plenty of evidence indicating that Nokia has an Ovi-branded web browser in the works, although the company hasn’t officially confirmed the effort. What could Nokia possibly do with such an application when it already has a perfectly good WebKit browser on its phones already? Read More »
Google Chrome is now used more than the Apple Safari browser in the U.S. for the first time on record with an 8.97 percent share, according to StatCounter. But both browsers are built on WebKit, which is becoming more important on desktops and the mobile web. Read More »
WebKit has gained astounding traction in the world of the mobile web; the open-source layout engine is at the heart of all but two mobile browsers. But it won’t be the unifying force in mobile data that some wishful thinkers have envisioned. Read More »
Research in Motion co-CEO Mike Lazaridis during his keynote at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona said that his company is going to launch a new WebKit-based browser. While he waxed eloquent about the browser, he didn’t give any specifics as to its availability, however. Read More »
Google’s Chrome browser came out of beta today. Chrome is critical to the company’s overall cloud-centric computing vision, yet after more than three months in beta, its market share remains abysmally small. So while it might be the fastest beta-to-full launch offering from Google yet,… Read More »
Google will release a browser tomorrow in what seems like a full frontal assault on Microsoft. Maybe! But it can also help Google realize its mobile ambitions. Plus my interview with Mozilla CEO John Lilly, who isn’t too worried about Google browser for now, but… Read More »
Regardless of the title your company’s top technology executive uses — CTO, CIO, Chief Product Officer or VP of Engineering — your company will ultimately look to this person to produce the software and technical products upon which your business success depends. Through our… Read More »
The New York Times, earlier this week pointed out that browser wars had erupted again with Mozilla Corp’s Firefox, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Apple’s Safari looking to one-up each other. While that certainly is true, the browser wars on the desktop are not as… Read More »
I am an unabashed fan of Camino, the best damn mac browser. Today with the release of version 1.6, it became a lot better. A more streamlined user interface isn’t the only improvement. Camino 1.6 is on par with any modern browser… Read More »
John Gruber points out something that I must have seen a zillion times and never noticed: The deep integration of Google Search with the Mac OS X. He adds that this contextual menu command and “the search is performed in Safari, regardless whether it’s your… Read More »
The Google Android SDK, released yesterday, confirmed what had been long been rumored: Google’s mobile platform uses WebKit, an open source browser engine . “We have been working on our mobile implementation of WebKit for quite some time,” someone from the Android… Read More »
