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Why is Opera moving to WebKit? Because it has to.
Opera is about to shake up its browser business in a major way, by abandoning its Presto rendering engine in favor of the increasingly-ubiquitous WebKit, and by joining in the open-source Chromium...
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Is Google’s new Blink browser engine good or evil? It depends
Two large booms in the browser wars sounded on Wednesday; the loudest in a long time. First was the news that Mozilla and Samsung are partnering for a new mobile browser engine called Servo. Later in...
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GigaOM Reads: A look back at the week in tech
Unicorns and Facebook Phones, now at Home: What can one say about Facebook Home that hasn’t been said before: it is nice looking, it is smooth, it is targeted at a whole different kind of smartphone...
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Heavily redesigned Opera exits beta for Windows and OS X
If you’re an Opera desktop user who’s been waiting for the heavily revamped version but doesn’t like to play the beta game, then today’s your lucky day: the Norwegian firm has released the full,...
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Netflix ditches Webkit to roll out slick new UI for smart TVs, Roku boxes and...
Netflix rolled out a big revamp of its user interface for smart TVs and connected devices Tuesday night, moving away from a grid of box shot covers towards a much more visual interface that features...
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Non-Safari iPhone browsers will soon have access to Apple’s full-speed...
One of the most obvious drawbacks of Apple’s approach to iOS development has been the fact that no browser except for Safari could tap into Apple’s fastest Javascript engine. Not only did this decision...
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Opera is back on Linux
Having dropped Linux support around the time of its root-and-branch revamp, Opera is now offering its first developer version for Linux users in over a year. Opera is back on Linux originally published...
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Opera founder unveils feature-rich Vivaldi power browser
Almost two years ago, the Norwegian browser firm Opera ripped out the guts of its product and adopted the more standard WebKit and Chromium technologies, essentially making it more like rivals Chrome...
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If you didn’t think Google’s move to fork Webkit with its own engine Blink wasn’t going to make things a little messy on the browser front, think again. That’s because – as I wrote for this week’s...
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Guess who is WebKit’s new best friend
Rob Chandhok, SVP, Qualcomm When it comes to mobile browsers, WebKit has fast become the de facto technology for most big smartphone platforms. From red-hot Android(s goog) to astonishing iOS(s aapl)...
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