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WebKit is Great, But It Isn’t the Great Unifier
The fragmentation that has long plagued the mobile industry gets worse by the day as new operating systems and app stores come to market. WebKit will emerge as an effective tool for developers as we...
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Chrome Overtakes Safari in U.S. Browser Wars
Google Chrome, for the first time ever, is now used more than the Apple Safari browser in the U.S., with an 8.97 percent share of the market, according to web analytics tracking firm StatCounter....
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UPDATED: 3 Ways Nokia Could Use an Ovi Browser
UPDATED: Nokia appears to have an Ovi-branded web browser in the works, although the company hasn’t officially confirmed the effort. There’s solid evidence such a client exists, however, as Nokia’s...
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Boxee Embraces HTML5, Switches to Webkit
Boxee is going to switch its integrated web browser from Mozilla’s Gecko to Webkit with its next major update, I was told by Boxee Lead Apps Developer and Community Evangelist Rob Spectre. The switch...
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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 to astonishing iOS to beleaguered...
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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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Where new opportunity lies in the mobile operating system space
Roughly half a dozen new mobile operating systems will come to market over the next 6 to 12 months. Many of these look to be more sophisticated than the older ones controlled by Apple and Google. This...
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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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Why Not Integrate Safari With Finder?
When Microsoft embedded Internet Explorer with Windows, it was an obvious anti-competetive move intended to thwart the growth of the Netscape browser and benefit from the company’s operating system...
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The Amazing Rise of WebKit Mobile
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...
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How Much Money Does Apple Get From Google?
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...
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Camino, Best Mac Browser Gets Better
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...
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Skyfire Gets $13 Million To Fight Mobile Browser Wars
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...
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F|R: The Top 5 Reasons Tech Execs Fail
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...
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Why is Google Releasing a Browser?
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...
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Great Moments in Advertising: Guitar Hero 4
Here are some questions you should NOT ask yourself while watching this 30-second spot for Guitar Hero 4 (AKA “The Guitar Hero That Gives Up And Just Appropriates The Whole Rock Band Concept Full...
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Safari 3.2 Adds Anti-Phishing and Other Security Enhancements
Yesterday, Apple released Safari 3.2 for both Windows and Mac (Tiger and Leopard). As usual, Apple’s normal update announcements are a little short on details. This update is recommended for all Safari...
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