Google and Mozilla draw battle lines in mobile browser wars

Sooraj Shah
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Google will benefit from acquiring Sparrow, Mozilla can't succeed with new OS, says analyst

The battle to own the mobile browser is intensifying as key competitors acquire new systems, and launch new software. Google has acquired Sparrow, an iOS and Mac OS X email application, for a re...

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