Google's Blink moves Chrome browser away from Apple's Safari

John Leonard
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New fork of WebKit promises faster development, especially on mobile platforms

Google has announced that it will no longer be basing future releases of its Chrome browser on WebKit, the open-source rendering engine that it shares with Apple's Safari. Instead it will be rel...

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