Google Ditching WebKit Over “Blink” For Chrome Browser And OS

For those of you that didn’t know, WebKit powers most if not all mobile web browsers. It was developed by Apple, and was used for the first time in their mobile Safari browser with the first-generation iPhone, which pretty much took on the mobile Internet by storm. Apple’s decision to open-source WebKit has benefited almost every competing device in the market, including Google Chrome and even the old and default Android browser. It made a ton of sense for Apple to do this, since it would allow the world to optimize everything for just one engine, and not start a battle where ...

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