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If you’ve been dutifully checking your mobile app updates (you do check, right?), you may have noticed a Google+ upgrade slip through largely unannounced. That revision might be bigger than you think — although its exact value depends entirely on the platform you’re running. If you’re an iOS user, you now have the choice to open web links in Chrome for iOS instead of Safari; it’s not the same as changing the default browser, but it will keep Google fans firmly ensconced in their preferred ecosystem while they’re using Apple devices. On the Android side, it’s now possible to watch live Hangouts On Air sessions if friends aren’t ready and waiting for a chat. Both versions now let teens join any kind of Hangout, and there’s a raft of tweaks on either side of the fence. If you’ve been waiting for either of the two major features to jump in, the app downloads are waiting at the source links.

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Google+ update lets iOS open links in Chrome, Android join Hangouts on Air originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Between clients for the PC and Mac and functionality on mobile devices, Amazon’s got no shortage of methods for helping users get content onto their Kindles. Just in case you still weren’t happy with the available options, however, the mega-retailer has extended the list to include a Send-to-Kindle Chrome extension that lets users send posts, stories and various other content to their e-readers. The extension lets users preview content and limited it to selected text, as well. Amazon’s also promising similar functionality for Firefox and Safari “soon.” Check the source link below to download the offering.

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Send to Kindle comes to Chrome, Safari and Mozilla support promised ‘soon’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For a long time Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser sat on a lofty perch well beyond the reach of other browsers on the market. Over the last several years, Internet Explorer has started to lose market share to other browsers such as Firefox and Google Chrome. In fact, Chrome was the most popular browser for a while back in May of this year.

The latest statistics for the browser market are in from StatCounter, and according to the figures, Chrome is still the most popular browser. Chrome now owns over one third of the browser market globally with 33.8% of the entire market. That number represents a gain from 32.8% in June of this year and a much more significant gain from the 22.1% of the global market Chrome had in July of 2011.

Internet Explorer is a close second place with 32% of the global market as Firefox finds itself on a steady decline. For July 2012, Firefox had 23.7% of the global browser market. The fourth place spot on the list of top browsers goes to Safari from Apple with a mere 7.1% of the market.

Chrome was the top web browser in Europe during July, passing Firefox for the first time. Chrome is also the most popular browser in South America and Asia. Things look different in the US and the UK with Internet Explorer still being the most popular browser.

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Google Chrome grabs one third of the global browser market is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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StatCounter, the web traffic analysis tool, has been busy with its research in finding out who’s currently leading the browser market. You can probably remember in May when we said that the tool revealed Google Chrome overtaking Microsoft’s Internet Explorer in the most used browser category. Well, it looks like StatCounter’s latest results from the period of July 2011 to July 2012 hasn’t changed much.

According to StatCounter, Chrome is still leading the race with a 33.81 score – that’s more than one third of the worldwide browser market. Trailing behind Chrome are Internet Explorer with 32.04, Firefox at 23.73, Safari with 7.12, and Opera at 1.72. In July last year, Internet Explorer topped the charts with a 42.45 score. Chrome and Firefox followed in with 22.14 and 27.95 respectively. The analysis also shows Safari declining from its 5.17 score last year and Opera slowly improving with a 1.72 score, up from 1.66 last year in July.

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The most recent version of Google’s Chrome browser will now play nice with Apple devices that carry a Retina Display, which is a good indicator of how well Google keeps its promises to the end user after making a commitment to support Retina Display devices with a future version of the Google Chrome web browser. Owners of the spanking new 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks that will feature the Retina Display can now check out webpages at a resolution count of 2880 x 1800, thanks to Chrome 21. Chrome 21 is not a browser that shies from different operating systems, in fact, it will hum along just fine on the Mac OS, Windows and Linux environments without missing a beat.

In fact, Chrome 21 now boasts of a new API (application programming interface) known as getUserMedia which will enable users to allow Web applications to access their computers’ cameras and microphones without the need to install another pesky plug-in that might result in consuming more system resources. Of course, as with any other new version of a software, this one will come with its fair share of bugs fixes and security patches.

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