Apple is further opening up iOS to alternative browsers and browser engines, as part of Cupertino’s plan to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act. In iOS 17.4 — launched Thursday as a ...
The most popular desktop web browser in the world was once Netscape, with around a 90% market share in the 1990s. That all changed when Microsoft began bundling its own web browser, Internet Explorer, ...
Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari currently dominate the web browser market, with Chrome holding a significant share due to the tech giant’s ongoing innovations, particularly in integrating generative ...
One element of the changes coming to iOS in the European Union is that beginning with iOS 17.4, EU users will see a choice of browsers when they first launch Safari that can be set as the systemwide ...
Microsoft’s insistence that Windows Phone 7 developers write apps in Silverlight or XNA, but not the same native code that Microsoft’s default apps will use. While that’s probably fine for most third ...
While support for alternative browser engines sounds like a win for browser companies, Mozilla spokesperson Damiano DeMonte told The Verge that Firefox is "extremely disappointed" with the way Apple ...
As noted by the not-for-profit Open Web Advocacy group on Wednesday, Japan's law goes a step further to ensure that there is a viable path for non-WebKit browsers, by preventing Apple from imposing ...
At the heart of any web browser is its engine, which handles how web code turns into a webpage. This engine is key to speed, ease, and layout, giving each browser its unique touch. Until now, Apple ...
On iOS, Safari is king. It's fast, easy to use, and ever-increasingly standards compliant. It's the default browser, and we sadly can't change that without jailbreaking. However, we can do the ...