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BREAKING: Chrome Just Became the Web’s #1 Browser (Unless It Didn’t)

New figures that show Chrome taking the lead are a big deal -- until you realize that nobody agrees on browser market share.

Number One: Google Chrome Finally Slips Ahead of Internet Explorer

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Google’s Chrome browser is now the most used browser worldwide, bypassing Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, according to browser usage tracker StatCounter.

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Browser Wars on iOS? Seems Unlikely

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I’d love to see Google’s Chrome browser arrive for iOS devices. I’d be even more thrilled if an all-out browser war broke out on Apple’s mobile operating system, with multiple players going all-out to win the hearts and minds of users.

Become Fluent with Language Immersion for Google Chrome

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Learning another language is hard when you aren’t immersed in it. Luckily, Google has released a few new tools to help you on your way.

‘I Cried’ YouTube Button Lets the Internet Know When You’re Sad

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What videos make you break down like James Van Der Beek on Dawson’s Creek? Thanks to Project Goodcry, now you can mark YouTube videos as sad with the “I cried” button, available as a plug-in for Google Chrome.

Who’s the Fastest Browser of Them All? Firefox 9 for Windows 7, Safari 5 for OS X Lion

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Every so often, Tom’s Hardware runs what it calls its “Web Browser Grand Prix,” putting the latest browsers through a battery of grueling benchmarks, but this time they’ve compiled the results using an actual Apple machine.

Google Chrome Web Browser Gets Better Tab Page, More Apps

Google has ever-so slightly updated its “Chrome” web browser to include the option to view a list of your installed apps or your most visited sites when opening a new tab, along with a redesigned Chrome Web Store that brings a handful of new apps and extensions.

That ‘Internet Explorer Users Are Dumber’ Study? Bogus.

All you diehard Internet Explorer users can relax this morning, because it sounds like the story that suggested users of Microsoft’s browser had a lower IQ than those who chose other browsers was an elaborate concoction. Maybe you saw this thing last week, when the media went a little hog wild with reports like InfoWorld‘s [...]

Chrome Extension Lets You Port Facebook Events to Google Calendar

Facebook has been exceptionally restrictive when it comes to interfacing with Google, from privatizing search to its non-allowance of friend importing to Google+. Simply put: There isn’t much cross pollination between the two web companies, which, at times, can be a bit of a pain for users.

Chrome Web Browser Can Hide Address Bar from Sight

Oh no. I hope it isn’t true.

Google Announces Expensive Web-Only ‘Chromebooks’

As the second and final keynote address at Google’s developer conference winds down, we’re left with news of Google’s web-only Chrome OS (operating system) and the machines that’ll power it.