AppleInsider Staff
The two new iOS applications were announced during presentations at the Google I/O conference. Both Google Chrome and Google Drive are set to launch at some point today in the App Store.
The Chrome browser for iOS will feature the "incognito" private browsing mode as well as syncing with the desktop version of the software, according to Engadget. It also features Google's own unique tabbed browsing interface.
Apple's App Store rules bar third-party developers from offering their own rendering or JavaScript engines, meaning the iOS version of WebKit must be used by all browsers available in the App Store. But Google's Chrome for iOS will add its own user interface over Apple's technical browser underpinnings.
Word first surfaced in May that Google was working on a Chrome Web browser for iOS to compete with Apple's own built-in Safari browser. Third-party browsers first began appearing on the Apple-controlled iOS App Store in early 2009. Prior to that, browsers that would rival Apple's own Safari were rejected from the App Store.
Google also announced this week that Chrome will become the default browser for Android in its next major release, 4.1 Jelly Bean. Currently, the Android mobile operating system ships with a generic browser.
Also set to launch in the App Store on Thursday is an official application for Google Drive, the search giant's cloud storage service. The company also announced that in just 10 weeks of availability, Google Drive now has more than 10 million users.
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[quote name="AppleInsider" url="/t/150982/google-launches-chrome-browser-drive-cloud-storage-for-ios#post_2136208"]The company also announced that in just 10 weeks of availability, Google Drive now has more than 10 million [I]victims willing to give up all their privacy.[/I][/quote] I fixed it for you.
APPLE BUSINESS MODEL
Product: Hardware
Customer: Consumers
GOOGLE BUSINESS MODEL
Product: Consumers
Customer: Advertisers
Why would I want to start using Google services on my iOS device? Google's MO is to harvest as much of my personal information as possible. No thank you.
It's amazing how many tech nerds have been duped by Google's "free" services and "open" BS. Nothing is free. You pay by progressively giving away your privacy.
Google is as evil as a tech company can get.
Surely Opera Mini for iPhone/iPad doesn't use Webkit? Doesn't it run everything through its own servers to compress and speed up loading times?
Why the heck would you want to use a browser designed to suck as much data out of you as possible?
Don't be an idiot, quit using Google products. You're not a Google's customer, you're just the product they sell to their customers: advertisers.