Google Updates Maps, Makes First Stable Chrome Release Using WebKit Fork

Two bits of Google news from today/yesterday. This morning, Google started rolling out a major update to mobile Maps. They've created a new tablet interface, improved integration with local places, integrated the Zagat guide, and enhanced navigation to automatically route you around traffic incidents. As usual lately, Google also removed a few features: Latitude and Check-ins. If you used those you'll have to use the Google+ application now. They also made a strange change to offline maps: instead of a menu option, you now access the area you want to make available offline and search for "OK Maps." On the Chrome front, Google released Chrome 28 yesterday, the first release featuring the WebKit fork Blink. The under-the-hood changes look promising, quoting the H: "The developers say that the increased speed is also thanks to the new threaded HTML parser, which frees up the JavaScript thread, allowing DOM content to be displayed faster. The HTML parser also takes fewer breaks, which is said to result in time savings of up to 40 per cent."

Hello from my iPhone...

[Infiniti2000]

Hello Google Maps, good bye Apple Maps. Oh wait, why can't I uninstall Apple Maps or change it from being the default?

Call the union!

[H0p313ss]

> The HTML parser also takes fewer breaks

I'm sure there's a better technical explanation for this, but I laughed at the thought of the HTML parser on a coffee break.

Re:40 per cent?

[Goaway]

Well, either you are silly or your dictionary is, because mine says pretty clearly, "percent also per cent".

You wouldn't have lied just now, and not actually looked it up in the dictionary, would you?

Re:Please stop calling it "WebKit Fork"

[Samantha Wright]

It's all KHTML! Never give up dreaming.

Re:Version numbering

[thetoadwarrior]

Google fanboys populate this place. Or as they're known elsewhere, NSA agents.