WebKit, which powers both Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome, is the first browser engine to fully pass the Acid3 Web standards test Developers working on WebKit announced late last week that the ...

Maciej Stachowiak of the WebKit team has announced that the browser engine behind Safari is the first to fully pass the Acid3 test, including the test's condition of smooth animation rendering. Acid3 ...

Is there something going on in the world of web browsers that we don’t know about? Has WebKit developed an awful affliction that all the major players want to be shot of? Because that’s what it ...

Developers working on WebKit announced late last week that the newest build of the browser engine, which powers both Apple Inc.’s Safari and Google Inc.’s Chrome, has aced all of the requirements of ...

Upcoming regulations in the European Union could force Apple to drop its long-standing rule that all iPhone and iPad browsers use the same WebKit engine as Safari. Mozilla chair and CEO Mitchell Baker ...

Google has been using the open source Webkit rendering engine to power its Chrome web browser and Chrome OS operating system since day one. But that’s about to change. The company has announced plans ...

A new experimental effort in Chrome aims to run the proper Blink engine on iOS instead of Apple’s required WebKit engine. On iOS, all web browsers, including third ...

A years-long marriage of convenience that linked Google and Apple browser technologies is ending in divorce A years-long marriage of convenience that linked Google and Apple browser technologies is ...

Nearly three weeks after releasing its last urgent security updates, Apple Inc. has issued new software updates for its iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch products to address a new security vulnerability in ...

Without trying to take sides here, what does it say about the future of open-source projects more generally when the somewhat larger code contributor has to leave in order to achieve its goals? The ...