Google launching Chrome for Apple devices

Google launching Chrome for Apple devicesInternet giant, Google has taken the web browser battle war to iPads and iPhones with the release of Chrome for Apple devices.

Chrome product management director Brian Rakowski said users have been asking for Chrome on the iPhone. The release of the new software will allow the users to run the browser on devices that are essentially build around Safari online surfing programs. He added that the Google has also released the browser for the iPAd tablet computer as well.

Safari will remain the default browser used in Apple devices and other web browsers will have to use the engine to run on Apple devices. "It is obviously not what powers Chrome in Windows and Android," Chrome senior vice president Sundar Pichai said.

Meanwhile, Google has launched a new feature to allow its users to edit Google Docs offline as many used had expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of offline editing capability.

The users will now be able to make changes to a Google Doc offline and as soon as their system is connected to the internet, the changes will be synced with the online document. The offline editing capability has also been extended to Powerpoint files. Google Docs will also have the ability to track changes and this might create confusion if a several users are trying to save changes to the same document.