Topping tech headlines on Thursday, Google used day two of its I/O developer conference keynote to unveil Chrome for iOS.
The search giant's browser is now available in the App Store for the iPhone and iPad. But not everyone is impressed. For more, see Bogus 'Chrome' for iOS Coulda Hadda V8.
Also at I/O, Google announced that its Chromebooks will soon be available at about 100 Best Buy stores in the U.S. and at Dixons in the U.K.
For more from I/O, check out PCMag's Hands On With Google's Nexus 7 Tablet and Is the Nexus Q Dead on Arrival?
In other news, RIM reported disappointing earnings and said that it would put off the release of its BlackBerry 10 operating system until the first quarter of 2013. For more, see RIM: It's All Over but the Crying.
Late in the day, meanwhile, Apple announced that its longtime hardware engineering chief, Bob Mansfield, will retire. Dan Riccio, current vice president of iPad hardware engineering, will transition to Mansfield's role over the next several months.
Also making headlines on Thursday:
- Porn on Google's Project Glass Is Inevitable: Will Google's new heads-up glasses be used for porn? One porn company is already talking about checking them out.
- Microsoft Targets Spotify, iTunes Via Xbox Music: Microsoft teased a new Xbox 360 music service at the E3 conference early this month, but details of the system are now surfacing.
- MediaTek Rolls Out New Dual-Core Smartphone Chip: The fabless maker of feature phone chips is making inroads in the higher margin smartphone market with some competitive ARM-based SoCs.
- Report: Facebook Prepping Speedier iPhone App: Attention Facebook users, you'll soon be able to check out your friends' wedding photos, update your status, and stalk your frenemies even quicker.
- U.S. Cellular: We'll Carry Windows Phone 8: U.S. Cellular confirmed it will carry Windows Phone 8 devices.
- Qualcomm Restructures to Protect Patents: Qualcomm announced a new corporate structure that is intended to help preserve the chipmaker's patent porfolio.
- Raids on Megaupload Mansion Ruled Illegal: A New Zealand High Court judge ruled Thursday that the raids on Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom's home earlier this year were illegal.
- BlueStacks Brings Android Apps to Macs: With Google I/O in full swing, Bluestacks this week unveiled new software that lets Android apps run on Mac OS X.
- Traditional Windows Desktop to Take Backseat to Windows RT: The upcoming launch of Windows RT for ARM-based mobile devices could signal the beginning of the end for the traditional Windows desktop, according to new data from Gartner.
- Report: Apple Planning Major iTunes Revamp: Apple is planning to overhaul iTunes by the end of the year.
- FCC, Comcast Reach $800K Broadband Deal: The FCC this week imposed an $800,000 fine against Comcast for not adequately marketing its standalone broadband Internet service, which was a condition of its merger with NBC Universal.
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