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Google is focusing on HTML5: could mean better support for web apps on the iPhone

by on December 2nd, 2009 at 11:52 am

Google recently announced that they are stopping development of Google Gears, the software that allows web applications to store files on your computer for offline access (essential to Gmail Offline, etc.). Instead, they’ll be focusing their efforts on HTML5, which features similar functionality to Gears, but with the advantage of …