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Google Chrome is a freeware web browser〔 developed by Google. It used the WebKit layout engine until version 27 and, with the exception of its iOS releases, from version 28 and beyond uses the WebKit fork Blink.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2013/hello-blink/ )〕 It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and as a stable public release on December 11, 2008. As of November 2015, StatCounter estimates that Google Chrome has a 58% worldwide usage share of web browsers as a desktop browser.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 5 Browsers from November 2015 – StatCounter Global Stats )〕 It is also the most popular browser for smartphones, and combined across all platforms at about 45%. Its success has led to Google expanding the 'Chrome' brand name on various other products such as the Chromecast. Google releases the majority of Chrome's source code as an open-source project Chromium.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://blog.chromium.org/2008/09/welcome-to-chromium_02.html )〕 A notable component that is not open source is their version of the built-in Adobe Flash Player, called Pepper Flash Player. ==History== Google CEO Eric Schmidt opposed the development of an independent web browser for six years. He stated that "at the time, Google was a small company," and he did not want to go through "bruising browser wars." After co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page hired several Mozilla Firefox developers and built a demonstration of Chrome, Schmidt admitted that "It was so good that it essentially forced me to change my mind." Rumors of Google building a web browser first appeared in September 2004. Online journals and U.S. newspapers stated at the time that Google was hiring former Microsoft web developers among others. It also came shortly after the final 1.0 release of Mozilla Firefox, which was surging in popularity and taking market share from Internet Explorer which was suffering from major security problems. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Google Chrome」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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