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Re:Google Maps never supported IE on Windows Phone 8, and li... by MatthewPhillips on Friday January 04, 2013 @08:52PM (#5011038)
Google is taking the bizarre position that only iOS and Android exist on mobile (and only the official browsers of those platforms).

I don't ever remember Google Maps being blocked in Konqueror or IceCat, so I'm not sure why they are using this tactic on mobile. More importantly, a lot of good-citizen webdevs work at Google like Paul Irish, must be rather awkward for those types.

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Re:Google Maps never supported IE on Windows Phone 8, and li... by 46Bit on Friday January 04, 2013 @08:57PM (#5011062)
I can't help but wonder if Google are trying to ensure they stay as the major non-Apple player. For all the popularity of Android, it is a far less interesting offering for a long-term iPhone user than Windows Phone.
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Re:Google Maps never supported IE on Windows Phone 8, and li... by jmcdonald-ut on Friday January 04, 2013 @09:15PM (#5011133)
I wonder the same thing. It seems like Google is trying to make Windows attempt to enter the market as painful, and played out, as possible. (I'm talking about Windows Phone 8, obviously they've been players for a while).
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Re:Google Maps never supported IE on Windows Phone 8, and li... by YeahKIA on Friday January 04, 2013 @11:17PM (#5011567)
And this just days after FTC cleared them if any misbehavior. Bravo!
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Re:Google Maps never supported IE on Windows Phone 8, and li... by garuda on Friday January 04, 2013 @11:33PM (#5011618)
The FTC cleared them of antitrust. This is just normal business competition.
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Re:Google Maps never supported IE on Windows Phone 8, and li... by kenjackson on Friday January 04, 2013 @11:47PM (#5011650)
But the EU hasn't. :-)
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Re:Google Maps never supported IE on Windows Phone 8, and li... by SirPulse on Saturday January 05, 2013 @12:48AM (#5011800)
Well if EU can be influenced by lobbying as FTC can be then EU will clear them as well
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