Opera Approved for the App Store; Hell Freezes Over

The general consensus here is shock and surprise.  Apple has made a move that would, at the very least, suggest that they are listening to consumers and loosening the reigns on what is and is not allowed into the App Store.  Earlier this week, Apple approved Opera Mini to be distributed through the App Store.  This approval stands in direct contrast to Apple's stance that they would not approve any apps that would compete against their apps -- in this case, Safari.

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Adobe Flash Now Officially Bundled With Google Chrome

Google and Apple are just not getting along lately. In a move that seems to be made just to spite apple, Google has partnered with Adobe to start bundling Adobe Flash with their increasingly popular Chrome browser. This means Adobe and Google will be working much more closely on the stability of Flash running in Chrome. Plus Chrome will be able to take advantage of key Chrome features such as Sandbox, so that if Flash crashes in one tab, none of the others are affected, and continue to run smoothly.

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Chrome For Mac Updated With Extensions And More

If you're one of the Mac users who has held off on trying out Chrome for extension support, your time has come, good friend. Chrome For Mac has been updated with Extensions, the Bookmark Manager, and Bookmark Syncing. Google's got over 2,200 extensions available right now, and that number is growing. I've been using Google Chrome with extensions for a while as Chromium, and it doesn't seem to be impacting performance. Not noticeably, anyway.

I'm very close to ditching Firefox for a while to see how I fair with Chrome, but that won't happen until 1Password puts out their extension for Chrome. I use 1Password to manage all my accounts online, so without it, I'm smoked. Head to Chrome's Page to get downloading and check out the demo video below.