Samsung challenges Google, teams up with Mozilla for new Android browser

While Google and Samsung continue to dominate the smartphone landscape, thanks to Android and the ultra-popular Galaxy devices, there has been some amount of friction between the two. It could be attributed to Samsung’s brand growing bigger than Android or the fact that Google buying Motorola has put Samsung on alert. So what is Samsung doing collaborating with Mozilla on a new browser? Mozilla’s CTO Brendan Eich announced on the open source foundation’s blog that it has teamed up with Samsung on an advanced technology Web browser engine called Servo.Eich calls Servo an attempt to build a browser for the new Web from ground up. He added that the browser based on Servo will run “on modern hardware.” The post also stated that the new browser will address chief concerns among users. “This means addressing the causes of security vulnerabilities while designing a platform that can fully utilize the performance of tomorrow’s massively parallel hardware to enable new and richer experiences on the Web.”