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==== W3C ====
* Webmonkey has a good [http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/02/web-developers-sound-off-on-webkit-prefixes/ summary article] describing the issues and positions in the debate as to whether other browsers should support -webkit-prefixed CSS properties.
=== Mobile ===
Summary below, full update [http://irinasandu.com/2012/02/15/android-and-mobile-browsing-insights-week-7/ here] and in your inbox.
* The acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google was approved in the US and the EU
* Google plans to test a "next generation personal communication device"
* The Android Market was enhanced with automatic malware scanning for apps
* Android captured 51% of smartphone sales in 2011, iOS 24% and Symbian 12%
* Smartphones represent only 12% of total global handsets in use today, but over 82% of total global handset traffic
* First Intel Medfield-based Motorola handset rumoured to be announced at MWC
* Skyfire raised almost $8 million in a round of funding which was in part sponsored by Verizon
* More details on Windows Phone 8 revealed
* Opera partnered with India's third largest carrier
* Dolphin browser 3.5 was released on iOS
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction ==
