Darron T. Smith, Ph.D.: My Blues Are Not Your Blues: Moving Beyond the Stigma of Race and Homosexuality by Engaging the Church

Gay and lesbian issues have come to the forefront of American society. Even with the legislative changes occurring at the governmental levels, real societal changes (on any front) will not fully take place until the nation succeeds in building an infrastructure of care or compassion that is sustainable beyond empty rhetoric and unfulfilled promises. The ideal is to develop a supportive culture where the free expression of identity is tolerated and normalized and where fostering a politic of acceptance of all differences is already built into the infrastructure. Such a structure, for starters, must involve the complete eradication of divisions that exist between people because of race, class, gender and sexual orientation. These gains only happen when courageous and outstanding individuals push a particular humanizing social agenda forward, thereby causing ripples of consciousness that (slowly) create a fundamental shift in public attitudes about certain gender-variant minorities on the fringes of society, like many in the LGBT community.

The LGBT community is confronted with a multitude of issues that many heterosexual Americans simply take for granted, such as the ability to marry whomever they wish and having the freedom and right to solemnize those unions to be recognized as such by the government for the people. Many in the LGBT community are, likewise, prisoners of their gendered and sexual identities, rightfully afraid to be who they are in the world lest they not be free from prejudice, ignorance and fear. And yet, many of our religious institutions, the most sacred of institutions of that profess love and acceptance in American life, are the primary source of discriminatory actions against the LGBT community.

Black Americans know a little something about this process. Even so, African Americans have long been concerned and even at odds with the LBGT community's push for civic changes granting them full peoplehood. The notion that gay rights do not compare to the black crusade for civil rights has been the mantra for many African American voices. Many in the black community believe that there is a disjuncture between their struggles for human rights and that of the gay community's struggle for equal rights. For black Americans, "blackness" has been historically casted as a physical marker of irreducible difference with a violent and bloody 400-year-old history of white supremacy. People of the LGBT community, unlike black Americans, do not carry any particular phenotypic marker of obvious difference, save the grossly inaccurate and stereotypical thinking about what constitutes "gayness" in a largely xenophobic society like the U.S. Despite all this, the word "civil" means "of the citizen as an individual." So, then, how can we as a society justify denying gay Americans basic civil liberties, as they are citizens of this republic?

In a fairly recent union, conservative white religions have courted and influenced African Americans and their religiously conservative values and beliefs regarding homosexuality to steer public policy. For example, the California legislative effort for gay marriage was reversed in 2008 when Proposition 8 was passed that proposed an amendment stating that marriage should be only between "a man and a woman." Proposition 8 was largely supported (financially and otherwise) by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church), which is strongly represented in the western states. The LDS Church specifically targeted the Black Church and black communities in California to garner the necessary support and votes to pass the amendment. The religious right has continued to drive a wedge between black Americans and gay Americans by drawing on black religious thought. And as a result, religiously based ideals are passed off as public policy.

Conservative religious traditions need not accept that men and women participate in homosexual relationships within their house of worship, but they are obligated to be tolerant of the rights of others in this secular society. As Joy-Ann Reid, the editor-in-charge at theGrio.com, stated so provocatively on Sunday's Meet the Press, "The question is whether or not religious institutions can make public (state) policy. ... If the Church is going to make our public policy, then are we any longer a secular state?"

The political ideologies and policy-making of many of our elected officials only hasten the divide by trying to pass off their particular brand or interpretation of Christianity in the legislative process. Such attempts to bring Jesus into the political realm have been met with terrible consequences such as with the institution of slavery. The LGBT community has made significant headway during this presidency, causing Mr. Obama to "come out" himself in public support of same-sex unions (whether political grandstanding or not) when other U.S. presidents have avoided the issue entirely. The countless stories and tragedies of being gay in America have reached the highest office in the land, resulting in prolific legislative changes such as the death of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" and the passing of the "Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act." The recent declaration of sexual identity made by 34-year-old current NBA center Jason Collins, the first of its kind in the four major American sports, is a sign that perhaps it's time to move beyond divisions between human populations by engaging public opinion and political process free from the intrusion of conservative Christian ideologies and restrictive prohibitions against the freedom to exist in a world replete with difference to varying degrees.

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Brain system for emotional self-control discovered

May 9, 2013 ? Different brain areas are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University.

In this study, published in Brain Structure and Function, the researchers scanned the brains of healthy participants and found that key brain systems were activated when choosing for oneself to suppress an emotion. They had previously linked this brain area to deciding to inhibit movement.

"This result shows that emotional self-control involves a quite different brain system from simply being told how to respond emotionally," said lead author Dr Simone Kuhn (Ghent University).

In most previous studies, participants were instructed to feel or inhibit an emotional response. However, in everyday life we are rarely told to suppress our emotions, and usually have to decide ourselves whether to feel or control our emotions.

In this new study the researchers showed fifteen healthy women unpleasant or frightening pictures. The participants were given a choice to feel the emotion elicited by the image, or alternatively to inhibit the emotion, by distancing themselves through an act of self-control.

The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to scan the brains of the participants. They compared this brain activity to another experiment where the participants were instructed to feel or inhibit their emotions, rather than choose for themselves.

Different parts of the brain were activated in the two situations. When participants decided for themselves to inhibit negative emotions, the scientists found activation in the dorso-medial prefrontal area of the brain. They had previously linked this brain area to deciding to inhibit movement.

In contrast, when participants were instructed by the experimenter to inhibit the emotion, a second, more lateral area was activated.

"We think controlling one's emotions and controlling one's behaviour involve overlapping mechanisms," said Dr Kuhn.

"We should distinguish between voluntary and instructed control of emotions, in the same way as we can distinguish between making up our own mind about what do, versus following instructions."

Regulating emotions is part of our daily life, and is important for our mental health. For example, many people have to conquer fear of speaking in public, while some professionals such as health-care workers and firemen have to maintain an emotional distance from unpleasant or distressing scenes that occur in their jobs.

Professor Patrick Haggard (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) co-author of the paper said the brain mechanism identified in this study could be a potential target for therapies.

"The ability to manage one's own emotions is affected in many mental health conditions, so identifying this mechanism opens interesting possibilities for future research.

"Most studies of emotion processing in the brain simply assume that people passively receive emotional stimuli, and automatically feel the corresponding emotion. In contrast, the area we have identified may contribute to some individuals' ability to rise above particular emotional situations.

"This kind of self-control mechanism may have positive aspects, for example making people less vulnerable to excessive emotion. But altered function of this brain area could also potentially lead to difficulties in responding appropriately to emotional situations."

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/most_popular/~3/2DYRq7na970/130509104354.htm

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White House rebuffs Boehner on Benghazi-related emails

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney at a White House news briefing on Friday, May, 10, 2013. (Pablo Martinez??President Barack Obama's standoff with congressional Republicans over Benghazi escalated on Friday as the White House rebuffed House Speaker John Boehner's demand that it turn over unclassified internal emails linked to the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack.

Press secretary Jay Carney rejected the request and again accused Republicans of trying to milk the tragic death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans for political gain.

?They?re asking for emails that they?ve already seen, that they were able to review and take extensive notes on, apparently provide verbatim information to folks,? Carney told reporters.

His comments came hours after ABC News reported that talking points crafted by the administration to explain the attack to the public underwent extensive revisions at the State Department's request and with copious White House oversight.

"The fact that the very people who?ve reviewed this and probably leaked it?generally speaking, not specifically--are asking for something they?ve already had access to I think demonstrates that this is what it was from the beginning in terms of Republican handling of it which is a highly political matter," the spokesman said.

Carney noted that key Republicans had been given access to internal emails in which officials discussed the drafting of the talking points. Lawmakers were able "to review them, take notes, spend as much with with them as they liked," Carney said. (The lawmakers were were not allowed to make copies or take the documents out, which is known as an "in camera" review. )

"There is a long precedent here for protecting internal deliberations. This is across administrations of both parties," he said. House Republicans have hinted they may try to subpoena the emails if the administration does not cooperate.

"From the hours after the attack, beginning with the Republican nominee?s unfortunate press release, and then his statements the day after, there has been an effort to politicize a tragedy here, the deaths of four Americans," Carney said, referring to Mitt Romney's poorly received response to the attack.

"The administration wouldn't allow our staff to keep any emails or make copies," Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck told Yahoo News. "We believe the American public should be able to see the contents, and we continue to call on the president to live up to his promise of cooperation and release them publicly."

Meanwhile, senior administration officials, briefing reporters at the White House on condition that they not be named or quoted, offered a detailed timeline of the administration?s efforts to draft the talking points, which the House Intelligence Committee had requested. And they sought to explain away one email from a senior State Department official, spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, who seemed to urge an edit to spare the department from attacks by congressional Republicans.

Much of the latest controversy has centered on a handful of meaningful changes to the original CIA-produced draft, which ABC reported underwent 12 revisions:

- The very first draft, from 11:15 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, refers to ?the attacks in Benghazi.? And it asserts ?we do know that Islamic extremists with ties to al-Qaida participated in the attack.? It suggests that the extremist group Ansar al-Sharia may be involved.

- By 4:42 p.m. on Friday, they are ?demonstrations in Benghazi? that ?evolved into a direct assault.? The al-Qaida reference is gone.

- A few edits later, at 8:59 p.m., "we do know" has become "there are indications that." And Ansar al-Sharia is gone.

As is well known, the ultimate version linked the onslaught in Benghazi to Muslim anger at an Internet video denigrating Islam -- which had sparked a violent demonstration and attack on the U.S. embassy in Cairo. There was no such demonstration in Benghazi.

Nuland's email in particular has drawn scrutiny. She objected to an early draft?s reference to CIA warnings in the months leading up to the attack on grounds that such language "could be abused by members [of Congress] to beat up the State Department for not paying attention to warnings, so why would we want to feed that either? Concerned ?"

One senior administration official described Nuland?s concerns as consistent with worries expressed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which leads the ongoing investigation into the attack, and the Department of Justice. The official said Nuland also made the case that the administration should not suggest that Congress point to Ansar al-Sharia when administration officials were waiting to do so until the results of the investigation.

Another official said the FBI had objected to the "we do know that Islamic extremists" participated phrasing.

"I think the overriding concern of everyone involved in that circumstance is always to make sure that we?re not giving, to those who speak in public about these issues, information that cannot be confirmed, speculation about who was responsible, other things like warnings that may or may not be relevant to what we ultimately learn about what happened and why," Carney said at his public briefing later.

The officials also insisted that Carney had not meant to mislead reporters when he contended that the White House had only made one "stylistic" change -- altering the description of the ransacked facility from a "consulate" to a "diplomatic post." They said he had been referring to the process that unfolded after the interagency debate on the talking points, once the deputy director of the CIA had drafted a would-be final draft on Saturday morning, September 15th. The documents obtained by ABC showed that the White House oversaw the early back-and-forth among the agencies concerned.

The officials also tackled another issue that has drawn scrutiny: Why, after lumping Benghazi in with the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 as "acts of terror," did the president and other top aides shy from calling it "terrorism"? The officials said that there was never any doubt that the attack was terrorism, but that they avoided the label because they were not certain who carried out the attack or whether it was spontaneous or pre-planned.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/white-house-rebuffs-boehner-benghazi-related-emails-214324542.html

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Charles Ramsey's turbulent 15 minutes of fame

Neighbor Charles Ramsey speaks to media near the home on the 2200 block of Seymour Avenue, where three missing women were rescued in Cleveland, on Monday, May 6, 2013. Cheering crowds gathered on the street where police said Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight, who went missing about a decade ago and were found earlier in the day. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Scott Shaw)

Neighbor Charles Ramsey speaks to media near the home on the 2200 block of Seymour Avenue, where three missing women were rescued in Cleveland, on Monday, May 6, 2013. Cheering crowds gathered on the street where police said Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight, who went missing about a decade ago and were found earlier in the day. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Scott Shaw)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Helping to free three women from nearly a decade in captivity would seem to be enough. Neighbor Charles Ramsey has also become a star, offering moments of levity in an unspeakably horrible story, free publicity for a restaurant chain and unexpected lessons in race relations.

Ramsey lived next door to where Ariel Castro is alleged to have kept the women in a makeshift prison until Monday afternoon, when Ramsey happened to be home and heard Amanda Berry's scream.

Or let him tell it: "I got the day off from work, so naturally you're doing nothing."

Actually, he was "eating my McDonald's," a fact he trumpeted so frequently that the grateful food giant is trying to get in touch with him. A website that compiled some of Ramsey's television interviews kept count of how many times he mentioned McDonald's in each.

Ramsey, 43, gave a series of interviews to Cleveland television stations as the story broke Monday night that were replayed on national news. CNN's Anderson Cooper tracked him down for a lengthy conversation the next night. The interviews are performance art masterpieces, so filled with colorful language and astute reporting that he trended on Twitter and was the subject of Internet memes and an Auto-tuned song.

Similarly, a tape of a much more profane Ramsey talking to a 911 operator (whom he later called an imbecile) is circulating on the Web.

During his initial interviews, Ramsey said he was shocked to learn of allegations that Ariel Castro led a double life. Ramsey said he "used to barbecue with this dude. We eat ribs and what-not, listen to salsa music."

There was nothing exciting about Castro, he said. "Until today," he added.

"You've got some big testicles to pull this off, bro," he said.

During his Tuesday interview with Cooper, Ramsey, who works at Hodge's Restaurant in Cleveland, noted that he had trouble sleeping with the knowledge of what had been happening in the house next door. "Up until yesterday, the only thing that had me losing sleep was the lack of money," he said.

If he had known what was going on, he said he'd be facing a homicide charge for taking matters into his own hands.

"I'm glad it turned out this way," Cooper replied.

Ramsey's realization of what was happening on Monday was itself a revealing observation on race. Seeing a white girl in that situation was "a dead giveaway" that she was either homeless or had other problems, he said.

"When a little pretty white girl ran into a black man's arms, something was wrong," he said.

That sentence itself made Ramsey's interviewer uncomfortable; their conversation quickly ended. But the sound bite was also highlighted in a parody song that was quickly doctored with Auto-tune and posted online. The phrases picked out for the song ? like "we eat ribs with this dude" ? also seemed to emphasize Ramsey's blackness.

Past examples of television interviews that seem to play to exaggerated ethnic stereotypes have been the subject of online mockery that struck some observers as racist. An Alabama man, Antoine Dodson, had his comments about a relative's attempted rape go viral.

Ramsey is the latest "hilarious black neighbor" to become an Internet celebrity, wrote Aisha Harris on the website Slate. "It's difficult to watch these videos and not sense their popularity has something to do with a persistent, if unconscious, desire to see black people perform," she wrote.

"There's always this sense of 'otherness' when something like this happens, when you see people who don't look like you or talk like you," said Tracy Clayton, a writer and editor for the Root website. "I like to laugh and make jokes as much as the other person, but I hope that we remember the women in this story, too."

Eric Deggans, media critic for the Tampa Bay Times and author of "Race Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation," said he was most struck with how comfortable Ramsey appeared in front of camera. It's not a shot of national attention he could have prepared for.

"It almost seems weird when you see somebody who is nervous in front of a camera anymore," he said.

Ramsey attracted so much attention that websites and media organizations dug into his past. He did jail time for domestic violence in the 1990s, according to the Ohio Department of Corrections.

There was some indication Ramsey's attention was prompting some jealousy. A Cleveland television station ran a story quoting Angel Cordero, another neighbor of Castro's, who also said he was there helping Berry on Monday. "I was there and I was first," Cordero said, according to WEWS-TV.

Phone calls to Ramsey's house Wednesday went unanswered.

McDonald's seemed particularly delighted by the unexpected association with a hero. The corporation tweeted on Tuesday: "Way to go Charles Ramsey ? we'll be in touch." A company spokeswoman said Wednesday that it was trying to reach out to Ramsey through its local franchise.

Clayton said she hoped Ramsey's legacy will be in his actions, not his words.

"I would like for him to be remembered, as he said, as a good man who did what anyone else would have done in that situation," she said. "Unfortunately, I fear that he'll be remembered as the guy they made a funny Auto-tune song about."

It was a far more subdued Ramsey who appeared on "Good Morning America" on Wednesday. He did flash signs of his personality, holding up a can of Red Bull when he was asked how he was dealing with the attention and joking about being rivals with George Stephanopoulos' high school alma mater.

He did a brief dance upon recalling how he used to listen to salsa music with Ariel Castro.

But he turned serious when Stephanopoulos asked if he had noticed any signs that his neighbor could be capable of the crimes he is accused of.

"No," he said. "Isn't that scary? Either I'm that stupid or his kind are that good."

Ramsey has said he doesn't feel like a hero and was quiet at Stephanopoulos' question about what all the attention means to him.

"There is no feeling," he said. "You do what you've got to do."

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EDITOR'S NOTE ? David Bauder can be reached at dbauder(at)ap.org or on Twitter (at)dbauder. His work can be found at http:bigstory.ap.org/content/david-bauder.

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Research studies show mango may help prevent breast cancer ...

COLLEGE STATION ? In addition to being one of the most important tropical fruits consumed worldwide, recent studies by researchers at the Institute for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation at Texas A&M University in College Station have shown that mangos also may help prevent breast cancer.

?We wanted to investigate the anti-inflammatory and cell-toxicity properties of mango polyphenols on breast cancer and non-cancer cells,? said Dr. Susanne Talcott, director for research at the institute and assistant professor, nutrition and food science department, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

A team of scientists from the Texas A&M University System recently completed two studies on how mango polyphenols may affect cancer and non-cancer breast cells. (Photo courtesy Institute for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation, Texas A&M )

?There was already some research done showing that polyphenolic compounds, such as those found in the mango, have cancer-fighting properties,? said Talcott, who also works in conjunction with Texas A&M AgriLife Research.? ?Those compounds appear to have antioxidant properties that may contribute to decrease oxidative stress, which can lead to the onset of chronic diseases such as cancer. In addition to that, polyphenolics have been shown to be anti-inflammatory.

?We recently completed one in vitro study and one using mice to see if the polyphenols found in mango did, in fact, exhibit inflammation- and cancer-fighting properties.?

Breast breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death among women, and diet has been shown to have a preventive or protective role against several types of cancer, Talcott said.

?It has been estimated that around 30 percent of cancers may be prevented with a healthy lifestyle and diet,? she noted.

Talcott said interest in mango has been increasing in recent years and experimental data has already shown bioactive compounds present in mangoes exert anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, antiviral and antibacterial properties.

?This is due to the presence of botanical compounds such as phenolic acids and flavonoids, and carotenoids,? she said.

Talcott said several dietary polyphenols already have been tested to determine their potential role in growth inhibition, proliferation and destruction of breast cancer cells.

?Based on this premise, we extracted mango polyphenols and tested their effects in vitro, or separate from their normal biological context, on commercially obtained non-cancer and cancer ?breast cells,? she said.

The mango used for the study, the Keitt variety of Mangifera indica, was provided by the National Mango Board, and polyphenolics were extracted from these.

Both non-cancer and cancer breast cells were treated with mango polyphenolics at different concentrations, and results were shown in Gallic acid equivalents per milliliter, or ug GAE/ml, of liquid sample.

Kimberley Krenek, Ph.D. student, left, and Dr. Hercia Stampini, visiting professor from Brazil, make cell cultures for mango research. (Photo courtesy Institute for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation, Texas A&M)

The study showed that at 5 ug GAE/ml mango Keitt polyphenols decreased sample breast cancer cell proliferation by approximately 90 percent, and at the same concentration, decreased the proliferation of sample non-cancer cells by approximately 20 percent.

?These results of the study indicate that the cell-killing effects of mango polyphenols are specific to cancer cells, where inflammation was reduced in both cancer and non-cancer cells, seemingly through the involvement of miRNA-21 ? short microRNA molecules associated with cancer,? Talcott said.

She said the research also showed mango polyphenols exerted anti-inflammatory activity and reduced the expression of miRNA-21, depending on the amount used.

A second study by this research group using hairless mice showed mango polyphenols also suppressed cell proliferation in the breast cancer BT474 cell line and tumor growth in mice with human breast carcinoma cells transplanted into them.

?The tumor-fighting potential of mango polyphenolics may at least in part be based on those same properties which reduced cancer cell proliferation and reduce inflammation that may be involved in carcinogenesis,? Talcott said.

She said the mango polyphenols in the mice study also reduced expression of a cell-regulating protein that affects cell oxygen absorption. And a preliminary microRNA profile screening showed the polyphenols also targeted several microRNA important to cancer-cell proliferation.

?The earlier in vitro study and the study using the mice have moved us closer to determining whether mango polyphenols will have cancer-fighting effects on human beings,? Talcott said. ?So far, the indications are positive, but a lot of work will have to be done to determine the actual concentration of mango metabolites in target tissues.?

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Source: http://today.agrilife.org/2013/05/08/mango-breast-cancer-research/

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Jets owner Woody Johnson is clearly a successful businessman.

He is also a master of understatement.

Johnson put a bow on the Tim Tebow Era in New York by calling it ?something that didn?t work for us,? and ?the fit obviously wasn?t perfect or he?d still be there.?

Johnson offered that and other thoughts on his team?s quarterback situation while speaking at the league?s career development symposium at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Jets quarterback situation has been a hot topic since they drafted Geno Smith, thereby making Mark Sanchez a bit of a lame duck and Tebow completely extraneous.

That leaves just five quarterbacks, including veteran David Garrard, in camp.

?You make a lot of decisions in football that are not helpful, and you have to move on from those decisions,? Johnson said, via Don Banks of SI.com. ?You make bad decisions, you make a decision that doesn?t work, a decision that doesn?t help the team, you move on. You learn how to do that.?

That bait-cutting philosophy, however, does not extend to Sanchez, as Johnson reacted with surprise at the suggestion he might cut him before camp to clear the way for Smith.

?Why would I want to do that?? he said. ?Absolutely [they'll compete]. We?ve been pretty consistent about that. Competition at every position, particularly quarterback. Competition makes you better. I would expect [Sanchez] to compete. He?s under contract.?

Yes, a contract which was given to Sanchez in the same spirit Kobe Bryant gave his wife Vanessa that big ring once upon a time.

The Jets have made a mess of their quarterback room that only time and Smith becoming a starter will fix, as the draft seemed to render moot Sanchez?s long-term viability.

Much of that blame should fall on Johnson, who fed the Tebow hysteria by saying things such as ?I think you can never have too much Tebow,? and generally involving himself in areas beyond his expertise.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/07/nbc-selects-carrie-underwood-to-sing-sunday-night-football-theme/related/

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Google looks to spark iOS browser war with OpenInChrome function

By Kevin Bostic

Google looks to be attempting to grow its mini-ecosystem on Apple's iOS platform, as the search giant is now enticing developers to have their apps open web links in its Chrome browser.


Google on Tuesday publicized a new API feature, OpenInChromeController, in a post (via The Inquirer) on The Chromium Blog. OpenInChromeController allows developers to have links within their apps open in Google's Chrome iOS browser instead of in the default Safari browser. OpenInChromeController also makes the Back button in Chrome point toward the originating app, so that users can return to the app in one tap.

The feature also allows for checking whether Chrome is installed on a device, and developers can specify whether a link should open in a new tab or not.

Google provided additional documentation on the OpenInChromeController API on its developers site. Developers can download the API from that site in order to integrate it into their apps, if they wish.

Taken in combination with Google's recent Chrome efforts on iOS, the search giant's push to integrate and expand its own micro-ecosystem on Apple's mobile platform comes into stark relief. Monday saw the release of an updated Gmail app that doesn't route web links, location data, and YouTube links through Apple's default Safari browser. Instead, the app now opens such links directly within Google's relevant apps: Chrome Google Maps, and YouTube.

Google's Chrome browser debuted to some degree of popularity, but the inability to set it as a default browsing app on iOS has relegated the browser to a very distant second place to Apple's Safari among iOS browsers.

Tying Chrome and other Google services together, though, could be a way for the search giant to grow browser share and enrich its suite of apps on Apple's platform. Google has, for the past few months, been building in the capability for its apps to interact with each other, tweaking its Google+ app to open links in Chrome in addition to its more recent efforts.

Opening up the possibility for developers to specify a default browser other than Apple's Safari, though, could mark the beginning of a new generation of browser wars similar to the struggles seen between Microsoft's Internet Explorer and other competitors in the desktop computing era.

Source: http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/05/08/google-looks-to-spark-ios-browser-war-with-openinchrome-function

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