Techi: Amazon is getting a lot of attention based upon the Amazon Fire tablet, but now that buzz around the initial launch announcement has subsided a bit, it’s time to take a look at real differentiator: Silk.
EFF: Amazon recently announced that the new Kindle Fire tablet will ship with a brand new browser called Silk. The Silk browser works in “cloud acceleration” mode by routing most webpage requests through servers controlled by Amazon. The idea is to capitalize on Amazon’s powerful AWS cloud servers to parallelize and hence speed up downloading web page elements, and then pass that information back to the tablet through a persistent connection using the SPDY protocol. This protocol is generally faster than the standard HTTP protocol. This split-browser idea, not unique to Amazon, is a departure from the way major browsers work today.
Pocket-Lint: Amazon has unleashed Amazon Silk, a brand new browser designed for its Kindle Fire tablet.
We know, we know - you don't need another browser complicating your life. You've already got a polygamous relationship with both Chrome and Firefox on your desktop, not to mention your mobile flings with Safari, Opera, Dolphin and numerous others (you filthy browser adulterer, you).
