Google Chrome is UK's second most popular web browser

Google Chrome has overtaken Firefox to become the UK's second most popular web browser.

A to the web metrics firm Statcounter, three years after Chrome launch, Chrome overtook Mozilla's Firefox browser . Microsoft's IE also losing market share to Chrome but remains the most popular browser for UK.

Chrome is becoming popular mainly based on its speed.

Google last month announced its Chromebook laptop, and it will be made by Samsung and Acer, companies that previously made computers running Microsoft's software.

Chromebook laptop also soon available in India and all countries.