Critics of the chancellor would happily agree with that US version of events, but Mr Osborne might be tempted to ask, if he's to blame for Britain's feeble recovery how do you explain America's?

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The statement tells us that some version of IE was found lacking by Google at some point in the past, so Google put a redirect into place.

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RoboCat hints to us that an iPad version might be on the way, although ports to Android and other platforms are more likely to depend on the early response.

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