Why it matters: Apple currently maintains Speedometer 2.1, a tool for benchmarking web browsers across various workloads. The software's next major iteration will receive input from three browser ...

Speedometer is a browser benchmark that measures responsiveness by simulating user interactions on demo web applications. Introduced by Apple’s WebKit team, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are now ...

Google today detailed how it spent the past two years improving the performance — especially on Speedometer — of Chrome for Android. To track browser performance, Google uses the Speedometer benchmark ...

If you drive your hot rod, even once in a while, then you depend on all of your gauges to be reliable and accurate. Just a small percentage of miscalibration can result in engine damage or failure, ...

Knowing your driving speed is extremely important for long drives, a trip to the local market, or just a short weekend getaway. Vehicles have various safety features loaded into them, but one of the ...

If you've ever modified a car with smaller or larger tires or, perhaps, a different final-drive gear, you've immediately screwed up your speedometer. This is, of course, annoying, but for modern cars ...

You may be driving faster, or slower, than you think you are. Speedometer inaccuracies happen, and can be partially to blame for that seemingly bogus speeding ticket. Dan Edmunds, an automotive ...

Smartphones can do so many things. Gauging your speed is one of those things. You may need a speedometer app for many reasons. Runners can use them to gauge their speed. Car enthusiasts can use them ...

Apple recently revealed a new version of its CarPlay system for vehicles, which include gauges like speedometers. But even Apple, the company that cast aside tradition when it reinvented phones, music ...