The aim is to provide users with an instant way of accessing the web without the hassle and delay of a heavyweight operating system like Windows or Macintosh OS X.

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Apple has already promised to keep the focus on new iOS software for its mobile devices and new OS X software for its Macintosh computers at its World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco.

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