Investor’s Business Daily – Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG – News) Android mobile operating system led Q2 worldwide smartphone shipments with a 48% share, marking the third straight quarter at the top, according to Canalys. Meanwhile, Google’s Chrome browser surpassed Firefox in July to become Britain’s second most popular web browser behind Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT – News) Internet Explorer, according to StatCounter. Chrome’s U.K. share jumped to 22% from 12% a year ago, while Internet Explorer’s fell to 46% from 55%. Google rose 0.5% to 606.77. Microsoft slid 0.5% to 27.27.