<p>Google seems to have U-turned on providing Gmail and Google Apps support for Microsoft customers glued to an increasingly outdated version of the ever-unpopular Internet Explorer browser.</p><p>Gmail, Apps, Apps for Business and Education, and Analytics currently look set to continue supporting three versions of IE: IE11, IE10 and IE9.</p><p>That goes against a Google policy of only supporting two versions of browsers from companies like Microsoft the current browser and one prior announced on June 1, 2011, by engineering veep Venkat Panchapakesan. The policy extends to Apple and Mozilla, too.</p><p>In June 2011, Google said it would only support "modern browsers" across Google Apps and Gmail meaning browsers that implement HTML5.</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/21/google_ie9_support_silence/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/internet/google/google-in-the-enterprise-survey-mind-the/240162839">Google In The Enterprise Survey: Mind The Gaps</a> (InformationWeek)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d7LeB1pdH71UV8M-XeRpkVuQexs0M&ned=us">8 additional articles.</a></p>