browser market
Google Chrome is now the world’s top web browser, says StatCounter
venturebeat.com
Google Chrome isn’t just for uber geeks anymore. Google’s minimalist web browser is now the most popular web browser in the world, according to the latest figures from StatCounter. For the week of May 14th to May 20th, Chrome edged out Internet Explorer — which has been losing market...
Wix says “Hell with Internet Explorer 8,” drops support for its HTML5 builder
thenextweb.com
Although Internet Explorer 9 has turned over a new leaf with decent standards support compared to its predecessors, IE still has the reputation of a wet sponge. Not long ago, I asked if IE deserves a second chance — in some ways it does, but it’s hard to argue for...
Google Chrome Overtakes Internet Explorer
www.pcworld.com
While Chrome leads the browser market worldwide, in the U.S. it still has a lot of catching up to do, with Microsoft’s IE still dominant at home and Chrome nearly tied with Firefox....
UC Web Has 200m Users and the Potential to Disrupt iOS: Bring It On
pandodaily.com
Mobile applications that are hosted on platforms such as iOS and Android probably have a limited time on earth. There are too many of them, they balkanize our data, and they require constant updates. They’re also a huge inconvenience for developers, who have to tweak their products for multiple platforms...
Use Internet Explorer 9? You need this update, stat
thenextweb.com
Just over 8.5% of TNW readers, which amounts to a whole pile of traffic, use Internet Explorer on their normal computers (non-mobile), so this post is for them. If you use Internet Explorer (and we presume that that means you are on version 9, the good one), you need to...
Opera 12: new version, new features, new competitive challenges
venturebeat.com
Opera is releasing version 12 of the Opera browser today, with new features for theming, controlling your computer’s hardware from the browser without using a plugin, speed, and security. VentureBeat talked with Opera’s Jan Standal, vice-president of desktop products to get the skinny on all the latest features, and, perhaps...
Internet Explorer’s market share recovery continues
thenextweb.com
Internet Explorer appears to have found new footing in the browser market, picking up market share in March, strengthening the notion that Microsoft is at last turning around its fortunes in the software niche. The company could not be more proud. Trumpeting the news, Microsoft claimed late last night that...
Chrome already nabs 1.5 percent of iOS browser market
news.cnet.com
According to the latest data from advertising company Chitika, Safari still leads the way with 86.1 percent usage in iOS. [Read more]...
Internet Explorer on the Upswing
allthingsd.com
After more than a year of decline, Internet Explorer’s share of the browser market may be headed upward again. According to Net Applications, IE registered a slight uptick in users during March, its first since early 2011. IE captured a 53.83 percent share of the worldwide browser market in March,...
Report: Chrome For iOS Now Owns 1.5% Of iOS Browser Market
techcrunch.com
At it’s I/O developer conference last month, Google launched Chrome for iOS. Despite the fact that it’s being held back by Apple’s security protocols and can’t use its own rendering engine, Chrome has been among the most popular free downloads in Apple’s App Store since then. According to the latest...
Chrome 18 is world’s most popular browser, Internet Explorer 9 leads in North America
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Internet monitoring firm Pingdom on Monday released a new report on global Web browser share by browser version. The company found Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 to be the most popular browser in North America with a 21.2% share, and it was closely followed by Google Chrome 18 at 20.2%....
74% of the browser market supports HTML5 video, but Flash’s death will take time
thenextweb.com
LongTail Video, the creators of JW Player, have found in a study that as much as 74% of the browser market now supports HTML5 video, up from 66% in January. The study, The State of HTML5 Video, follows HTML5′s emergence (paired with CSS3 and JavaScript), and will continue to be updated...
May browser usage: Firefox users still avoiding updates
arstechnica.com
Net Market Share Firefox usage dipped below 20 percent in May, and its lead over Chrome is now less than one percentage point. Internet Explorer usage held steady during the month. Net Market Share Net Market Share Internet Explorer was all but unchanged, down 0.04 points to a 54.05...
Hands-on: Yahoo offers sync and search features in new Axis Web browser
arstechnica.com
Yahoo is aiming to get its foot into the browser market with a new product called Axis that launched this evening. The purpose of Axis is to add an extra layer to the user’s Web browsing experience, with interactive search capabilities and cross-device synchronization. On the desktop, Axis is implemented...
Microsoft’s new IE9 commercial is surprisingly compelling
thenextweb.com
Certain products are at their best when you notice them the least. Web browsers are a good example of this, as you want the Internet to flow well, and not to get tripped up on what tool you are using to access it. That in mind, it can be difficult...
Crossrider’s Cross-Browser Extension Development Platform Comes Out Of Beta
techcrunch.com
The reinvigorated competition in the browser market over the last few years has definitely been a boon for users, but having a number of browsers with very high user numbers makes life a bit harder for developers who want to write extensions. Crossrider, which is coming out of beta today,...
Dominant in China, UCWeb Brings Its Mobile Browser to Silicon Valley
allthingsd.com
With 50 percent of the mobile browser market in its home market of China, UCWeb is now looking across the Pacific. UC’s next target is the U.S., where the company released localized Android and iOS versions this past week and plans to open up a Silicon Valley office later this...
Chrome already owns 1.5% of iOS browser market
www.bgr.com
After being announced during Google’s (GOOG) annual I/O Developer Conference last month, the Chrome Web browser for iOS has received positive feedback from users. The browser quickly became the most popular free app in Apple’s (AAPL) App Store and has since remained among the most popular free downloads. According to the...
The Facebook effect: Opera shares jump to record highs on Facebook rumors
venturebeat.com
Nothing gets a company’s stock price moving quite like rumors of a Facebook acquisition. The latest beneficiary is browser maker Opera, whose shares jumped 26 percent Tuesday on the speculation that it’s in Facebook’s acquisition crosshairs, Bloomberg notes. The move brought the share prices to its highest since the company began...
EU to 'remain Vigilant' on Microsoft's Browser Commitments
www.pcworld.com
Regulators in Europe said Tuesday they will watch closely to make sure Microsoft complies with its commitments to ensure competition in the browser market, after......
EU to 'remain vigilant' on Microsoft's browser commitments
www.computerworld.com
Regulators in Europe said Tuesday they will watch closely to make sure Microsoft complies with its commitments to ensure competition in the browser market, after Mozilla complained its Firefox browser is being excluded from Windows RT....
So much for Internet Explorer 10′s default “Do Not Track” setting
www.extremetech.com
Last Thursday, Microsoft seemed like the hero — announcing “Do Not Track” would be on by default in Internet Explorer 10. The move meant that users would need to opt-in to allowing advertisers and websites to install tracking cookies on their computers, something that few people would ever do. It’ was an...
Coming to Firefox in 2012: New Look, New Home Tab, Focus Mode and a Windows Metro Version
siliconfilter.com
If the popularity of Google's Chrome browser has shown anything, it's that competition in the browser market is a very good thing for consumers. To counter Chrome's seemingly unstoppable march towards dominance in the browser market, Mozilla has set itself an ambitious roadmap for Firefox in 2012. As part of...
Microsoft extends Vista consumer support to 2017
thenextweb.com
For reasons yet unknown, Microsoft has lengthened the support interval for the consumer editions of its Windows Vista product to 2017. Extended consumer support now mirrors business and enterprise support, which has been set to expire in 2017 as well, since 2007. ‘Extended support’ is feature-free, meaning that post-April of this year,...
Baidu Considering Acquisition of UCWeb, According to Rumor Spread by UCWeb
pandodaily.com
This morning in Shanghai, I got an amusing email from the company behind China’s leading mobile browser, UCWeb. They wanted to point out to me, and seemingly a bunch of other journalists behind the bcc line, that search leader Baidu was trying to acquire the company. “The following is...
Browser Testing: A Family Tree
www.webdesignerdepot.com
One task drives web professionals to distraction more than almost any other: testing whether their design works equally well in a multitude of browsers and on different devices. The list of browsers and platforms to verify against keeps getting longer, and as designers, our tempers are getting proportionally shorter; IE6...
Chrome Beta Auto-Translates, Offers Privacy Settings
www.readwriteweb.com
Chrome, Google's entry into the browser market, has a new beta version today that shows off two new features - instant language translation and privacy settings. The browser was the only browser to make gains in February and we're thinking additions like these will only help to propel it's popularity....
Chrome Beta Auto-Translates, Offers Privacy Settings
www.readwriteweb.com
Chrome, Google's entry into the browser market, has a new beta version today that shows off two new features - instant language translation and privacy settings. The browser was the only browser to make gains in February and we're thinking additions like these will only help to propel it's popularity....
Opera 10.50: Can Opera Make a Comeback?
www.readwriteweb.com
The browser wars are back with a vengeance. In no small part thanks to the efforts of Google Chrome, we have seen a resurgence in browser inovation and a new emphasis on speed over the last year and a half. Today, Opera is launching its newest weapon against Chrome, Firefox...
Internet Explorer snagged market share from both Chrome and Firefox in January
thenextweb.com
Consider us surprised. The January market share numbers are out for web browsers, and Internet Explorer not only failed to leak new market share, it gained over a point, seemingly at the expense of its arch rivals Chrome and Firefox. Safari also declined. For the month of January, Internet Explorer (all...
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