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Microsoft Just Lost a Title It Has Held for More Than Two Decades
Apr 5, 2017Google's Android is no longer just the world’s most popular smartphone software, it’s now the most used operating system in the world, period. Taking a crown that Microsoft has held for almost three decades, Google’s ...
Tags: Google, Android, smartphone
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Windows 8.1's Monthly Usage Is Steadily on The Rise
Dec 1, 2014According to new figures released by web tracking company Net Applications, Windows 8.1’s monthly usage is steadily on the rise. While the operating system boasted less than seven per cent of web traffic in September, that increased ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Microsoft
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Windows 8's User Share in August Is Now Larger Than Vista's at The Same Point
Sep 3, 2013Microsoft got some good news Sunday as metrics company Net Applications said Windows 8′s user share in August is now larger than Vista's at the same point in the latter's post-launch timeline. Windows 8′s user share of all PCs ...
Tags: Computer Products, Windows 8, Vista
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Samsung's Army of Android Mobile Devices Have Finally Overtaken Apple's IOS
Jul 12, 2013Samsung's army of Android mobile devices have finally overtaken Apple's iOS in terms of global mobile web usage, according to a survey carried out by web analytics firm StarCounter. In June 2013, claims the survey, Samsung bounded ahead ...
Tags: Mobile Device, Web Use, Samsung
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Microsoft's Windows 8 Is a More Popular Operating System Than The Reviled Windows Vista
Jul 3, 2013Microsoft's Windows 8 is now a more popular operating system than the reviled Windows Vista, eliminating a source of embarrassment as Microsoft's latest OS slowly continues to gather steam. According to?Net Applications' NetMarketshare ...
Tags: Windows 8, Vista, Computer Products, software, Microsoft
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer Boosted Its User Share Last Month by 53%
Jun 3, 2013Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE10) boosted its user share last month by 53% as the company's enforced upgrade for Windows 7 continued to take effect. IE10 increased its user share of all copies of IE from 10.8% to a record 16.5% in May, ...
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Windows 8 's Market Share Has Grown Slowly But Steadily
Apr 3, 2013Barely five months after its release, Windows 8 has captured 3.17 percent of the desktop operating systems market, though it still lags behind Vista, according to the?March stats?from Net Applications. Windows 8 shipped in October 2012, ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Windows 8
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A Web and App Designer Has Stolen a Page out of Microsoft's Own Playbook
Apr 2, 2013A Web and app designer has stolen a page out of Microsoft's own playbook in urging users to abandon three of the company's four newest browsers because Microsoft is "standing in the way" of progress. Josef Richter, formerly a website ...
Tags: APP, Computer Products, software
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Who Would Comment on Microsoft Browser Rival?
Mar 12, 2013No Microsoft browser rival would comment on, much less confirm, that it reported the omission of the browser ballot to European antitrust regulators. All three of Microsoft's Windows browser competitors -- Google, Mozilla and Opera ...
Tags: Microsoft browser, Google, Mozilla, Opera Software
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Apple is No Longer the Most Popular in Asian Urbans
Jan 28, 2013Apple iPhone is not that popular in customers of Singapore and HongKong because mobile phone user’s preferences have changed and apple is subject to the success in the past. Apple fatigue, pursuit of the new and original and ...
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Don Melton Noted The 10th-Year Anniversary of The Browser
Jan 10, 2013Ten years ago Monday, Apple co-founder and then-CEO Steve Jobs introduced Apple's first, and so far only, browser for OS X, according to the former head of the Safari team. Don Melton, who retired last year as Apple's director of ...
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Mozilla on Tuesday Shipped Its Newest Browser, Firefox 18
Jan 10, 2013Computerworld - Mozilla on Tuesday shipped its newest browser, Firefox 18, which sports a revamped JavaScript engine and support for Macs with Apple's higher-resolution Retina displays. The open-source developer also patched 28 security ...
Tags: Mozilla, browser, Firefox 18, JavaScript engine
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Mozilla Tuesday Released Firefox 17
Dec 31, 2012Mozilla Tuesday released Firefox 17, which debuts technology that lets developers integrate social networks -- for now, Facebook -- with the browser. The company also patched 29 security vulnerabilities, two-thirds of them marked ...
Tags: Mozilla, Facebook, Firefox 17, technology, browser
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Apple's OS X Mountain Lion Is off to a Solid Start in Its First 48 Hours
Dec 28, 2012Apple's OS X Mountain Lion is off to a solid start in its first 48 hours and now powers more than 3% of all Macs, an online advertising network said today. Chitika, which regularly mines its ad impression data for trends in operating ...
Tags: Apple, OS X, Mountain Lion, first 48 hours
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Windows 7 Is Poised to Replace Windows XP as Microsoft's Most Popular Operating System
Dec 26, 2012Nearly three years after its launch, Windows 7 is poised to replace Windows XP as Microsoft's most popular operating system, a Web analytics company said Sunday. According to Net Applications, a U.S. firm that tracks browser and operating ...
Tags: Windows 7, Windows XP, Microsoft, operating system