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A Trend That Has Put Google Into The Second Spot Behind Microsoft as The Browser Maker
Sep 4, 2013Mobile browsing continued to post gains last month at the expense of personal computers, a trend that has put Google into the second spot behind Microsoft as the browser maker with the longest reach, a Web metrics company said Sunday. ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products, Mobile service
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Google's New Policy of Scanning Apps for Malware Falls Short of Maximum Protection
Jun 27, 2013While important, Google's new policy of scanning apps for malware before making them available on the official Chrome Web Store falls short of providing maximum protection, one expert says. Google launched an automated process for malware ...
Tags: Web Store Security, web service, Computer Products, Google
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 Doubled Its Usage Share Last Month
May 3, 2013Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) doubled its usage share last month, and now accounts for nearly 11% of all copies of IE in use, a Web measurement company said today. IE10, which Microsoft launched last October for Windows 8 and in ...
Tags: Microsoft, Internet Explorer 10
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Mobile-Based Browsing Is Making Significant Inroads on Traditional Internet Access
Mar 25, 2013Mobile-based browsing has tripled in the last two years, and is making significant inroads on traditional Internet access from personal computers, according to statistics from a Web metrics company. Mobile's gains are in part a side ...
Tags: Mobile, Browser Usage, app
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Opera Would Ditch Its Own Browser and Javascript Engines
Feb 18, 2013Opera's announcement yesterday that it would ditch its own browser and JavaScript engines in favor of the open-source WebKit and V8 engines will let it compete in the lucrative iOS market. But Opera's CTO maintained that that was just one ...
Tags: Opera, JavaScript engine, browser, iOS market
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Microsoft's IE Turned Things Around in 2012, Posting an Annual Usage Share Gain
Jan 8, 2013Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) turned things around in 2012, posting an annual usage share gain for the first time in the last eight years, according to data published earlier this week by a Web analytics company. Net ...
Tags: Microsoft, Internet Explorer, IE, 2012, annual usage share
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer Turned Things Around in 2012
Jan 8, 2013Computerworld - Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) turned things around in 2012, posting an annual usage share gain for the first time in the last eight years, according to data published earlier this week by a Web analytics company. Net ...
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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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The Two Most-Cited Browser Tracking Firms Reported Significantly Different Results
Dec 26, 2012The two most-cited browser tracking firms reported significantly different results for June on Sunday, with one claiming Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) easily maintained its No. 1 spot as the other said Chrome extended its lead over IE. ...
Tags: IE, Chrome, June, Top Browser Spot
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Google's Chrome Browser Lost Usage Share for The Fifth Time in The Last Seven Months
Dec 26, 2012Google's Chrome browser lost usage share for the fifth time in the last seven months, while Mozilla's Firefox gained share for the second consecutive month, a Web measurement company said Wednesday. Net Applications, which calculates ...
Tags: Google, Chrome browser, Mozilla, Firefox
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Is Your Browser up to Date?
Dec 26, 2012PC World - Is your browser up to date? According to the results of a new survey from security software vendor Kaspersky, nearly a quarter of the browsers currently in use are out of date. Surfing the Web with a vulnerable browser is a ...
Tags: browser, security software, Kaspersky, vulnerable browser
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Apple's OS X Mountain Lion Now Powers More Than 10% of All Macs
Dec 21, 2012Apple's OS X Mountain Lion now powers more than 10% of all Macs, and may be on the way to outdoing its predecessor, Lion, in adoption speed, an online advertising network said today. Chitika, which mines its ad impression data for trends ...
Tags: Apple, OS X Mountain Lion, Macs, predecessor
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Firefox 14 Accounted for Nearly Half of All Copies of The Open-Source Browser
Dec 20, 2012Firefox 14 accounted for nearly half of all copies of the open-source browser in use just a week after its launch, a sign that Mozilla's automatic update mechanism may be working as intended. The browser became the most-used edition much ...
Tags: Firefox 14, open source browser, Mozilla, automatic update mechanism
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The First Smartphones Will Be Motorola Mobility's Just-Announced Droid Razr M
Sep 6, 2012The first smartphones to rely on Google's Chrome browser for Android will be Motorola Mobility's just-announced Droid Razr M, Droid Razr Maxx and Droid Razr HD, the company said Wednesday. The Droid Razr M, the only one of the trio that ...
Tags: Android Browser, USA, high tech industry, smartphone
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Google Yesterday Claimed That Its Chrome Is The World's Most Popular Browser
Jun 29, 2012Google yesterday claimed that its Chrome is the world's most popular browser,interceding for the first time in the dispute over browser usage share. "According to all our metrics and everything we see out there,Chrome is the most popular ...
Tags: Google, Chrome, most popular browser, StatCounter, Net Applications