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REPORT: Google Chrome Passes Internet Explorer As The Top Browser
Google Chrome has surpassed Microsoft Internet Explorer as the most used browser according to a report by Statcounter. Chrome took the lead over IE last week. IE is now #2 followed by Firefox, Safari, and Opera. Android Robot has also become the most popular option for mobile based web surfers in March as well. It is nearly impossible for data to be 100% accurate when it comes to measuring web browser market share. Usually it is decided based on small measurement surveys. Regardless, Google Chrome’s growth and adoption rates are undeniable and it is coming at the expense of Firefox and IE.
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Microsoft Testing Internet Explorer On Xbox 360 With Kinect Controls
Microsoft Corporation is in the process of testing a modified version of Internet Explorer for the Xbox 360 console according to sources with The Verge. The Xbox 360 has Bing voice search, but is limited to media results. Microsoft Internet Explorer for Xbox would expand beyond media functionality to make it a full Internet browser experience. Microsoft is also working on making Kinect gestures and voice control work with Internet Explorer for Xbox.
Internet Explorer Gains A Bit Of Market Share In March
Microsoft Internet Explorer’s market share has been on the decline for the last few years, but it has gained a bit more market share in the last month according to research from Net Applications. When Internet Explorer is measured by Net Applications, it includes all of the versions. IE gained a full percentage point in the past month and it is now sitting at 53.83%, which is the highest level since September 2011. Firefox and Chrome each dropped less than a percentage point to 20.55 and 18.57%, respectively. Note: Net Applications recently tweaked their method for measuring browser usage, but it is unclear whether this would shift favor for IE.
Microsoft Internet Explorer To Be Automatically Upgraded
Ryan Gavin, the general manager of Internet Explorer Business and Marketing at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), wrote about how the company is planning to automatically upgrade Windows customers to the latest version of Internet Explorer on their computers.
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Fake Research Company AptiQuant Fools The Internet About IE Users Having Lower IQs
AptiQuant is a fake “psychometric consulting company” that reported that Microsoft Internet Explorer generally have lower IQs on average. The story ended up being a hoax. AptiQuant’s website is one month old and the thumbnail photos on their “Our Team” page was pulled from a French psychometric testing company called Central Test. The names were changed. Central Test and AptiQuant have no formal link to each other. Some of the publications that were fooled into running the story include PCWorld, CBS News, CNN, BCC, ZDNet, and TechCrunch. [BBC]
Microsoft Releases IE10 Platform Preview with Native HTML5 Support
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced that IE10 Platform Preview 1 is available today for download. The IE10 Platform Preview has native HTML5 support. Microsoft built IE9 from the ground up to support HTML5. IE10 is like IE9, but it avoids abstractions, layers, and libraries that would otherwise slow down computers.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Download 2.3 Million Times In First 24 Hours
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Internet Explorer 9 has been downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours of release. That is over 27 downloads per second (240 downloads every 9 seconds). This is over double the 1 million downloads that IE9 Beta saw. [Windows Team Blog]
Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 9 RC
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has released Internet Explorer 9 from beta phase. It is now in the RC stage and is available for donwload now. You can download the browser from www.beautyoftheweb.com. The browser comes preloaded with the Bing bar and it does not have as much clutter as Internet Explorer 8. IE9 has a feature called Pinned Sites, which can let you seperate a tabbed website and lock it into the Windows Taskbar as if it were a separate program. There is also a new feature called One Box, which allows the address bar to automatically find search results related to entered keywords from Bing.com inline without pulling up the website in the main pane. Press release is below:
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Firefox Surpasses IE In European Browser Market Share
Mozilla Firefox has beaten Internet Explorer for European market share in December 2010 according to website analytics company StatCounter. “This is the first time that IE has been dethroned from the number one spot in a major territory,” said StatCounter CEO Aodhan Cullen. “This appears to be happening because Google’s Chrome is stealing share from Internet Explorer while Firefox is mainly maintaining its existing share.” Google Chrome’s market share is also quickly climbing in Europe. Last month Google Chrome had a 14.58% market share compared to the 5.06% percentage they had a year before. [StatCounter]
Categories Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox
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