For the first time, Google Chrome has become the most popular Web browser in the world, edging out Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, according to the latest data from StatCounter. After years of climbing up the browser charts and taking away the market share of Microsoft, Google’s Chrome takes the top spot with 32.76 percent share, while Internet Explorer went...
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In one of the most highly-anticipated move for a long time now, Microsoft has finally said goodbye to its Internet Explorer 6 browser after its market share dropped to near death status. According to Net Applications, usage of Internet Explorer 6 in the United States dropped to 1 percent. This seems to be good news for Microsoft Corp., which has been trying to have users...
Google’s Chrome browser just snatched the most popular web browser spot from Internet Explorer 8 during the last week of November, according to StatCounter. The browser from Google captured 23.6 percent of the market, surpassing the 23.5 percent of Internet Explorer 8. However, combining all versions of the browsers available, Internet Explorer still takes the cake,...
The developers behind Mozilla’s newest Firefox browser, Firefox 6, received a cupcake from their rivals as a token of appreciation. Director of Engineering at Mozilla, Jonathan Nightingale, said that the cake, which was given by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team, arrived on the day that the Firefox 6 was launched earlier this month. “Every time Mozilla...
Google has been tightened its grip on the UK web market even further with reports that its Chrome browser has taken the number two spot of the most popular UK web browsers. Three years after its initial launch, Google’s Chrome has become the UK’s second most used web browser. More than 1 in 5 users currently use Google’s minimalist, high-speed web browser,...