Archive for "internet explorer"

Net Market Share from Net Applications provides global usage market share statistics for browsers, operating systems and search engines. This data offers valuable insight into significant trends for internet usage.

Below we will examine browser usage for the past year, and the significant events of the past year to affect usage market share. Data included spans from December 2008 to December 2009.

From December 2008 to December 2009,…

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Firefox from Mozilla turned 5 this month, and celebrated by having achieved 25% of the global browser usage market share. NetMarketShare.com from Net Applications tracks global and local usage market share for browsers, operating systems, search engines and mobile systems.

“What an exciting milestone for Mozilla, particularly as we are celebrating five years of Firefox this week,” said Mitchell Baker, Chair, Mozilla. “The momentum around Firefox adoption has been…

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We first reported back in August that a default search deal between Google and Verizon Wireless was practically signed, sealed and delivered. However, fast forward just over a month and the deal seems to have changed dramatically.

Enter, Microsoft Internet Explorer who Reuters reports is the browser that Verizon is closer to choosing, effectively pushing out Google’s Firefox.

According to the Reuters article:

Under the terms being considered, Microsoft would…

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First there was CashBack and now Microsoft has a new program (with a catch) in an effort to entice users to do their searching in Live Search.

SearchPerks is a rewards program similar to frequent flyer points except rather than earning points for flying you earn points for searching. The program rewards searchers with tickets every time they use Live Search, with a maximum of 25 tickets per day.…

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