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Michael Harper for RedOrbit.com Yesterday, it seemed that Google’s Chrome web browser had narrowly edged out Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. But that was yesterday, and today is a new day with new statistics and new debates to be had. Microsoft, it turns out, thinks the data used to come up with this statistic is flawed, and prefers to use another traffic measurement site which, conveniently enough, rates IE considerably higher than Chrome. The source of yesterday’s story came...

Enid Burns for RedOrbit The Google Chrome user base continues to grow, and according to data collected by StatCounter, it now exceeds the user base of Internet Explorer by a few percent. Over the past year Google's open source browser has made a steady climb from about 20 percent of the market to somewhere around 33 percent. Meanwhile, Chrome users passed Firefox toward the end of last year, and Explorer just last week. "This has been a two browser market going back to Netscape," said...

Peter Suciu for RedOrbit.com While the Internet was originally conceived as a way to maintain communication in the event of a catastrophic incident, it grew into a global “computer” network, with computer being the key point. Interestingly, more and more users around the world are connecting to the Internet without a computer, and are doing so using handheld technology instead. According to a recently published white paper by web browser developer Opera Software nearly half of new...

New data released by Net Applications shows that Microsoft's Internet Explorer was able to fight off Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox in March from its share of the browser market. The latest data released by the firm shows that Internet Explorer held a total browser market share of 53.83 percent for the month, which was up from 52.84 percent in February. The market watcher said that Firefox held a share of 20.55 percent, down from 20.92 percent, and Google at 18.58 percent, down from...

Web analytics firm StatCounter said on Wednesday that Google's Chrome web browser overtook Microsoft's Internet Explorer to become market leader for the first time. The firm said Chrome was used for 32.7 percent of all browsing on March 18, while IE had 32.5 percent of the market share. "While it is only one day, this is a milestone," Aodhan Cullen, StatCounter's chief executive, said in a statement. "At weekends, when people are free to choose what browser to use, many of them are...

HERZLIA, Israel, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Flash Networks, the leading provider of mobile Internet optimization and monetization solutions, today announced an agreement for the implementation of Flash Networks' Harmony Web & Media Optimization in Telekom Austria Group's network. With the growing adoption of video-enabled devices and increasing popularity of video content, the amount of traffic travelling over mobile operators' networks is skyrocketing. Flash Networks'...

SAN MATEO, Calif., March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSTAR, Inc., a global leader in secure web-filtering, today announced the release of the safe and secure web browsers for the iOS and Android operating environments. The web browsers interface with NetSTAR's Cloud servers and utilize NetSTAR inCompass® 4th Generation Web-Filtering technology - the first 4th generation Internet content and categorization filter specifically designed for the OEM market. NetSTAR will make the...

BARCELONA, Spain, February 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ixonos [http://www.ixonos.com ] has over 15 years of experience in mobile software development, working together with companies such as leading device manufacturers and helping them roll out winning devices one after the other. During Mobile World Congress [http://www.mobileworldcongress.com ] on 27 February - 1 March in Barcelona, Spain, Ixonos introduces a productized service package based on this vast experience. Ixonos...

MWC2012, BARCELONA, Spain, February 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- InfoGin (http://www.infogin.com), the pioneer and leading innovator in mobile browsing solutions, with traffic of more than one billion page views per month across the globe, announces today the availability of the InfoGin Smartphone Web Optimizer. InfoGin's Smartphone Web-Optimizer enables publishers, advertisers, website owners, yellow pages, search providers and mobile carriers to allow users an optimal...

Skyfire’s Rocket Optimizer, which lets wireless operators save up to 75 percent on video bandwidth, adds image and audio optimization to its carrier-grade product line Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) February 24, 2012 Today Skyfire unveils the addition of new data-reducing features to Skyfire Rocket Optimizer 2.0, its powerful carrier-facing network video and data optimization platform. This latest development comes hot off the heels of Skyfire's recent Verizon Ventures funding announcement...