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Millions Download the Latest Version of Firefox

Ever since its release, more than 5 million people have downloaded the latest version of the Firefox browser. Mozilla, which is responsible for the second biggest web browser, has been keep track of the number of users installing this software through a real time map. But despite the rapid progression, the download’s for this version have been slower that for its predecessor. In the last year, Firefox’s market has declined slightly due to the competition with Google’s Chrome. Firefox 4 was released for downloading less than a month after Microsoft released its Internet Explorer 9. Both these browsers guarantee to provide their users with a faster and more secure online browsing experience. Like its rival, Firefox has also started making use of HTML 5, which is the latest standard of hypertext language that is used to build websites. Both these browsers also come with a variety of features such as hardware acceleration which is used to display web pages and which draws on the power of t...

Can Mozilla’s Firefox take on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Google’s Chrome

The Internet browser’s are at war again! And how! Mozilla has recently announced that it will be releasing its much awaited Firefox browser version 4, which will prove to be a highly critical moment for Mozilla that first challenged the gigantic Internet explorer in 2004. But Mozilla now finds itself not only taking on Microsoft but Google as well! Last week, Microsoft launched its latest version of IE at a swanky event in Texas. With an interesting and highly interactive graphics-rich presentation, Microsoft displayed the various features and capabilities of IE9 – showing how IE9 is indeed superior to Firefox and Chrome. IE9 and Firefox 4 are the only browsers that offer the “Do Not Track” function, which allows the user to notify advertisers and websites that they do not want their online history to be tracked. This puts Google on the spot, as it is a major Internet advertising company that is in charge of all the tracking, but does not know whether it should put the same feature on ...

Microsoft releases new IE Browser

Microsoft has recently announced that it will be releases its latest version of the Internet Explorer Web browsing software. Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, Dean Hachamovitch has said at a recent press conference that things will change for Microsoft very soon. With the release of this new browser, Microsoft has taken a dramatically different approach. The new browser can be downloaded in 3.0 languages at beautyoftheweb.com. The Internet Explorer 9 has been specifically built to make the most out of Windows 7, Microsoft’s latest OS. It also makes the most out of graphics processing chips that have the ability to power games, videos, graphics and other great visuals. Partners that have adapted their websites to the IE9 are: Facebook, Pandora, Yahoo!, Twitter and Hulu, to name a few.

Google Chrome’s Market Share Nears 10 Percent

Google’s Chrome browser has reportedly neared 10 percent in market shares towards the end of December, 2010. This is a significant increase from a market share of 4.6 just a year ago. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer on the other hand, dropped to nearly 57 percent, from a staggering 62 percent just a year ago. However, there’s no stopping Microsoft with the IE9. Apple’s Safari could show steady growth, what with the success of the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. Google is definitely pleased with Chrome’s success and have been making genuine marketing efforts in the past one and a half years. The efforts are obviously paying off. The results speak for themselves. On the mobile side of the OS market, Google’s Android platform that runs on any Android-based SmartPhone and other similar devices has reportedly shown a growth rate of 29 percent each month – the fastest pace being in December. With such staggering success in 2010, let’s wish Google all the best for the New Year!

New ‘Social’ Web Browser Launched by RocketMelt

RocketMelt, a new upstart browser service, now aims to provide an enhanced user experience for their users with built in social media integration tools. This is a challenge to Google, Apple, Mozilla and Microsoft. They claim that they are redefining the Internet browsing as a social experience. For that they have integrated a wide range of social media tools and synchronized them to user accounts. Their main objective is to make the web users’ experience on the web easier, everything from searches, images, news and lot more with their social circle and that too without leaving the main screen or the need to open up a separate browser. RocketMelt has given users a turnabout in their browser with a massive change to user behavior, which will drive the web over the future. This new innovation is a fresh take on browsing, ever since browsers were created. This is the first browser, which users, when they log into, will unlock their web experience with Facebook friends, feeds, favorite serv...