Internet Explorer back from the dead

Much maligned browser wins back users with IE9

03 Apr 2012 13:08 |

After been written off in the war between Firefox and Chrome, it appears that Internet Explorer is making a comeback.
According to figures from Net Market Share, for the second time in three months, Internet Explorer made large gains, picking up almost one percentage point of market share. Chrome, Firefox, and Safari all lost ground as Internet Explorer 9 won over new users.
The figures show how Internet Explorer gained 0.99 points for a 53.88 percent market share, taking it to a six month high.
Suffering was Firefox which is down 0.37 points to 20.55 percent. This is the worst that the browser has been since October 2008. Chrome fell to 18.57 percent. Apple's Safari is down 0.17 points to 5.07 percent, and Opera also fell, dropping 0.09 points to 1.62 percent.
The figures fly in the face of previous announcements from web analytics firm StatCounter which claimed that Chrome had overtaken IE for the first time ever in March.
StatCounter measures raw pageviews and does not take into account corrections for pre-rendering, or count unique visitors to a page.
It seems that IE9 has gained 2.6 points of share in the last month. IE 8 fell by almost the same amount, dropping by 2.19 points. IE 7 dropped a fraction, down 0.09 points, and the much maligned IE 6, which even Microsoft wants dead, picked up 0.66 points.
The figures indicate that IE 8 users are switching to Internet Explorer 9 with 34.5 percent of Windows 7 users going for the new browser.
Microsoft has been promoting Internet Explorer 9, suggesting people should give it a second chance. Microsoft has been moving IE7 and 8 users onto the latest version using automatic updates.
Chrome appears to be doing well. Firefox continues to have a large number of users on version 3.6 and below, who are not upgrading.

Company News \ Google News

Founded Sep 1998

Headquarters Mountain View, CA, USA

Website google.com

Products

Nexus One, Android, Google Chrome, Google Buzz, Gmail, AdMob, Google Wave, YouTube, Chrome OS, Street View, AdWords, Google Instant

People

Eric Schmidt

Google started out as a search engine, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, that was ridiculed by many because it wasn't the cluttered mess that was Yahoo. Instead it was simple and had a really great algorithm that worked. Now it's a multi-billion dollar company that has its hands in the pockets of governments all over the world, completely dominates search, has its own browser, sprawling headquarters with armed guards, mobile phone platform and profitably advertising product.
It owns YouTube and a bunch of other companies. Its engineers are constantly releasing and working on new, innovative products while the Indiana Jones-villain esque former CEO Eric Schmidt sits back and cackles as every small business in the world must adapt to the whims of change in its algorithms. Google is the primary reason for the dark art of Search Engine Optimisation. In 2010 it was found to be harvesting data from its Street View mapping service which resulted in a lot of furrowed eyebrows, particularly the people who didn't content to having their houses snapped by Googlecars anyway. It blamed the fiasco on a rogue engineer. Google is not very popular in China, but it's working on it.

Read more: http://www.techeye.net/company/google#ixzz1rTN9wcX5

How to get the new Gmail

Google is on fire. Three major changes in a week. Something big has been planned. First it was Google+, then the new look of Google home page and now a complete new look of Gmail. This change was anticipated keeping the new look of Google homepage in mind. With this, we can also expect some changes in the look of Google Calendarand Google Docs. The new Gmail has a cleaner and more refined look. A snapshot of the new Gmail:

It looks more elegant (to some extent it looks like Hotmail, am I right?). I guess the new look blend more with Google+ and Google are making strides towards unifying the Google experience. Change is in the air. We cannot escape it, for sure. Though the new Gmail is not launched yet but you can still enjoy the new look of Gmail by enabling the preview theme.

How to get the new look:

• Go in to your mail settings.
• Click on the themes tab
• Select the Preview (Dense) or Preview theme

Enjoy the new look of Gmail. Feedback, suggestions and questions are welcome.

Truth Behind Unlimited Internet of MTS MBlaze.

Today we shared an article which stated MTS launching an innovative scheme for new and existing Mblaze subcribers which provides "Unlimited" internet at a speed of 3.1 mbps for 30 days at Rs. 999 .Before you get too excited,here are few things you would like to know which MTS didnt mention in their press conference yesterday.

Customers need to e-recharge with Rs.999 to avail this scheme following which he/she will get a speed of 3.1 mbps for first 15 GB. Post 15 GB the user will be migrated to 1X speed of 144 kbps.

The actual speed of MTS is 140 Kbps (Upload and download both). And expect it to be lower on Sundays and Saturdays.

If you are thinking of switching from MTS reading this than my next line may disappoint you more. Tata Photon gives 5GB of first high speed and rest 144kbps and Airtel gives 10 GB.


What MTS says about it



Fair Usage Policy: - Speed subject to MBlaze Fair Usage Policy which may be modified from time to time. MBlaze Fair Usage Policy is designed in such a manner that we continue to provide the best of internet experience to all our customers.
Why a Fair Usage Policy?

• The intent of MBlaze Fair Usage Policy is to provide the optimum internet experience to all customers. However, very small numbers of customers use an excessive amount of the network bandwidth, to the extent that it can impair the experience of others. MBlaze Fair usage policy will be applicable for such cases.

What happens in Fair Usage Policy?

• Under the policy we have defined fair usage levels for unlimited data transfer plans and needless to mention, the usage levels set are very generous such that most customers will not be affected by the Fair Usage Policy.  On reaching the fair usage level, the plan speed would be rationalized to 144 kbps or 64 kbps speeds for the rest of the validity period. If customer exceeds fair usage policy, within validity period and if his speeds are rationalized to lower speeds, he can again get the 3.1Mbps speeds if he recharges with any of the MBlaze STVs. If he does not recharge he will continue to get unlimited access on revised speeds till his validity expires. Please note that the speeds would be upgraded to the normal speeds once the validity of recharge will expires.

What’s the impact of Fair Usage Policy on data transfer limits?

• We assure you that the data transfer limits remain unlimited and no change has been made in the same. 

How to get Google+ invite (Google plus invite)

The recent buzz in the industry is Google+, the Google’s candidate to compete with ‘The Facebook‘ (Is Google trying to avenge the murder of Orkut by Facebook  ). Social Networking Sites have evolved to a great extent and are a good source of information which can help in personalising the web experience (Google always pressed for the web experience to be person oriented). With the recent spat between Facebook and Google (remember the malign campaign against Goggle by Facebook PR company?) it was quite evident that Google will have its own way and the Google+ indeed seems to be an apt answer to Facebook. Google started the project step by step with GoogleWave, Google Buzz and now its in penultimate stage. If you want to find out more about Google+, here is a link to the demo: http://www.google.com/+/demo/

As of now Google+ is available only to a handful of users but soon they will start rolling down the invitations. If you want to request an invitation go to this link: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googleplus/

Did someone add you?:

If someone adds you to his/her circle, you might not get an email but you still CAN be able to join Google+. Go tohttp://plus.google.com/ and see if it gives you the option of joining Google+.

Get a Google+ invite by subscribing to the blog:

So many people have requested for a Google+ invite but it is not possible for me to copy 300 mail address one by one and then invite them. An easier way is subscribe to this blog (This is not to promote my blog, once you get your invite you are free to unsubscribe from it). And then I can download the subscriber details in CSV format and add them to Google contacts and will invite them in bulk. I have just send Google+ invite to 27 active subscriber of the blog. So if you want one, subscribe to the blog rather than adding a request in the comment box. Thank you.

On Google+ but do not know how to invite friends from Facebook? Click Here.

Top JAR Mobile Browsers and messaging Applications or should say must have app

Here are the top Mobile Browsers and Messaging Applications.

Browsers

1. Opera Mini 5 (Beta 2)- Ranked first because of its compatibility with maximum sites.

2. Ucweb 7 (en) – Ranked second because of its Download block feature.

Messaging

1. eBuddy
   
2. MoRange
   

Opera Mini 5 (Beta 2) Features

• Download manager
  
• Opera Link, to keep Opera Mini synchronized
  
• Progressive loading
  
• And of course a lot of bug fixes
  
• Also offers sleek look and feel, Speed Dial bookmarks & tabs.
  

 

What is progressive loading?

Progressive loading means that pages you load are sent to your device in 'chunks'. Previously in Opera Mini, your page would be displayed once the entire page has reached your device. However, now your browsing experience will be faster and better, just like on your desktop! Please note that progressive loading only works using the socket protocol. Your connection will default to socket if possible.

To download, go to m.opera.com/next

 

Ucweb 7 (en) Features

• Optimized layout to provide more comfortable visual effect.
  
• Fancier UI experience
  
• More scientific menu arrangement
  
• Considerate Help Contents to help you understand your UC Browser.
  
• Rotate your screen as you like
  
• New function Cursor Mode and Zoom Mode help revive the PC effect.
  
• Bookmarks Top and Bottom function.
  
• Tabs plus Download block feature.
  

To download goto http://www.uc.cn/English/download.shtml from PC or Click here if you are on mobile

 

eBuddy

With an eBuddy ID you can conveniently sign in all your chat networks with a single ID.

Using a free eBuddy ID you can sign in to your MSN, AIM, Google Talk and Yahoo! accounts with a single username.

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eBuddy connects more than 11 million people across the world with their friends.

To Download goto http://get.ebuddy.com

 

MoRange

MoRange empowers the users to establish a strong mobile social network and manage all their existing online social networks, access any information from the Internet, communicate with friends through emails and IMs, all from mobile phone.

To Download goto http://morange.com/phone/download.aspx or http://m.morange.com from Mobile