internet facts

Google Chrome overtakes Internet Explorer worldwide

Posted By Sam, May 21st, 2012

It looks like it’s the end of Microsoft’s domination in worldwide web browser usage with Google Chrome usurping IE. According to StatCounter the most used web browser in the world is now Google Chrome overtaking Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and accruing 31.88% of the share of users compared to IE’s 31.47%.

Google Chrome’s recent rise has been verging on the rampant, gaining major ground on IE over the last 12 months. Google’s advance and IE’s decline has been extremely rapid within this area with Microsoft losing 25% of ground on Google in less than a year. This decline by Microsoft could in some way be linked to a similar decline in PC sales, the device to many that is synonymous with Windows and the IE family of web browsers.

Worldwide web browser share  - Google overtakes IE

Google overtakes IE across the world according to StatCounter.

worldwide web browser stats 2012 google chrome

 

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Internet Facts – Part 1

Posted By Sam, March 2nd, 2010

We all use the internet everyday and it is now a major part of most of our lives. But how many blogs are there out there? Who invented the internet? Who invented the worldwide web? How many registered website are there? How many images are uploaded to FlickR everyday? …And more.

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