“September was a cruel month, at least for Internet Explorer,” Woody Leonhard reports for InfoWorld.
“Microsoft’s browser lost almost a full percentage point in market share compared to August, sinking to 54.4 percent of the total for desktop and laptop machines, according to Net Applications’ latest statistics,” Leonhard reports. “Firefox is holding steady, Chrome continues to grow — up nearly a full percentage point in one month. Safari, for the first time in living memory, went over 5 percent, proof positive that Macs continue to make up for lost time.”
Leonhard reports, “Far more interesting are mobile browsing numbers… Here’s what’s remarkable… According to Net Applications’ numbers, Safari (the browser used in iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch) has grown from 42 percent market share last September to almost 56 percent this September, with a 1.5 percent share gain in the past month. Android’s browser has grown from 8 percent a year ago to 16 percent this September, but it only inched up by less than half a percentage point in the past month… Every indication is that browsing on the iPad has come of age.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brawndo Drinker” for the heads up.]
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