Google Chrome has finally overtaken Internet Explorer, becoming the most popular web browser worldwide.
According to new data from StatCounter, via TheNextWeb, Chrome's share of the market rose to 32.8% in the week ending May 20, while Internet Explorer's share of the market dropped to 31.9%. This marks the first full week that Chrome has beaten Internet Explorer.
Google's browser had previously topped Explorer for a single day back in March.
Mozilla's Firefox is the third most popular browser with just more than a 25% of the market.
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Tuesday, 22 May 2012
What speed do you read?
Compare your reading speed to the national average.
Source: Staples eReader Department
Thursday, 15 March 2012
US - Austin's Homeless Become Controversial Temporary Wi-Fi Hotspots
In a time when everything has an app, and when so many people use some form of social media, some would say digital services are their first priority.
But should that priority come at the cost of another human's dignity?
A new "charitable innovation experiment" called "Homeless Hotspots" is conducting an experiment involving thirteen homeless participants being used as a 'mobile hotspots'.
Each person was given their own MiFi device and a t-shirt emblazoned with the words, "I am a 4G hotspot." Also included was their name and a code which gives customers access to 4G broadband service. Minutes could be purchased for a donation of the customer's choice, although the recommended price was $2.00 for fifteen minutes of service.
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But should that priority come at the cost of another human's dignity?
A new "charitable innovation experiment" called "Homeless Hotspots" is conducting an experiment involving thirteen homeless participants being used as a 'mobile hotspots'.
Each person was given their own MiFi device and a t-shirt emblazoned with the words, "I am a 4G hotspot." Also included was their name and a code which gives customers access to 4G broadband service. Minutes could be purchased for a donation of the customer's choice, although the recommended price was $2.00 for fifteen minutes of service.
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Dropped your phone down the lavatory?
Despite all the 'smarts' built into them, Smartphones have one fatal flaw: They can't get wet. Yet.
Three start-ups aim to correct that in 2012, offering special, micro-thin coatings made of nanomaterials that can seamlessly and invisibly encase your next iPhone or Android phone and keep it safe from the rain, puddles... or even a plunge in the lavatory.
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Three start-ups aim to correct that in 2012, offering special, micro-thin coatings made of nanomaterials that can seamlessly and invisibly encase your next iPhone or Android phone and keep it safe from the rain, puddles... or even a plunge in the lavatory.
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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Boxing Day single biggest online shopping day of all time in UK
According to Experian Hitwise, Boxing Day 2011 was the single biggest online shopping day of all time in the UK. In total, 13 million hours were spent shopping online and retail websites received an astonishing 96 million UK Internet visits, 19.5% more than Boxing Day 2010 (80.5 million visits).
One of the contributing factors to the record-breaking figures was that in 2011 Boxing Day fell on a Monday. Traffic to shopping websites peaked on Mondays during each week during December 2011, including 'Cyber Monday' which was the biggest pre-Christmas shopping day of the year.
One of the contributing factors to the record-breaking figures was that in 2011 Boxing Day fell on a Monday. Traffic to shopping websites peaked on Mondays during each week during December 2011, including 'Cyber Monday' which was the biggest pre-Christmas shopping day of the year.
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