Tag: market share

The growth of Android has been outstanding since the very first day and with the latest figures, released by Google, it has been confirmed that the company is no mood to relax – especially when its arch rival is lining up series of upgraded products. Google has revealed that more than 1.3 million Android devices are being activated every...

Apple’s iPad was - and still - is the undisputed champion in the Tablet market and with the iPad’s new baby to be released on the 7th of March this year, it might take the company’s sales to a whole new level considering the anticipation it has created in the users hearts. According to a new report from “Gartner",...

Android is currently leading the Smartphone market with iOS giving it a tough competition with its ever improving features and new updates. Whereas HP’s webOS, Microsoft’s Windows Mobile and Nokia’s Symbian are left much behind. The mobile OS market share of Android though looks promising, iPhones availability in new countries is just squeezing the gab between the two majors of mobile...

In Southeast Asia, Android has recorded an unprecedented growth of 1000% in sale within a year.  Android has secured top position in the region with more than 1.8 million handsets sale, beating its closest competitor by a whooping half-a-million margin. According to GfK Asia report, Android which had the third position in Q1, has improved its market share drastically and...

Internet Explorer was launched by Microsoft with Windows 95 in 1995 as add-on package. Since then it is one of the widely used browsers and probably the most 'chosen' one. It had attained the market share of 95 percent during 2002 and 2003 with Internet explorer 5 and Internet explorer 6. But with the launch of other browsers IE...

Acquisition market is fabulously creating impact on the industry and companies are open-hearted to welcome any new firm which can get then few extra bucks. If we believe on latest speculation, Vodafone is secretly in talks with troubled Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) for any possible tie up – most probably the acquisition.Shares of RIM have started soaring...

The browser market is slowly heating up again as the new babies are steadily improving their market share only at the cost of Microsoft’s Internet explorer. Though, IE still holds the supreme position without any immediate threat, Google’s Chrome could possibly displace it soon. Currently, Chrome secures third position after IE and Mozilla. And with 10 percent annual growth,...

It was bound to happen but the thing matters the most – Style and Duration. Undoubtedly, Google’s Android is the titan in the Smartphone OS market and with the latest report from Canalys it has further strengthens its position distance by miles with arch rival iOS from Apple. The global smartphone market has been dominated by Android with 48%,...

This is the first cut from Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles. Speaking at WPC, CEO Steve Ballmer has announced that company has sold more than 400 million license copies of Windows 7 since its launch. Adding further to achievement, he said that the latest version of Office – Office 2010 – has also recorded more than 100...

Twitter may be one of the great micro-blogging platform which has been quite a success in celebrities’ engagement and awareness but the actual usage – which essentially matters the most for any product/service – are not on very high demanding ground. A recent study by eMarketer exposes that only about 8% of U.S. population actually uses the Twitter despite of...

Just few days back when Steve Jobs claimed to beat RIM in global mobile market share, it was all surprise for many of the mobile analyst as they failed to find any authenticated report behind such claim. Now the latest report from IDC, based on year’s third quarter mobile sales figures, provides a boost to his claim and authenticates...

It seems that Microsoft is loosing grip over the web surfers who are still cherish with the charm of Internet Explorer. Despite of impressive download figures of Internet Explorer 9.0 Beta, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer market share fell below the 50 percent mark globally for the first time, according to an online research firm StatCounter.As per the StatCounter, IE market share...

No matter what Microsoft delivers by its products, company's supremacy always remains intact in the IT world. The joy becomes more meaningful when it comes to you at the cost on your competitor. Exactly what is happening with Microsoft IE which has regained IE market share from last couple of months, mostly to the detriment of Mozilla Firefox. Seems Microsoft is working hard for major reshape in browser industry.