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IE is losing it…

Admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:42:44 +0000

Contributed By Staff Writer

So those of you who have been trying to download a new browser for themselves, RAISE YOUR HANDS.

And those who ended up downloading a software only to discover that their homepage is now a haven for some rubbish search engine based in XYZ country RAISE BOTH HANDS. Yes you are right, we are definitely referring to Internet Explorer.

Below is an Analysis:

Internet Explorer: is for the lazy non-tech geek or for the lazy bums

Chromes: is for those who KNOW

Firefox: those who use firefox still cannot let go of thunderbird for their emails

Safari and Opera! Well no comments

There are two types of people on this end. Those who use IE, and those who don’t.

Sticking to things, program and software which are already installed in your computer is a clear sign of being a non-tech. So those who are currently working on internet explorer don’t really know that other browsers exist as well. In fact there are people who have not even upgraded IE upto their new versions. That is the reason why it is considered as an option for the lazy ones.

It happened to me a one hundred and a thousand times that I was working on my PC, on internet explorer of course, I deliberately opened 6 tabs at a time. I was filling up various webforms and was half way through it, and suddenly IE CRASHED. I was shocked and failed to understand the reason completely. The next thing I did was restarted the PC. Started everything all over again, and as I was half way through another crash. “Patience and fortitude conquer all things, thus I waited restarted everything all over again.

And then AGAIN. That was it. My PC was going under an operation later. When I found nothing wrong what so ever, I realized that the crashes I recently suffered was because of IE and it had nothing to do with my PC whatsoever. That was when I switched to chrome.

And joined the league of those who no longer wish to explore the new features which IE offers. These are the people who have completely abandoned IE, in order to explore greener pastures. Neither do they wish to come back any time soon nor do they plan to. The once loyal user base is slowly and gradually shifting to other more compelling browsers.

Speaking of compelling browsers there are other users who take fancy in using multiple browsers. Different users have different choices and always tend to keep their options open. But these options mostly circle around Chrome and Firefox. While IE is pushed at the back seat.

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser, now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in 2003, according to new figures. BBC

So from the most recent records we can definitely quote that IE’s market share cannot go up. It can only go down.

2010	IE8	IE7	IE6	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
May	16.0%	9.1%	7.1%	46.9%	14.5%	3.5%	2.2%
April	16.2%	9.3%	7.9%	46.4%	13.6%	3.7%	2.2%
March	15.3%	10.7%	8.9%	46.2%	12.3%	3.7%	2.2%
February	14.7%	11.0%	9.6%	46.5%	11.6%	3.8%	2.1%
January	14.3%	11.7%	10.2%	46.3%	10.8%	3.7%	2.2%

2009	IE8	IE7	IE6	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
December	13.5%	12.8%	10.9%	46.4%	9.8%	3.6%	2.3%
November	13.3%	13.3%	11.1%	47.0%	8.5%	3.8%	2.3%
October	12.8%	14.1%	10.6%	47.5%	8.0%	3.8%	2.3%
September	12.2%	15.3%	12.1%	46.6%	7.1%	3.6%	2.2%
August	10.6%	15.1%	13.6%	47.4%	7.0%	3.3%	2.1%
July	9.1%	15.9%	14.4%	47.9%	6.5%	3.3%	2.1%
June	7.1%	18.7%	14.9%	47.3%	6.0%	3.1%	2.1%
May	5.2%	21.3%	14.5%	47.7%	5.5%	3.0%	2.2%
April	3.5%	23.2%	15.4%	47.1%	4.9%	3.0%	2.2%
March	1.4%	24.9%	17.0%	46.5%	4.2%	3.1%	2.3%
February	0.8%	25.4%	17.4%	46.4%	4.0%	3.0%	2.2%
January	0.6%	25.7%	18.5%	45.5%	3.9%	3.0%	2.3%

The statistics clearly show how IE is losing up and the others are gaining in. with the new and more advanced browsers coming along slowly and gradually IE is losing it completely. IE has lost six percent of its market share and is expected to lose more.

While I use Chrome for my research. Tell me which browser are you currently using?

Is This The Age Of App/Game Development?

Admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:01:32 +0000

You must have had a chance of observing someone, engrossed in his mobile as if hypnotized by the screen of his phone. No he is not watching any horror movie, neither is he reading something. OK stop guessing, yes he is playing a game.

A Game!

From texting to paying taxes, time has changed the usage of mobile. Gaming and Application development being the most important out of all these have become a new form of entertainment and income as well.

Even a four year old can easily access the mobile and enjoy playing games all day. These have turned out to be the hottest development in the industry whether they are on mobiles or on the internet. The games available on apps store and those found on facebook are on high demand these days. Due to which we have been introduced to competition in this market as well.

On March 6, 2008 with the launch of Software development kit or SDK (as we know it) for iphone OS applications development took this market towards a new dimension. Everyday developers around the world are introducing new innovative applications, and with that thousand of developers are entering this market. According to the stats Iphone applications developed to date are as follows;

Milestones

Date	Available apps	Downloads to date
July 11, 2008	500	0
July 14, 2008	800	10,000,000
September 9, 2008	3,000	100,000,000
October 22, 2008	7,500	200,000,000
December 5, 2008	10,000	300,000,000
January 16, 2009	15,000	500,000,000
March 17, 2009	25,000	800,000,000
April 23, 2009	35,000	1,000,000,000
June 8, 2009	50,000	1,000,000,000+
July 11, 2009	55,000	1,000,000,000+
July 14, 2009	65,000	1,500,000,000
September 9, 2009	75,000	1,800,000,000
September 28, 2009	85,000	2,000,000,000
November 4, 2009	100,000	2,000,000,000+
January 5, 2010	100,000+	3,000,000,000+
March 20, 2010	150,000+	3,000,000,000+
April 8, 2010	185,000+	4,000,000,000+

In these 4,000,000,000+ Pakistanis have a considerable share, they are not far behind but are actually moving faster than their own pace. If I ask you to name a few companies who excel in Iphone Application or game development, then I am sure their names must be on your fingertips by now. Name one and three others follow.

These budding companies have developed such amazing games that they have been ranked among the top ten and also the top hundreds as well. Within the last two to three years the market has developed at an amazing speed. And with the growing number of individuals entering the market combining creativity with genius, we can easily say that Pakistan has entered an innovative arena all over again. Where not only do we see great potential but also top most ranking among the 4,000,000,000+.

With the increasing number of international customer being targeted by these companies, the image of our country is also moving towards a new direction. Companies are also gaining momentum in this respect and we observe a lot of job posts for iphone application developers available on many job websites. Even if you search iphone application development on the internet the only thing you will come up with will be various job websites with ads for the need of talented resources for application development.

This is the point where creativity and genius has joined hands. This exciting new technology has been a source of great diversity in the IT sector. Educating the young enthusiasts towards a point where fun has been added to the dull and boring life of developers.

Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5-Launches This October

Admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:38:24 +0000

Microsoft will be launching Windows Mobile 6.5 in this October on the 6th. Then onwards, Windows Mobile 6.5 will hit the retail stores worldwide. Because this time Microsoft has planned to surprise its users by providing them improved and advanced browsing capabilities with additional access to valuable services, including Windows Marketplace for Mobile and My Phone services. Windows Mobile 6.5 is said to have a redesigned Internet Explorer Mobile browser, built-in Adobe Flash Lite support for better rendering and completion of tasks.

Its “heavily retooled user interface”, emphasizes touch interactions. The start menu will take you directly to honeymoon pattern of icons which will enable the users to easily launch programs and move directly to their desired destination. Thus the users can enter voice mails, e-mails, and missed calls directly from the lock screen. With an updated version of Internet Explorer Mobile, Windows Mobile 6.5 enables its users play Flash videos from YouTube or Hulu.

Microsoft stated: “With the new version, users can change the look and feel of their phones with designer themes or a personal background and customize their home screen with widgets so the information they need is always easy to find.”

Todd Peters, corporate vice president of the mobile communications marketing group at Microsoft, said: “A Windows phone gives people a single phone that works for their whole life, keeping them connected to the people and information they care most about by harnessing the power of the PC, phone and Web.”

With the launch of its store Microsoft will stand face to face in competition with its competitors Apple, Nokia, RIM, Google, and Palm, who have already launched their centralized mobile application stores .

The store will enable its users to back up and sync their contacts, photos, videos, calendars, and text messages over the air. The service is somewhat similar to Apple’s MobileMe, and Microsoft has also announced that is easier for users to switch devices, or replace a lost smartphone.

Microsoft has now decided to change the way we make use of Internet. Today, we are waiting for the time when everyone will be using their mobile instead of their PCs to perform tasks. Now we are waiting for its launch and reaction of users worldwide.

Homepage Time Machine

Admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:06:54 +0000

A jump start should never be the option. One should always start from one small thing and then build it every day. It is like taking a successful step forward every passing minute. Do you think all the major search engines and websites of various companies and newspapers have always been the way they are. No they have not.

So today, we decided to go back in time with the help of Way Back Machine and bring in front of you the way the most famous websites looked during their initial days. We humans are always inquisitive about how the world looked like in its earliest incarnations. We failed to get pictures of the world but we do have something for our readers something interesting which they can enjoy.

World famous internet company and brand actually started its journey in 1996 when Larry Page, joined by Sergey Brin. In 1996 Google was launched as,

Then in 1998 it moved many steps and Google looked like this,

A social networking website, Facebook, which is used by millions of users all over the world previously looked like this in 2004,

And twitter, on the other hand had a totally different look during its first launch in 2006,

YouTube, video sharing website, which you visit almost everyday from your offices, it used to look like this 2005,

And Wikipedia had a totally different face in 2001,

and then when we came across Amazon in 1995, it was something like this,

But the most Amazing and Shocking discovery was Apple in 1996. Today, we hear people saying ‘EVERYTHING APPLE‘. We want to show you where it started from,

Welcome to the APPLE WORLD

Your most famous median of NEWS on the cyber space, New York Times, looked like this during its first launch in 1995,

If you were a fan of Flikr then let us show you how far they have developed themselves since their launch in 2004,

This is how the old cyber world looked like a decade back, lets see in 2019, how far will they change and develop themselves. We will show you more of these. Thus you can see that nothing happens in split seconds everything and everyone changes and transforms in an entire different persona as the time passes by. When you look back through the wackback machine, only then you realize how far the cuber world has changed.