Google Chrome

In a move to compete with Google which makes updated browsers every six to eight weeks Mozilla announced that it is planning to release four new versions of Firefox this year shortening thus the browser’s cycle. Up to present days Mozilla has released updated versions every 12 to 18 months.

The draft of Mozilla’s Firefox roadmap for 2011 shows that one of the non-profit entity’s priorities is to "ship our new technology to users in smaller bundles, more frequently."

A popular online investment program Lion Funds has warned its investors against using Google Chrome Browser. According to the investment project a new version of popular Google Chrome browser has critical security errors, and it is not recommended to use this browser until the problem resolves.  

According to the latest data from StatCounter by Pingdom Google’s web browser experienced high growth catching up to Firefox this year. Over the past 12 months Chrome’s market share rose from 3.7 percent in September of 2009 to 11.5% by September this year.

As the graph shows Safari, Opera, and "Other" even taken together cannot match Google’s brainchild.

Google made an official announcement that it will launch a complete version of its Chrome operating system in the fourth quarter while the exact launch date will be provided later. The Chrome OS "will be offered to users in the fourth quarter," said Sundar Pichai, Google's vice president of product management, during a speech at the Computex electronics exhibition in Taipei.

According to the reports by Net Applications the number of users of Microsoft Internet Explorer has decreased to 59.95% in April, which is down from 60.65 per cent in March and 67.77 per cent in April 2009. It should be noted that in January 2009 Internet Explorer had a 70% market share which means over 15 months it has climbed down 10%.

On the other hand, Google Chrome continued its upward pace with a 6.73% mark recorded in April, up from 6.13% for March and 1.79% in April 2009.

According to the statistics provided in the research of Quantcast, which measures and profiles audiences all over the world for advertisers, Google Chrome web browser enjoys too poor popularity in North America.

The research shows that individuals who live in Mexico, the U.S., and Canada are unusually big fans of Internet Explorer.

The stats addressed usage in seven different geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America.