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Windows 8 adoption cracks 3% in March, 10% among Steam users

Windows 8 adoption cracks 3% in March, 10% among Steam users
  • Posted April 1, 2013, 4:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, Software
  • Windows 8 has continued its leisurely stroll upward in Net Applications' operating system rankings, with the web traffic analyst recording Microsoft's latest platform holding a share of 3.17% in March. If only by a couple points, that's an increase from…

Windows 8 continues to gain market share, closes in on Mac OS X 10.8

Windows 8 continues to gain market share, closes in on Mac OS X 10.8
  • Posted January 21, 2013, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Microsoft
  • It was recently revealed that Windows 8 was running on 1.64 percent of all computers worldwide as of December according to data from Net Applications. Here we are just a couple of weeks later and that figure has already jumped…

Net Applications: Windows 7 overtakes XP, OS X passes Vista

Net Applications: Windows 7 overtakes XP, OS X passes Vista
  • Posted September 3, 2012, 2:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Microsoft With Video
  • More than three years after its debut Windows 7 has finally overtaken Windows XP as the world’s most widely used operating system, according to market research firm Net Applications. Market share for the decade-old XP steadily declined from 61.91% in…

Chrome, IE market share creeps upward, Firefox losing ground

Chrome, IE market share creeps upward, Firefox losing ground
  • Posted May 1, 2012, 12:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • According to data from analytics firm Net Applications, Internet Explorer may be making a slow come back after years of being on the decline. Although IE's market share only ticked upward from 53.83 to 54.09 percent, this is compounded by…

IE market share slips, Facebook pulls support for IE7

IE market share slips, Facebook pulls support for IE7
  • Posted January 2, 2012, 4:18 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • While Microsoft was quick to announce Internet Explorer 9 gained significant ground in usurping IE8 on Windows 7, the latest numbers from Net Applications and StatCounter write a richer story than the company was willing to tell.

Net Applications: XP still represents 66% of all Windows PCs

  • Posted October 5, 2010, 3:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft
  • Windows 7's one year anniversary is rapidly approaching, and despite being hailed as the quickest selling operating system, Windows XP remains number one in global usage. According to stats provided by Net Applications, XP holds 60.03% of the market, down…

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