Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter

The Next Web: "Remember when Google’s Chrome browser overtook Internet Explorer as the world’s most popular browser for a week back in May? And next, for a full calendar month?"

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Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera or Safari: Which Browser Is Best?

Pcmag.com The browser battle has been raging almost as long as the internet has existed. But with new competitors in the fray and longtime entries revving up new technologies, the stakes have never been higher. In the late nineties and early aughts, it was Microsoft’s Internet Explorer versus Netscape Navigator. Fast forward 20 years, and IE’s proprietary technologies for enabling interactive, application-like websites have given way to W3C standards-based features for delivering the online experience.

Chrome update turns browsers into covert listening tools

Boing Boing : "The default behavior of hotword, a new, black-box module in Chrome (and its free/open cousin, Chromium) causes it to silently switch on your computer's microphone and send whatever it hears to Google. Google says that hotword isn't supposed to switch on unless users enable it, but developers have documented instances in which the module triggered the mic without user intervention."

Google's Chrome Turns Three: How Fast They Grow (And Grab Market Share)

PCWorld : "It's hard to believe it's been only three years since the Google Chrome browser debuted. According to the latest market share statistics from usage-tracking firm Net Applications, Chrome now has 15.51 percent of the desktop browser market--a meteoric rise for an app that entered a crowded market dominated by neighborhood bully Microsoft Internet Explorer ." Related articles Google releases Chrome 14 browser (macworld.com) Who will win the Web Browser Battle: Google Chrome Vs FireFox (skytechgeek.com) Chrome is now the second most popular browser in Britain (slashgear.com)

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