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Since March, Internet Explorer Lost 11.4 Percent Share To Firefox, Safari, And Chrome

TechCrunch  Jul 05 09

The new browser wars on on. More than a decade after Microsoft killed off Netscape with Internet Explorer, competition in the browser market has never been stronger. Just last week, Mozilla released Firefox 3.5, which has now been downloaded nearly 14 million times. Earlier in June, Apple released Safari 4. In March, Microsoft introduced Internet Explorer 8, and Google came out with a speedier beta of its Chrome browser. Some early data is coming in showing relative market share and how fast people are upgrading. If you look at the chart above from Statcounter, it indicates that since March Internet Explorer has lost 11. Full story...

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Screenshots: Google Buzz In Action

TechCrunch  just under two hours ago

Now that the Google event is over, the company has started turning on Buzz for Gmail users. Here are some quick screenshots of it in action.

If Google Wave Is The Future, Google Buzz Is The Present

TechCrunch  2 hours ago

See our live notes from today's Google Buzz event here. Google has a problem. Despite having their hands in just about everything online, they've never been able to tackle what is a key part of the fabric of the web: social.

Gowalla Rolls Out API

TechCrunch  2 hours ago

As location-based social networks gain serious traction, its inevitable that that these applications will become full-fledged platforms.

Google Street View Goes To The Top Of The Mountain

TechCrunch  2 hours ago

Google's Street View has gone to many strange places, even off-road. But in preparation for the Winter Olympics it equipped a snowmobile with 360-degree cameras and took it to the top of Whistler, the Canadian ski resort where the Games will take place.

Morning Buzz: Live From Google’s Major Step Into The Social Spotlight

TechCrunch  3 hours ago

This morning, Google is hosting an event at its Mountain View, CA headquarters to show off a new social product it has been working on.

DotNetNuke Scores Another $8 Million In Series B Funding

TechCrunch  4 hours ago

DotNetNuke Corporation, the owner and maintainer of the open source web application framework that goes by the same name, has raised $8 Million Series B funding from new investor UV Partners and prior backers August Capital and Sierra Ventures.

Bubble Motion Launches Twitter-Like Voice Blogging Service For Mobile Phones

TechCrunch  4 hours ago

Sequoia-backed voice messaging company Bubble Motion is getting into the microblogging space today, that is the voice-based microblogging space.

No Sense Of Humor, TechCrunch Is Blocked In China

TechCrunch  4 hours ago

Over the past 48 hours, and perhaps longer, it appears that TechCrunch is being blocked inside China.

In 2010, It’s Time To Kill Off The Dotcom Hero CEO

TechCrunch  5 hours ago

As I sit here listening to Ben Cohen's radio documentary about how he nearly became a teenage dotcom millionaire, I'm reminded of how tedious us journalists all found him back in the late 90s.

Fotomoto Upgrades Service; Attracts New Users, Investors And Board Members

TechCrunch  5 hours ago

In May 2009, we covered the launch of Fotomoto, a Web-based photo monetization service built by the eponymous startup based out of San Francisco.



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