Android is Best Selling Mobile OS

Android regained the top spot as the best selling smartphone platform in the 3 months ending January 2013¹.

In the US, Android devices took a 49% share of the market, compared to Apple’s IOS devices which took 45.9%. This represents a rise of 6.4% for Android compared to the same quarter last year, and a drop of 4.7% for IOS.

A similar trend was seen in the UK, with Android taking 56.2% of the smartphone sales, up 6.9% from previous quarter, and IOS rising only 1.3% to 30.6%.

Whilst data is not available for individual Android devices during the three-month holiday season, it does illustrate a shift in the smartphone OS audience that could continue to grow into 2013.

Notably, Windows Phone is slowly gaining popularity with consumers, growing its user base in Great Britain by 3.8%, but still remaining a small player in comparison.

References
1. According to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech Network Shares Report;

Internet Explorer 10 Released

Microsoft has announced that the official release of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 is now available.

The new version is available by direct download and will also be rolled out via Windows Update in the coming weeks.

The browser has been available on Windows 8 Computers and Windows RT tablets since October 2012. The Windows 7 version will see the same touch enabled interface design, integrated spell checking and auto correct features, as well as better support for Web standards such as HTML 5.

Another notable addition is the ‘Do Not Track’ feature – which asks websites not to track a users’ browsing history – which is enabled by default.

Microsoft claim that improved JavaScript performance together with other improvements have given the new browser a 20% speed bump over its predecessor as well as better battery life for mobile users.

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