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Q3 09 Canalys smartphone data shows RIM increasing 40% over 2008

Canalys posted their 3rd quarter 2009 figures and as you can RIM had an amazing year going from 15.2% to 20.6% of the global market share (an increase of 40.8%). A bit surprisingly to me, Nokia actually saw a 6% increase in its market share too while Apple predictibly increased...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Market Share, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Vista/IE market share slide, Win 7/Firefox/Chrome surge

According to data supplied by web metrics firm Net Applications, both Vista and Internet Explorer lost market share during September, while Windows 7, Firefox and Chrome all saw a surge in market share. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Market Share, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Internet, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-02

Bing usage jumps 22 percent, now at 10 percent share

Bing, the "decision engine" launched by Microsoft earlier this year, has grabbed 10 percent of market share, with total searches jumping more than 22 percent from July to August, CNET reports. Statistics released by Nielsen this week also show that Google, with a 2.6 percent gain, maintained...

Tags: Market Share, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-16

XP or Vista - Which is more at risk from Windows 7?

It's been around 30 months since Windows Vista hit the General Availability milestone, and in that time the OS has only managed to claw some 18% of the OS market share. Compare that weak market share to the aging Windows XP, which even today commands an impressive 73% market share....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Market Share, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Fun with numbers (browser and search share) a boon for StatCounter

If you've been following the headlines of late you'll find that StatCounter's research arm, a Web tracking service most Webheads are familiar with, has gone from afterthought to player in just a few short months. Credit a few handy Bing-happy press releases and handy browser market share...

Tags: Market Share, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Net Applications, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-05

Is "market share" thinking "old school" thinking?

The tech industry spends a lot of time talking about market share. Whether it's hardware (iPod, iPhone, Macs ...) or software (Windows, Linux, Mac OS, browsers ...), we seems to want to read a lot into this particular metric. But is "market share" thinking "old school" thinking? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Market Share, Tech Industry, Linux, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-05-25

Apple's U.S. market share tumbles to 8% in Q4

According to a preliminary report released by Gartner Apple ranked fourth in U.S market share in Q4 2008 at 8.0% - up from 6.7% in the fourth quarter of 2007, but down from 9.5% in the third quarter of 2008. MacRumors...

Tags: Market Share, Apple Inc., Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-01-15

Highlights from NetApplications data for December ‘08 - Home users dominate data

NetApplications has released data for December so it’s time once again to dig through the trends. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Internet, Linux, Market Share, Mozilla Firefox, NetApplications, Operating Systems, Software, Web Browsers

Blog posts 2009-01-02

Mozilla: "Firefox's current overall market share is 20%"

Every time I post NetApplications data on this blog several of you go to great lengths to point out to me that it's a flawed metric, especially when it comes to the market share for the browser Firefox. For one reason or another, NetApplications is wrong/bias/too US-centric/controlled by Microsoft* (delete...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Market Share, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, NetApplications, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications

Blog posts 2008-11-06

Highlights from NetApplications data for October - Linux market share drops

NetApplications has released data for October so it's time to dig through the trends. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Data, NetApplications, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Market Share, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet

Blog posts 2008-11-01

NetApplications Aug 08 data - Big gains for Firefox and iPhone

It's the first of the month again, and that means that NetApplications data for the previous month is available for analysis. This time round there are some interesting trends to note. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox, Market Share, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Linux, Software, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-09-01

Net Applications data for July 08 released - Good month for Mozilla, not so good for Apple

Net Applications has released the data for July 08, and there are some interested trends worth noting. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Market Share, Apple Inc., Mozilla Corp., Firefox 3.0 Market Share, iPhone Market Share, Web Browsers, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Net Applications: Mac market share drops nearly 0.5% in April

I'm still working my way through the Net Applications data for April but I've already seen another interesting data point. According to the data, the Mac market share dropped by 0.47% in April, taking the Mac OS market share back to levels previously seen in Nov/Dec 07. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Market Share, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Nokia Q4 profits up 44%, market share up to 40%

Just in case you thought that Apple had stitched up the entire cellphone market, Nokia reminds us that not everyone has been buying iPhones during 2007. Today the company announced that its Q4 profits had risen by a spectacular 44%.  A total of 133.5 million handsets were...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Market Share, Sales Strategy, Cellular Phones, Sales Force Management, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-01-24

Cowen: Debating SaaS slowdown; Google Apps and AMD market share

Cowen & Co. outlined its top 10 potential technology surprises for 2008 and a slowdown in software as a services is front and center on the list. There are also a few wild-cards such as Google Apps adoption and AMD giving up on the market share war. ...

Tags: Software, Google Inc., Google Apps, Software-as-a-service, Cowen & Co., Market Share, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-14

Europe's new 'monopoly' tariff on Microsoft bypasses WTO

The European Commission has just levied a new $689,900,000 "fine" (read: tariff) on American software company Microsoft under the pretense of anti-trust which conveniently bypasses WTO agreements.  The Brussels based think tank Globalization Institute has published a paper PDF where it recommends a ban on OS Operating System bundling for...

Tags: World Trade Organization, European Commission, Operating System, Market Share, Tariff, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Globalization Institute, EC, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Free Trade, Productivity, Software, Finance, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-09-26

EU emboldened; Who's next on the hit list?

Now that European regulators got their big victory over Microsoft attention should turn to who's next on their hit list. The EU case against Microsoft market position and anticompetitive behavior boiled down to two items: The ability of Microsoft to bundle its media...

Tags: Brad Smith, Red Hat Inc., Market Share, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Court, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-17

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February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet Explorer

Mark this date in your diaries and on your calendars: February 2013. It's my best guess date based on the data I have for when Firefox's global market share will surpass that of Internet Explorer. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-11-06

Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"

RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...

Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Copyright associations want enforcement for free

The defender of status quo?What a tired old rant. Use technology and the law to enforce ill advised and ill gotten copyright protection.The internet has revolutionized mankind's ability to communicate and share knowledge and culture, and you want to put it under lock and key to deny mankind that benefit?How...

Tags: Benefits, Federal government, Sales force management, Mickey Mouse, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-05