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NetApplications: Apple's iOS Internet share grew 216% in a year
December 3, 2010: 8:08 AM ETBut the overall picture is still more than 90% Microsoft Windows blue
Click to enlarge. Source: NetApplications
NetApplications' Nov. 2010 operating systems report reminds us that despite all the talk about the growth of the mobile Web, the vast majority of global Internet traffic is still generated by PCs.
At first glance, the pie chart at right doesn't look very different from one we might have drawn a year ago. The Microsoft (MSFT) Windows and Apple (AAPL) Mac slices are a bit smaller -- 1.71 and 0.09 points, respectively -- and the shares represented by various mobile operating systems imperceptibly larger.
But when you drill down into the data, some dramatic changes emerge. The most striking is the growth of Apple's iOS -- the operating system that drives the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It now accounts for 1.36% of global Internet traffic according to NetApplications, up .93 points (216%) year over year. Google's (GOOG) Android still trails at 0.31%, but its percentage increase is off the charts, accounting for most of the 108.5% increase in the "Others" category.
NetApplications draws its data from visits to some 40,000 client websites around the world.
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Web wars: Blackberry overtakes iPhone - updated
At least in the U.S., according to StatCounter. Worldwide, Nokia's Symbian still rules
When Apple (AAPL) introduced the iPhone, it awakened a sleeping giant in Canada, forcing Research in Motion (RIMM) to improve the experience of browsing the Web on a BlackBerry.
Those efforts have finally paid off. According to a report issued Wednesday by the Web analytics firm StatCounter, the BlackBerry OS has now overtaken Apple's iOS in terms of mobile MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 1, 2010 6:47 AM ETPosted in: Apple, BlackBerry OS, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Mike Abramsky, Mobile, mobile web, Nokia, RBC Capital, StatCounter -
Meet the Google iPad
No matter what sleek device Apple designs, it's Google that will win the data war.
By Jeff Jarvis, contributor
Apple and Google, until recently friends and allies, are now fighting for the future of the Internet. They won't occupy the same territory exactly: Apple will still design hardware; Google will still organize information and sell advertising. They have been complementary. But now they are competing to be our constant companion.
The two giants MORE
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The Mobile Internet is always on - and always active
Consumers transfer their PC habits to handsets, then proceed to do even more online.
By Bruce Simpson, CEO, Novarra
Forget about webmail: Social networking and content sharing sites like Facebook, Flickr and Craigslist are now the most visited Internet sites on mobile devices, according to recent usage data from my company, which provides mobile Internet software.
Social media are redefining what it means to be constantly connected and accelerating the transition of MORE
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The biz of social networking
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How to stop worrying and love the mobile web
Browsing, viewing video and other fare is moving from desktop to palm of your hand
By Anthony Bontrager, President, 1Cast
Let me tell you about my favorite Far Side cartoon.
There's a woman with a beehive hairdo sitting in a car passenger seat nonchalantly glancing at the sideview mirror. Staring back at her is a monstrous, bloodshot eyeball and along the bottom of the mirror reads the warning, "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER MORE
Jul 20, 2009 8:00 AM ET
