This holiday season has a high likelihood of being the biggest ever when it comes to tablet sales, as multiple manufacturers have unveiled highly publicized new devices over the past few months. To provide a view of the current market environment, Chitika Insights conducted a study focusing on tablet usage in North America.
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Windows 8 Represents 2.3% of Windows Traffic Nearly Two Months Following Debut
Available on both desktops and tablets, Windows 8 is Microsoft’s first major attempt to develop an operating system (OS) which integrates many features of the mobile experience. These range from user interface (UI) elements, to taking advantage of new hardware, and technologies such as USB 3.0 and near field communications (NFC). In order to provide a clear picture into the level of success seen by Windows 8, Chitika Insights conducted a research study analyzing the new OS’ share of Windows-based Web traffic since launch.
Room for Growth: Microsoft Surface Only Generates 0.13% of All Tablet Web Traffic
Two of the biggest players in the computing space – Microsoft and Google – recently launched their most ambitious efforts yet in the tablet marketplace. Microsoft’s Surface was launched on October 26th, 2012 as the flagship tablet for Windows 8, with a more powerful Pro edition debuting in December. Google released its Nexus 10 on November 13th – a larger sibling to the company’s Nexus 7 tablet, which was recently updated from its original model unveiled earlier this year. Chitika Insights conducted a study to see which tech giant’s tablet offering is emerging as the most popular.
Windows Phone “Mango” Officially Announced
Windows Phone 7 Mango is coming, previewed by Microsoft today. Where can Microsoft go to grab market share? Windows Phone still sends less than 1% of mobile Internet traffic, but it’s progressing.
Windows 7 is Number One…on the Weekend
Has Windows 7 finally surpassed Windows XP as the primary Windows operating system? Some media outlets already report that Windows 7 has. Chitika Insights has a slightly different take.
Bing Winning Over Tech-Savvy Microsoft Fans
Is Bing popular with tech-savvy Microsoft users? It appears that the newer your version of Internet Explorer is, the higher the chance that you use Bing to search. Seen in Search Engine Land.
A Tale Of Two Launches: IE9 vs. Firefox 4
Two new browsers launched in the past week-plus: Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9, and Mozilla’s Firefox 4. Despite launching a week after IE9, Firefox already has a higher browser market share.
Internet Explorer 9: New Browser, Same Clickers?
With the debut of Internet Explorer 9, should web publishers be worried that more conversion to the browser will lower the ad susceptibility of their visitors? A look at the early stats of the post-beta release would suggest good news for those publishers.
The Google/Bing Search Bar Brouhaha
Google accuses Bing of using IE to steal their search results. Bing accuses Google of stealing their search innovations. Now, there’s some info as to whether Google is doing what they accused Microsoft of doing, but on a smaller scale. Confused?
WebOS Coming To The PC? What?
HP announced today that it will be releasing a ton of new devices running Palm’s WebOS. One very surprising revelation, PCs running the mobile OS are on the slate for later this year.