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Top 12 Browser Versions

Augusto Alvarez — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:44:31 +0000

StatCounter published a chart representing the top 12 browser versions existing; which we can distribute among continents or even particular countries. In this data I’m pretty sure you can find some surprises, take a look.

Ok, there’s no surprise if I say Internet Explorer is ruling over the world (Microsoft already had a lot of problems regarding this); but what do you think about Internet Explorer 6 (developed in 2001) being the third most used browser? Or that Firefox 2.0 has more popularity than Opera 10?

Here are some other facts:

Worldwide data says that Internet Explorer 8, 7 and 6 are the most used browsers.
In the US, Firefox 3.5 is the third most used browser; behind IE 8 and 7.
In Africa, IE 6 is the most used browser with 29% of the current share.
In Antarctica the most used browser is Firefox 3.0. Yes, I said Antarctica.

These charts are using one year stats, from May 09 to May 10.

And you? Which is your favorite browser?

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iPhone’s Most Desired, Android in the Raise

Augusto Alvarez — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:19:14 +0000

Nielsen Wire created a complete report about the current smartphone share. Where we can find some discernible results like: iPhone is the most desired device, but with other not so much expected saying that Android is the OS with the most expansion.

Some of the most important remarks we can find in this report:

Smartphones represent 25% of the US mobile market
The prediction says that by the end of 2011, smartphones will overtake feature phones.
Android represents the OS with the highest growth in the market.
In the last 6 months, Android took 27% of the new smartphone users; iPhone “only” had 23%.
iPhone users are the most loyal: 89% say that the their next device will be an iPhone as well.
29% of BlackBerry owners want an iPhone next.

Here are some of the graphs about this report:

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iPhone 5 and Google Nexus 3 To Be Available to Buy in September – August 11, 2011
RIM Soon to Adopt Other Mobile Platforms Such as iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 – May 3, 2011
Comparison: Android vs iPhone: Load Times of Websites – March 17, 2011
TeamViewer 6 Available for Android – November 28, 2010

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Why Do People Go Online?

Augusto Alvarez — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:18:34 +0000

Why do people go online? I know, it is a general question that could lead to several answers and also might depend on several factors as well, that also is dynamically changing according to the day or particular moment. But at Ruder Finn Intent Index are trying to simplify this question, analyzing common areas that men, women, youths and seniors could choose to go online.

The results are very interesting, here are some quick facts:

More than twice as many people go online to socialize (82%) than to do business (39%) or shop (31%).
72% of people go online just to become part of a community.
More men (42%) than women (36%) go online to do business.
Women (91%) are much more likely to go online to socialize than men (73%).
A majority of youths 55% go online to just to play games.
More than half of seniors (65%) go online to be a part of an online community.
Almost half (48%) go online to entertain others.

And even more, if you want you can also review the full results with more specific data.

How do they collect this data? Well this report is updated on quarterly basis, the sample is a minimum of 500 American adults. The index is calculated on the basis of how frequently this people is going online for 295 reasons or intents.

We’ve discussed before about how teenagers do not prefer twitter, and even though in the results shown in this site could be consider quite general, the statistics caught my attention:

82% go online to socialize. No surprise there, where it would be Facebook if that wasn’t true?
72% go online just to become part of a community. What can you say about it? Maybe a constant feeling of people to be included in some group, or self esteem issues?
55% of youths go online just to play games. Well I didn’t see that number coming, I was hoping around a 30% maybe? And the rest to socialize.
65% seniors go online to be a part of an online community. I’m not sure which age represents “seniors” but it is a great thing that elders are always trying to catch up with technology.

And what about you? Do you have your stats?

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Use Tweetrush for Your Twitter Addiction

Luis Sandoval — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:21:49 +0000

Like any good addiction, the first step is always admitting you have the addiction. For many of us, Twitter is that addiction. We find ourselves Twittering from work, twittering from parties, from events, from weddings, from bar mitzvahs, from the car, from our mobiles, you name it, we addicts are Twittering from it. On the other hand, there are still a few that remain of the mindset that Twitter is a time waster and provides no value.

Well for the addict like you and me, we are introduced to Tweetrush. A very systematic web app that provides you with your Twitter usage metrics. Now, after typing in your handle in the search bar, you can receive a breakdown of your usage and find out just how addicted you are.

Tweetrush was built on the analytics engine called Rush Hour, which basically looks at actions taken by a user, such as typing and sending a message via Twitter. Tracking can be done via the website and also through the various API‘s that exist for the web application.

Information can be tracked for the last 7 days of usage:

The tracking can even break down by the hour of usage:

No matter how you slice, it, Tweetrush is an excellent tool for measuring your addiction, providing useful information on usage, but ultimately also reveal just how much of your life Twitter has taken over. Give it a try and learn to live with the addiction, Twitter is not going anywhere soon!

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