Firefox may never hit 25 percent market share
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Firefox is on a decline. It may not be as steady as Internet Explorer’s death spiral, and it certainly has not been going on for as long, but if the last three months are any indication, Firefox will never hit that 25 percent market share mark that looked all but certain just a few short months ago. Meanwhile, Chrome is still pushing steadily forward; in fact, it was the only browser to show positive growth last month./p
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Office, Bing, and Windows Live on the iPad? Naturally
Two weeks ago, when Apple announced the iPad, hundreds of software companies began to wonder whether they should start porting their applications to the device. Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker and the second largest Mac developer in the world (Apple being the first), refused to comment on the iPad when we checked in with them. Despite contacting PR representatives responsible for different departments, the message was the same: “We can’t comment on a device we haven’t yet seen and have nothing additional to share at this time.”
But there’s good reason to think that Microsoft apps will be coming to the iPad. In particular, we think that Bing, Windows Live, and Office are the Microsoft technologies most likely to get the iPad treatment, though their chances aren’t all equal. Let’s look at the evidence.
Upcoming Outlook for Mac remains shrouded in mystery
SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit (Mac BU) announced during the 2010 Macworld Expo more information about the upcoming Office 2011 for Mac, and users are excited despite the lack of details. Scheduled to be released before the holiday season this year, the revamped Office suite is bringing more parity than ever to the Mac version while still being as Mac-like as it can be.
The bit of news that generated the most questions—at least to those of us in the Ars Orbiting HQ—is related to Outlook for Mac. Old is new again, at least for Mac users who have been begging Microsoft for years to introduce an e-mail client comparable to its Windows offerings. The company announced the arrival of Outlook to the Mac back in August of 2009, but revealed this week that Outlook 2011 would have support for .PST files. The good news, as we discovered by sitting down with the Mac BU, is that Outlook for Mac will support bringing them in from Outlook for Windows. The bad news is that the company has “nothing to announce” (at least not at this point) regarding auto-archiving to PST.
etc: Turns out our suggestion that Microsoft make a version of Office for the iPad wasn’t so far fetched—the MacBU is “looking at” developing it, according to senior product manager Mike Tedesco.
Turns out our suggestion that Microsoft make a version of Office for the iPad wasn’t so far fetched—the MacBU is “looking at” developing it, according to senior product manager Mike Tedesco.
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etc: Microsoft has revealed some details about Office 2011 for Mac, including adopting the "ribbon" interface of its Windows counterpart. Ars will have more details after our meeting with Microsoft tomorrow at Macworld.
Microsoft has revealed some details about Office 2011 for Mac, including adopting the “ribbon” interface of its Windows counterpart. Ars will have more details after our meeting with Microsoft tomorrow at Macworld.
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etc: The Office for Mac team is giving away two ColorWare customized MacBook Pros complete with a copy of Office 2008. Two Twitter users will be chosen!
The Office for Mac team is giving away two ColorWare customized MacBook Pros complete with a copy of Office 2008. Two Twitter users will be chosen!
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IE8, Chrome have most momentum in browser wars
Chrome is on a roll. It’s the fastest-growing browser in terms of market share we’ve seen in a long time. And its rapid growth corresponds with Internet Explorer’s steady decline. Keeping that in mind though, data from last month shows that IE8 has managed to grab 25 percent of the browser market, beating all versions of Firefox to the punch. In January 2010, only Chrome and Safari showed positive growth.
Windows 7 growing faster than Vista, overtakes Mac OS X
Windows 7 sold well during the 2009 holiday season, and the results are showing up, not only in sheer revenue, but in the OS market share numbers as well. Nevertheless, in December 2009, Linux was the only operating system to show positive percentage growth in market share.
Apple may demote Google in favor of Bing for iPhone search
Apple is reportedly in negotiations with Microsoft to replace the default search engine in mobile Safari on the iPhone with Bing. Those negotiations may even result in Bing being added as one of the search engine options for the desktop version of Safari, according to a report by BusinessWeek. Google is the current default on both platforms—and would likely remain a user option—though increasing contention between Apple and Google may be the reason behind a possible switch.
Apple and Google have long been collaborators and patners, with Google CEO Eric Schmidt sitting on Apple’s board of directors until recently. Schmidt gave up his position amid an FTC investigation and increasing competition between the two companies. “Apple and Google know the other is their primary enemy,” one anonymous source said.
Chrome grabs market share from IE and Firefox, passes Safari
We predicted it would happen, and it finally has: Internet Explorer 8 has surpassed IE6, easily the most hated version of Microsoft’s browser among the tech-savvy, after passing IE7 the month before that. At the time, we also predicted that Firefox’s steady gain would result in the browser passing the 25 percent mark in 2009, but alas, that will have to wait until sometime in 2010. Instead, Chrome was the big winner this past month, stealing third place away from Safari, while Opera remains in fifth place. In December 2009, only Safari and Chrome showed positive growth.
