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Bulky VR headsets face steep decline as smart glasses take over the XR market

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:28:01 +0000

Heavy virtual reality gear is losing its appeal as consumers move toward more comfortable alternatives, leaving legacy headsets in the dust. Read more...

Windows 10 finally overtakes Windows 7 in marketshare

Shreyas Gandhe — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 14:38:01 +0000

About three and a half years since its launch, the Windows 10 marketshare has surpassed that of Windows 7 just as the latter enters its last year of extended support from Microsoft. Read more...

IDC: Smartphone shipments to grow slowly until 2022

Paul Hill — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:18:01 +0000

IDC has revealed its predictions about the smartphone market and what it thinks will happen between now and 2022. Overall these years will see single-digit growth rates fuelled by 5G. Read more...

The Surface line is now among the top five brands for PCs in the US

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:14:01 +0000

New market analysis data by Gartner shows Microsoft is now among the top five PC companies in the US, as its Surface line now accounts for 4.1 percent of PC market share in the country. Read more...

Xiaomi trumps Samsung in Indian smartphone market share

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:33:24 +0000

The Chinese company has reportedly overtaken its South Korean rival to become the highest selling smartphone manufacturer in India, one of the most important emerging markets in the industry. Read more...

HP reports record Q2 sales, claims the #1 spot in the PC market from Lenovo

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 27 May 2017 09:20:01 +0000

HP reported record sales for Q2 of its fiscal year, marking an increase in revenue from both PC and printers. With an increase in PC sales of 10%, it now has the top spot in the PC market. Read more...

StatCounter: Android dethrones Windows as the most used operating system for internet usage

Gurkaran Singh — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:00:02 +0000

Microsoft's Windows has held the crown of being the most-used operating system in the world for over two decades. But its reign has come to an end as Google's Android has trumped its rival OS. Read more...

Windows tablets gain as Android and Apple see decline in sales

Gurkaran Singh — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:04:02 +0000

According to numbers by Strategy Analytics, the tablet market went down 9% with vendors such as Apple, Samsung witnessing double digit declines in FY16. Windows tablets, on the other hand, grew 19%. Read more...

Windows 10 marketshare on Steam soars to almost 49%

Usama Jawad — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 04:28:01 +0000

According to the latest hardware statistics report released by Valve, Windows 10 is being used by 48.95% of Steam gamers in the world. Usage for all other iterations of the OS has declined. Read more...

Android hits staggering 97 percent smartphone marketshare in India

Shreyas Gandhe — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 07:10:01 +0000

Latest numbers from Strategy Analytics have revealed that Android has improved upon its already dominant position in India, and now controls 97 percent of the world's third largest smartphone market. Read more...

StatCounter: Firefox global desktop usage surpassed Internet Explorer's for the first time

Ian Ginos — Tue, 17 May 2016 23:00:01 +0000

Data acquired by StatCounter suggests that usage share for Firefox globally surpassed Internet Explorer for the first time. In spite of this feat, Google Chrome remains the dominant browser. Read more...

NetMarketShare is the latest to declare Google Chrome as the most popular desktop browser

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 May 2016 02:50:01 +0000

Internet Explorer has lost its top spot to Google's Chrome. Internet Explorer has been declining heavily for the past few months while Chrome's usage grew. Firefox also fell into single digits. Read more...

Piracy could be helping Windows' marketshare

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 08:00:01 +0000

A new study examines the relationship between piracy and operating system usage. Interestingly, piracy actually helps Microsoft retain more Windows users as it stops them moving to Linux. Read more...

iPad Pro outsells Surface line-up

Matt Blowes — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:58:01 +0000

Microsoft's Surface range is struggling even against the iPad Pro despite the detachable tablet market seeing significant growth as consumers look to replace their PCs with tablets packing more power. Read more...

Apple's stock loses over $160B as analysts forecast smartphone decline

Jack Wilkinson — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:38:01 +0000

Apple has lost over $160 billion off of their stocks - more than the top 477 companies in Standard & Poor's 500 are worth. Are smartphones facing troubling times? Read more...

Edge browser keeps losing market share, despite Microsoft's efforts

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 04:52:01 +0000

Microsoft's Edge browser is a world of difference from the previous iteration of Internet Explorer. Despite improvements, the browser is still losing users to the competition. Read more...

Windows-based tablet adoption expected to nearly double by 2019

Chris Schroeder — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:16:01 +0000

A pair of analysts reveal the current state of Windows tablet adoption and point toward a steady and meaningful increase of marketshare for Microsoft's OS over the next few years. Read more...

ComScore: Windows Phone marketshare remains steady at 2.9% in the U.S

Usama Jawad — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 08:20:01 +0000

According to the latest data from comScore, 2.9% of smartphone-owners in the U.S use Windows Phones, consistent with last month's marketshare, while Android and iOS lead the race by a long margin. Read more...

After 53 million installs, Windows 10 takes 4.95% of the market

Brad Sams — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:34:01 +0000

Microsoft's Windows 10 is now installed on more than 53 million machines, and StatCounter is reporting that as of last week, the OS had taken nearly 5% of the market, which is a big win for the OS. Read more...

Android sales pick up in the US, while Apple still going strong in Europe

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:24:01 +0000

The latest data shows interesting trends in the US, where the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S6 has picked up steam. Unfortunately, Apple is still going strong in Europe where Android lost market share. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy S6 off to slow start; iPhone 6 still selling well

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:02:01 +0000

The latest data shows that Samsung's new flagship devices were off to a slow start on the market, while Apple keeps gaining market share. However that trend might have already changed. Read more...

Windows Phone outpaces Android growth in big EU markets

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 06 May 2015 10:24:01 +0000

Despite numerous issues with the ecosystem as a whole, Microsoft's Windows Phone managed to hold its own and actually grow faster than Android across some big European countries. Read more...

Windows Phone takes 10% market share in Europe, struggles everywhere else

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 08:56:01 +0000

The latest data shows that Windows Phone is doing surprisingly well in the EU where it holds around 10% market share, but the OS is still struggling in many other markets, including the US. Read more...

Apple ends year with huge gains in Asian market; Samsung crashes and burns

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:06:01 +0000

Apple's new, larger iPhones have proven to be a major hit in Asian markets and have propelled the company both in terms of sales and marketshare. Meanwhile Samsung has seen its share sliced. Read more...

iPhone 6 launch bolsters Apple's marketshare worldwide

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 13:42:01 +0000

The iPhone 6 launch was obviously successful but according to the latest data it was so great that Apple's marketshare increased by more than ten percent in the UK with smaller gains around the world. Read more...

IDC: Windows Phone to double in marketshare by 2018

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:20:02 +0000

In its latest report on the state of the smartphone market, IDC is predicting that Windows Phone will see strong sales increases over the next few years alongside the rest of the market players. Read more...

Windows XP market share continues to fade in November

Brad Sams — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:32:01 +0000

Microsoft's outdated OS, Windows XP is continuing its steep decline and during the month of October it dropped roughly 4% while Windows 8 climbed steadily during the same time period. Read more...

ComScore: Windows Phone shows slight growth in the US

Shreyas Gandhe — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 19:26:01 +0000

Latest survey numbers from ComScore have revealed a slight increase in Windows Phone marketshare, while Apple has seen a minor dip during the months of June to September. Read more...

Windows Phone 8.1 is now on 47% of handsets; Lumia 630 leading the way

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:54:01 +0000

We take a look at the latest data on Microsoft's mobile ecosystem to note that the Lumia 630 is a success and is quickly becoming the top selling Windows Phone around the world. Read more...

Internet Explorer still the most popular browser, IE8 dominates.

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 10:46:01 +0000

Looking at the data, we see Internet Explorer is still the leading browser around the world, by a wide margin. But this is isn't exactly in Microsoft's favor as the newest version is still struggling. Read more...

Windows Phone 8.1 now on almost 40% of devices

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:20:01 +0000

Taking a look at the latest report we see that Windows Phone is still strong in the low-end of the market with the recently launched Lumia 630 model doing well across the board. Read more...

Move over, Apple: Samsung sold more LTE smartphones in Q2 2014

Steven Johns — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 04:10:33 +0000

Apple has long held the number one spot in sales, but the release of the Galaxy S5 and its variants meant that Samsung's market share of LTE smartphones in Q2 2014 greatly surpassed Apple's. Read more...

Is Windows Phone about to go big?

Vlad Dudau — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 19:16:16 +0000

Windows Phone hasn't been doing that great recently when it comes to marketshare. But that's not the full story and there are some indications that Windows Phone is actually about to go big! Read more...

Xiaomi topples Samsung to become #1 smartphone manufacturer in China

Shreyas Gandhe — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:30:31 +0000

Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi has managed to topple Samsung as the top smartphone vendor in its home country owing to aggressively priced, well-designed smartphones and social media marketing. Read more...

June AdDuplex : New OEMs and new devices come to Windows Phone

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:58:53 +0000

The latest report from AdDuplex shows that the sales of mid and low-end Lumias has finally slowed down. New OEMs and new devices are joining the market, while Windows Phone 8.1 adoption is growing. Read more...

Microsoft wants Windows Phone to be #1 in enterprise

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:55:20 +0000

Microsoft wants its Windows Phone platform to become the number one mobile OS when it comes to enterprise. The company is confident it can reach that goal in certain markets by next year. Read more...

A look at Windows tablets marketshare ahead of Surface announcements

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 19 May 2014 18:15:17 +0000

Ahead of tomorrow's Surface event, we take a look at what the current Windows 8 tablet market looks like. There's no doubt that Microsoft hopes this picture will change in the very near future. Read more...

Microsoft IIS market share threatens to overtake Apache

Shreyas Gandhe — Mon, 12 May 2014 11:29:28 +0000

Statistics from Netcraft have revealed that Microsoft's IIS web server is closing in on Apache's lead in overall market share of web servers but still has a long way to go among active websites. Read more...

Windows Phone sales double, marketshare barely moves

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 07 May 2014 09:03:08 +0000

The latest reports show Windows Phone is doing well in terms of sales. Its numbers have doubled when compared to last year but Microsoft's platform is still lagging far behind Android and iOS. Read more...

Kantar: Windows Phone, Android see massive growth at expense of iOS, Blackberry

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:25:02 +0000

The latest report from Kantar clearly shows the winners and losers of 2013 in terms of smartphone marketshare. Microsoft's Windows Phone and Google's Android have seen much growth at others' expense. Read more...