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Here are some interesting stats about the usage of Microsoft products and services

Usama Jawad — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:20:01 +0000

Do you know that Microsoft Start has 500 million monthly active users or that Power BI has over 200,000 customers? If not, check out our list of some interesting usage stats about Microsoft products. Read more...

Alexa can now proactively act on Hunches without human interaction

Usama Jawad — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 07:38:01 +0000

Amazon's Alexa now has the capability to proactively change the state of your smart lights, plugs, locks, and thermostats without human intervention. The feature is based on learning usage patterns. Read more...

StatCounter: Windows 10 surpasses Windows 7 usage in North America, Oceania

Gurkaran Singh — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:56:01 +0000

The OS is coming into its own by becoming the most-used desktop OS in most of developed countries. But, it still lags behind Windows 7 in developing countries like India and Brazil. Read more...

NetMarketShare: Windows 10 is nearing 25% market share even though it's no longer free

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:34:01 +0000

The latest data from NetMarketShare shows that Windows 10 is still on healthy growth trajectory, even after the free offer has ended and users have started to pay for the operating system. Read more...

Bing usage increased by just 1% in the U.S despite escalated Windows 10 installations

Usama Jawad — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 05:14:01 +0000

According to the latest data from comScore, Bing usage has increased by 1% in the mid of August, which is considerably less than the 15% increase which the general manager of Bing Ads Group predicted. Read more...

OneNote userbase doubles in 2014, expected to double again in 2015

Brad Sams — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 23:40:01 +0000

Microsoft's note taking application used to be overlooked by nearly everyone, including Microsoft, but thanks to renewed interest in the application, usage of the tool doubled in 2014. Read more...

Windows XP still used by nearly one in five SMBs

James Walker — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:02:03 +0000

A new Bitdefender report has found that nearly 20% of small and medium-sized businesses still run Windows XP-powered computers on a daily basis two months since support for the ageing OS ended. Read more...

AdBlock Plus Firefox plugin could be sucking up gigabytes of your RAM

James Walker — Fri, 16 May 2014 12:10:40 +0000

Mozilla has revealed that one of the most popular Firefox plugins, AdBlock Plus, can potentially consume megabytes, or even gigabytes, of RAM on users' machines during browsing. Read more...

Cut your 13" MacBook Air battery life from 12 hours to 3 by using Dropbox

Ben Buffone — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:48:46 +0000

Tests by programmer and Qwikast founder Nico Schuele have shown Dropbox dramatically cuts down the new MacBook Air's battery life, from a whopping 12 hours to just 3. Read more...

Report: Windows Phone 8 grows quickly, Nokia dominates Windows Phone market

Rob Schorman — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:35:05 +0000

Windows Phone 8 now accounts for 20 percent of the Windows Phone market compared to only 5 percent in November. 74 percent of all Windows Phones are from Nokia, with the Lumia 920 growing rapidly Read more...

Are businesses still reluctant to retire Windows XP?

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:19:17 +0000

With Windows 8 hitting the stores today, new figures from StatCounter show that Microsoft's 11 year old Windows XP still holds more than a third of the global OS market share. Read more...

Should Apple pay for iOS data usage issues?

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:24:21 +0000

Following reports that data usage for Verizon users on devices using iOS 6 was higher than normal, the question being asked by Australian iPhone users experiencing the same issue is: Who should pay? Read more...

Trivia: Printing all the way to Mars and back

Steven Parker — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:08:31 +0000

Did you know that if you stacked all the pages printed in the world in 2010 in one giant stack, they would reach to the moon? That's 356,400 kilometers - more fun facts inside. Read more...

After six years, Wakoopa Social closes down

Paul Ferson — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:30:45 +0000

Wakoopa, self-described as the "Last.fm of software", is to shut down at the end of the month,. Users will be able to download their data before it is gone forever. Read more...

The truth about Twitter usage

Olivier Coudert — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:37:49 +0000

Three research firms reported traffic to Twitter.com dropping between the month of September and October. According to these firms, the number of unique US visitors to the Twitter website went down from September to October,... Read more...

Monitor your home's power usage with Microsoft Hohm

Sam Symons — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:02:08 +0000

Microsoft has today unveiled a new web service designed to help users manage and track power usage of their houses, which they've called (cleverly) Hohm. According to Ars Technica, it'll utilize smart grid technology to... Read more...

AMD to lower power usage of 45nm processors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:22:44 +0000

AMD recently notified partners that its 45nm-based processors will be launched on time by the second half of 2008. The company highlighted that the new processors will consume less power and have better performance, according... Read more...

Time Warner Links Web Prices With Usage

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:40:20 +0000

Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for high-speed Internet access later this year, charging customers based on how much data they download, a company spokesman said Wednesday. The company, the second-largest... Read more...

Gears of War Sees 80% Jump in Xbox Live Usage

Joe Cashman — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:06:07 +0000

Not only has Gears of War become the undisputed king of the 360 at the moment breaking numerous records, but it has also been a key factor in an increased usage of Xbox Live. Other... Read more...

Canada Leads the Way in Firefox Usage

Joe Cashman — Mon, 22 May 2006 15:23:12 +0000

Canada is leading the way in Firefox internet usage, with 16% of internet users using the popular open source programme. The figures, provided by OneStat show the gradual market increase that Firefox is gaining, with... Read more...

Microsoft IE Usage Slips Since January; Firefox Gains

Steven Parker — Sun, 14 May 2006 09:42:19 +0000

Usage of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser worldwide has slipped since January, while Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox gained by a nearly equal amount, a Web analytics firm said Friday. IE use fell by 0.65 percent to... Read more...

Ban corporate Skype usage, says Info-Tech

Michael Stanclift — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:24:13 +0000

Technology industry analyst firm Info-Tech Research Group is telling enterprises to ban Skype from their organizations. "Companies that are already banning peer-to-peer applications, such as instant messaging, should add Skype to its list... Read more...

Akamai News Usage Index Released

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:30:00 +0000

In hopes of raising general awareness of its role as a handler of much of the traffic that makes the World Wide Web possible, Akamai Technologies has created a news usage index that shows when... Read more...

Microsoft's IE global usage 94,8%

Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:06:11 +0000

OneStat.com reported today that Microsoft's Internet Explorer has a total global usage share of 94.8 percent. Microsoft's Internet Explorer continues to dominate the global browser market. Microsoft's IE 6 is currently the leading browser on... Read more...

Email usage reveals power structures in an organisation

Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:54:41 +0000

Research has been carried out which tries to link email usage and the power structure of an organisation, allowing for companies to create a map of their power structures using information from their own internal... Read more...

SequoiaView 1.3 - Visual Drive Usage Tool

Fri, 06 Dec 2002 18:41:12 +0000

I found this piece of rather "interesting" piece of software over on ShellCity.net. Ever wondered why your hard disk is full? Or what directory is taking up most of the space? ... Read more...

AOL Still Dominant ISP In Global Internet Usage

Fri, 08 Mar 2002 07:06:54 +0000

Despite predictions that America Online's Internet service would fall by the wayside once people no longer needed their "Web training wheels," a new study said AOL continues to lead all other Internet service providers (ISPs)... Read more...

E-mail increases paper usage

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:04:46 +0000

With e-mail technology arrived the idea of reduced paper usage came with it. This may not be the case according to a new study, which found that the use of e-mail has increased paper consumption... Read more...

Macromedia to track Flash usage

Tue, 09 Oct 2001 13:43:56 +0000

Software developer Macromedia has signed a deal with WebSideStory, a Web site analytics company, to offer site developers a custom tool to track consumer interaction with sites built in Flash. Flash, an... Read more...