When I first started using internet back in 1996, Command Line was my interface to the Internet (I had a shell account from VSNL and I used to use Lynx Browser) and was introduced to Linux then via a ‘telnet’ interface to a remote computer. Which effectively meant my interaction with most of the...
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I wonder why browsers have been used for these ‘viral’ campaigns (philosophically speaking, browsers are the gateway to the outside world!).. And Firefox on a bus!:
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Image via Wikipedia Opera has just released the 9.6 version of it’s desktop/mobile browser and the newer version enables one to write e-mails in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu with Opera’s built-in e-mail client, Opera Mail. Opera is strongly focusing in the Indian market (India is #3 as far as the usage of Opera Mini is concerned);...
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The metallic browser war is in and comes Iron, after Chrome. A german company has used Google’s Chrome (which is open source product) to launch their own browser, Iron. So how is Iron different from Chrome? It offers the same features as Chrome minus
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Google Chrome is finally live and is almost showing the middle finger to Microsoft and Mozilla. Lets track back and understand where did Google fail in it’s bid to conquer the world (reality check: apart from search and gmail, no other Google product is doing amazingly great): Search: Bundling deal with Dell or other manufacturers...
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Google today announced Chrome – their own version of a browser (via TechCrunch). Everyone on the Internet is talking about it. And here is my two cents on it. I dont know a lot of things from the technology perspective but the browser from Google makes a lot of business sense. Search Business. Search is...
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Part 2 of 3-part series on Online Communities/Social Media. Well, I have been meaning to write about the Firefox Download Day and their grand record. One brand which used Social Media Marketing and an existing community to generate buzz like never before. Of course the Guinness Record helped too. Guinness and Buzz Marketing A Guinness World Record...
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Opera has released the mobile browsing report for the month of June and here are the India stats (for most visited sites and top handsets): Top 10 sites in India (# of unique users) google.com orkut.com yahoo.com gamejump.com (up from 7) rediff.com wikipedia.org (up from youtube.com
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Not sure whether FireFox has finally made it to Guinness book of world records, but one thing was quite clear - FF didn’t plan for the download traffic.. There were major goofups in the entire operation: Wrong link Even though they sent the mass mailers, they were probably too busy to update the download...
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FireFox 3 will be released tomorrow (i.e June 17th) and the FF team is gearing up for making an entry in “Guinness Book of World Records” for the most downloaded software in 24 hours. As we approach the D-day (or F-day?), lets look at numbers pledged
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Opera 9.5, the newly launched version is an eye candy and offers couple of very cool features. Apart from the sleek and sexy skin, Opera 9.5 can suggest you websites based on the keyword typed (and your browser history). What’s amazing is that unlike Firefox 3, Opera looks into site content and suggests URL! ...
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Opera today announced that it will support Google gears in the upcoming version of desktop as well as mobile browser. This is surely a win for Google Gears (since Opera leads the mobile browser world) and reinforces Google’s strategy of browser being the next OS. Does Microsoft believes in browser story? Well, they seem to be...
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Few interesting stats on FF downloads: Firefox 1.0 – was downloaded 1 million times in the first 24 hrs. Firefox 1.5 – was downloaded 1.5 million times in the first 24 hrs. Firefox 2.0 – was downloaded 2 million times in the first 24 hrs. And now FF is pledging users to help them...
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Opera rules the mobile browser market and has announced the launch of it’s latest version – 4.1. The new version delivers couple of damn neat features: Auto-fill: when typing Web addresses, Opera Mini 4.1 will recognize and suggest completions for you based on your Bookmarks and browsing history, making address input faster, easier and much...
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AOL has announced OpenRide, an IE based browser. Still in beta, OpenRide promises a new browsing experience, but after having used it for few hours, I have mixed feelings about it. Apart from regular features like tabbed browsing, OpenRide’s name to fame is its dynamic four-pane design. Basically, what this means is that the browser is...
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