Google’s Chrome web browser just passed Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to become the most-used browser in the world, says the latest data from a digital analytics service. Although Chrome has edged out IE before for short periods, the last week marks the first time Chrome was the No… Tweet This Post

Google Chrome isn’t just for uber geeks anymore. Google’s minimalist web browser is now the most popular web browser in the world, according to the latest figures from StatCounter. For the week of May 14th to May 20th, Chrome edged out Internet Explorer — which has been losing market share precipitously — for the first [...]

Internet Explorer associated with an exploit? Color us shocked. Facetiousness aside, it’s seriously about time you switched over to Chrome or Firefox (as a mitigation tool; not a foolproof solution), and if you’re a desktop user relying on Flash Player, well… Tweet This Post

Google’s Chrome browser became the most-used browser in the world for one day last weekend, according to web analytics company StatCounter. A new report by StatCounter revealed that Chrome became the top global Internet browser for the first time on Sunday… Tweet This Post

Google says it’s working on a version of Chrome that will run in the Metro environment. The news follows the revelation that Mozilla is building Firefox for Metro as well. A Google spokesperson told Mashable that the new version of Chrome would be based on the desktop browser (as opposed to the Android version)… Tweet [...]

Internet Explorer may still be the world’s number one web browser, but Microsoft has a declining market share to deal with, as well as the small problem of folks hesitant to upgrade from an earlier version for one reason or another… Tweet This Post

Android’s native web browser can now lay claim to being the most popular mobile browser, according to StatCounter’s latest survey. Mapping use over the past year, Google’s mobile internet browser has grabbed around 23 percent of all users, up from just over 14 percent back in February 2011… Tweet This Post

There was quite a stir sparked last week when it was revealed that Google was exploiting a loophole in a Apple’s Safari browser to track users through web ads, and that has now prompted a response from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team, who unsurprisingly turned their attention to their own browser… Tweet This Post

Today Microsoft published a post on its Internet Explorer Engineering Team blog calling out Google for bypassing Internet Explorer user’s privacy settings. Last Friday, The Wall Street Journal broke the news that Google has been bypassing privacy settings set by users on Apple’s Safari browser… Tweet This Post

Mozilla has decided to begin work on a touch-enabled version of its popular Firefox web browser for the Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system, the company revealed yesterday. The Windows 8 OS allows companies to develop apps for its touch-based Metro interface as well as for a traditional desktop interface… Tweet This Post

As the entry age for web access heads ever southwards, preventing young minds from the perils of the internet is a growing concern for parents. For this reason, Microsoft teamed up with the UK-based CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center) to create a special kid-friendly version of its IE9 browser… Tweet This Post

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories… Tweet This Post