Regular users might not be so willing to upgrade to Windows 11, but among the gaming audience, the operating system continues to grow.
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Samsung's tablet shipments surged in Q3 2024, narrowing the gap with Apple in the global tablet market.
Windows 11 is becoming more popular not only among regular consumers but also among gamers, with the OS holding nearly 52% on Steam.
Samsung and Apple lead the pack when it came to smartphone shipments during the third quarter. Samsung was bolstered by entry-level devices and Apple by iPhone 16 shipments.
Statcounter's latest browser stats are here, showing Microsoft Edge getting very close to a 14% market share.
Say what you want about Windows 11, but the operating system continues to gain more users as Windows 10 declines.
The US PC market grew by 5% YoY to 14.8 million shipments in Q1 2024, according to a new report. It is expected that the Windows 10 end-of-cycle will boost PC sales over the next quarters.
Nvidia is now officially the world's most valuable public company. Another surge in the price of the graphics chip maker's stock today pushed its market share over that of Microsoft
Statcounter reports that Microsoft's desktop browser has now reached its all-time new high share of 13.14%, further securing its "second most popular browser" position in the desktop market.
Data from Statcounter shows that Linux managed to increase its market share in March after passing the 4% mark for the very first time in February. Market share could go up when Windows 10 is retired.
Statcounter is reporting that Linux on the desktop has surpassed 4% of market share compared to just 1.53% in October 2020. The reasons for the increase aren't known but we speculate about the cause.
Valve's Steam PC digital game store and service keeps adding more and more gamers. Earlier today, Steam set a new all-time concurrent player high record of 34,649,583 gamers online.
According to the November 2023 report from Statcounter, Microsoft Edge achieved its biggest market share to date. However, the browser is still far away from Google Chrome and even Apple's Safari.
Wearable shipments grew in the second quarter following two quarters of decline. Smartwatches saw the most year-over-year growth during the second quarter but hearables had the highest market share.
Apple and Samsung are in close competition in the race to grab the biggest market share. However, overall the global smartphone market has declined again, according to research firm Canalys.
The latest Android version distribution numbers are available now and Android 11 still has the highest market share. It is followed by Android 10 Q with the second highest market share of 18.5%.
Twitter alternative Mastodon amassed more than 2 million users in the past year. However, the platform has eventually started losing users, likely due to it being difficult to use.
Canalys has revealed that the cybersecurity market grew year-over-year in the third quarter, despite worsening economic conditions. Nevertheless, small-to-medium businesses tightened their spending.
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This edition of Microsoft Weekly is jampacked with news about the slow but inevitable rise of Windows 11 in market share, some new builds and associated issues, along with a "Windows 12" concept.
Windows 11's market share has almost doubled since November, according to data from AdDuplex. Interestingly, Windows 10 21H2 usage tripled in the same time frame and sits at 12.1%.
Xiaomi has surpassed mighty Samsung to take the top spot in the global smartphone market. According to Counterpoint Research, Xiaomi has sold close to 800 million smartphones since its inception.
IDC has released its quarterly report on the state of the smartphone market, showcasing overall growth for the industry, with Huawei's sanctions making way for other manufacturers to grow.
According to the latest report by Counterpoint Research, the global smartphone market declined 4% YoY in the third quarter of 2020 but grew 32% QoQ indicating recovery post COVID-19.
India's smartphone shipments grew 9% YoY to reach over 53 million units. This is the highest-ever shipment in a quarter for the Indian smartphone market. Samsung is now the number one brand in India.
AdDuplex has released its monthly usage share report for Windows 10. This month, the May 2020 Update (2004) becomes the most used OS, and the October 2020 Update (20H2) makes its debut.
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A new research suggests that Samsung is set to retain the highest percentage share (21%) of the smartphone market, followed by Apple. It adds that Huawei is expected to see a sharp decline in 2021.
Gartner says that smartphone shipments fell by 20% YoY in Q2 2020, with Samsung seeing the biggest decline (27%), resulting in a tie with Huawei for first place. Apple, however, sold 0.4% fewer units.
Samsung is selling almost half the number of Galaxy S20 flagship devices than it did of its predecessors, the S9 and S10. However, S20 sales are boosting 5G market share in the country.
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.
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.
According to a new report, users of Apple's products are much more willing to spend money on apps than those using Google's operating system, which makes iOS much more profitable for developers.
Since the Android usage stats arrived late last month, it's no surprise that the list of different versions have barely moved in the last few weeks. However, it does show a trend - slow adoption.
Almost eight months after the latest major Android update was released, Oreo is now installed on 4.6% of all Google Play Android devices, although only 0.5% are on the latest version, 8.1.
Microsoft and its partner OEMs introduced several budget devices last year that has helped its market share in the K-12 education market, which grew 6.5 percent in the sub-$300 category.
StatCounter has published its Windows desktop market share report for the month of January 2018, saying that for the first time, Windows 10 has surpassed Windows 7 in worldwide market share.
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.
Many OEMs launched several headsets under the Windows Mixed Reality ecosystem including HP, Acer, and Dell. A couple of months ago, Microsoft announced SteamVR compatibility for the platform.
The latest numbers are finally in and it looks like the adoption rate for Google's latest version of Android isn't so good. Android 8.0 Oreo has only been adopted on 0.3% of devices.
You could be forgiven to think that the Note8 from Samsung, with its hefty $930 price tag, would be a niche product, but it seems that this might not be the case in several markets worldwide.
Current trends in market share show that Windows 10 may finally step out of its elder sibling's shadow, with the rate of increase enabling it to gain the upper hand by the year's end.
