iOS Passes Linux to Become Third-Most Popular Internet Browsing Platform
As noted by Computerworld, Internet research firm Net Applications has calculated that Apple's iOS has passed Linux to become the third-most popular Internet platform, surpassing Linux to trail only Windows and Mac OS X. According to Net Applications, the milestone came in July, when the release of the iPhone 4 apparently created a surge for iOS past 1% market share while Linux dropped below 1%. The trend continued in August, with iOS taking a 1.13% share compared to Linux's 0.85% share.
"It's something to take note of when a mobile operating system passes something that's been around forever," said Vince Vizzaccaro, a Net Applications vice president, talking about iOS overtaking Linux. "Mobile's growth curve is strong, and mobile is becoming quite a phenomenon on the Internet."
Net Applications, which measures data from actual browser usage based on network of 40,000 websites that it monitors, found that mobile platforms accounted for 2.6% of the overall Web usage last month. The data also revealed much stronger Web usage for iOS than for Android, which clocked in at only 0.2% share.Android devices made up just 0.2% of the operating systems that powered browsers Net Applications tracked last month. "Whatever the sales are, we're seeing iOS totally dominate the market on the Web," Vizzaccaro said. "iOS has nearly a 6:1 advantage over Android."
Top Rated Comments
(View all)
Just wait until Linux Mobile hits the web. Game over man!;):D
Isn't that android? :p
since when is linux a mobile browsing os
It's not about mobile browsing. It's about the web itself. There more iOS devices on the web than Linux anything. We're still wating for Linux to take over the desktop from Windows and OS X. Linux fanboys are right up there with the Amiga OS crowd. They are convinced Linux is vastly superior, and it may well be for all I know, but it's not an OS for the common user.
since when is linux a mobile browsing os
Nice scale... 1% of nothing.
The whole graph would include Windows OS and Mac OS X (~90% and ~10% of web activity). The point of the article was to highlight that a mobile OS has overtaken a desktop OS for internet activity.
It indicates that the world is increasingly moving towards mobile computing. Although, we're still at the very beginning...
And that's exactly what Apple's been focusing on the last few years :rolleyes:
http://www.netmarketshare.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=9
Seems bizarre to think that iOS device share is over 1/5 of the Mac share.
so Apple controls 2nd and 3rd place. Time for iOS and Mac OS to take on Windows!
And become the top target for malware writers? No thanks!
[ Read All Comments ]
Apple today updated iBooks [App Store] to version 2.0.1, bringing a fix for an issue that resulted in some iBooks Textbooks not opening in the application.
Apple is not terribly specific about...
As the Mac becomes more popular, the arrival of A-List titles to the platform is beginning to become a more common occurrence. The latest top-shelf game to hit the Mac is Id Software's RAGE,...
One year ago today, News Corp. launched its iPad-only newspaper called The Daily. It was the first app to take advantage of the "In-App Subscription" feature that Apple launched the same...
As noted by 9to5Mac, Apple today began seeding Safari 5.1.4 to developers for testing, signaling the next round of improvements for Apple's browser software. Safari 5.1.4 is available in...
MCV reports (via The Next Web) that Apple has nabbed yet another gaming PR executive, this time hiring Microsoft's European chief of Xbox Live marketing Robin Burrowes to oversee App Store...
