Tag archive: browsing

Touchscreen smartphones have been dominating mobile sales for a while now. With their rise we've begun to see a relatively fast uptick in the percentage of Web traffic coming from these devices. Back in July 2009, mobile phones made up only .89 percent of Web traffic, but two years later, that number has more than quintupled, now reaching more than 5 percent, according to NetMarketShare. In the United States, this trend is greater, with… Read More

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Apple will include a do-not-track tool in its next version of Safari. The tool will serve to enhance privacy when browsing the web, preventing marketers from following users' online activities. The tool will likely be available as part of the next Mac operating system, Lion, currently on schedule for a summer release. Such tools send a message to marketers asking that users' online… Read More

You may want to hardwire your Netflix box or video game console. A new study by Epitiro research reveals that home users who opt for a Wi-Fi connection lose an average of 30 percent of their download speed and latency increases of 10-20 percent. The problem: a crowded wireless spectrum, walls, and bad routers. “Our data shows that connectivity over Wi-Fi degrades broadband performance considerably in typical circumstances,” said JP… Read More

An online survey conducted by State Farm revealed that 19 percent of the participants admitted they browse the Internet while driving. According to the results, the perpetrators are mostly like to be using their phones for directions, using e-mail, and our favorites, “looking up/reference specific information of immediate interest” and “looking at/reading social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc).” If it’s any comfort to you (and it… Read More