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== '''Market Insights''' == | == '''Market Insights''' == | ||
=== Desktop === | === Desktop === | ||
Updates as of July the 18th. Next update in the week of August the 15th (Patrick is on holiday) | |||
* Microsoft held its [http://digitalwpc.com/#fbid=pdwCiI8fq4p Worldwide Partner Conference]. News and rumours include: | |||
** Windows 8 will be called "Windows 8" (this had been in doubt previously) | |||
** Windows timeline rumours: September in Beta, January in RC and April 2012 ready for market | |||
** Windows Phone 7 will not run on tablets; Windows 8 will | |||
** Long-term, Windows 9 or 10 will run on the Xbox and other devices | |||
* NSS Labs released [http://www.nsslabs.com/assets/noreg-reports/2011/nss%20labs_q2_2011_browsersem_FINAL.pdf another report] stating that IE9 is by far the best browser at protecting against socially-engineered malware. | |||
* A Microsoft Research project accidentally went live at the domain socl.com. Codenamed [http://www.technicalathma.com/2011/07/finally-microsoft-to-enter-social-networking/ Tulalip], it reportedly integrated Facebook and Twitter feeds. Microsoft did not to share any more information about the project. | |||
* [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=91573 Changes in Chromium] show that Chrome might get a [http://www.dropmocks.com/iW5mk GUI] for multi-profile usage. | |||
* Google profits up 36%. Google beat forecasts, with profits up 36% in the last quarter (both advertising and click-through rates going up. During their earnings call, Google quoted 160M users of Chrome (the same figure they quoted in May), and did not discuss Chrome OS at all. | |||
=== Mobile === | === Mobile === | ||