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* A federal appeals court in Washington struck down the FCC's rules for Net neutrality while upholding the FCC's right to regulate broadband access [http://www.scribd.com/doc/199616222/DC-Net-Neutrality-ruling] which has numerous repercussions. | * A federal appeals court in Washington struck down the FCC's rules for Net neutrality while upholding the FCC's right to regulate broadband access [http://www.scribd.com/doc/199616222/DC-Net-Neutrality-ruling] which has numerous repercussions.[http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fcc-net-neutrality-20140115,0,7350475.story] | ||
[http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fcc-net-neutrality-20140115,0,7350475.story] | |||
* According to Net Applications, in December Windows 8/8.1 gained 1.19% of desktop OS market share to go to 10.49% of total desktop. [http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8&qpcustomd=0] Windows overall lost 0.15% along with OS X which lost 0.02%, while Linux gained 0.17%, a trend visible through 2013 and attributable to adoption of Steam [http://hothardware.com/News/Steam-On-Linux-Adoption-Gaining-Overtaking-Mac-OS/] and OpenStack [http://www.openstack.org/] on Linux. Meanwhile IE11 gained 7.15% market share of unique users on desktop, stealing share from IE10 and IE9 (XP users cannot upgrade beyond IE8). Likewise Chrome 31 gained 6.11%, mostly from Chrome 30. [http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0&qpcustomd=0] | * According to Net Applications, in December Windows 8/8.1 gained 1.19% of desktop OS market share to go to 10.49% of total desktop. [http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8&qpcustomd=0] Windows overall lost 0.15% along with OS X which lost 0.02%, while Linux gained 0.17%, a trend visible through 2013 and attributable to adoption of Steam [http://hothardware.com/News/Steam-On-Linux-Adoption-Gaining-Overtaking-Mac-OS/] and OpenStack [http://www.openstack.org/] on Linux. Meanwhile IE11 gained 7.15% market share of unique users on desktop, stealing share from IE10 and IE9 (XP users cannot upgrade beyond IE8). Likewise Chrome 31 gained 6.11%, mostly from Chrome 30. [http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0&qpcustomd=0] | ||
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* Opera launched Reference Design Kit (RDK), a software bundle with a common framework powering IP or hybrid set-top boxes and gateway devices to work on Chromium/Blink.[http://www.operasoftware.com/press/releases/devices/2013-12-13] Worldwide shipments of connectable STBs are forecast to rise to 125.6 million units in 2017 45% of total STBs in 2017, up from 65.8 million in 2012 which is 26% of total STBs in 2012, [http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/10/21/connectable-stb-market-set-to-double/] | * Opera launched Reference Design Kit (RDK), a software bundle with a common framework powering IP or hybrid set-top boxes and gateway devices to work on Chromium/Blink.[http://www.operasoftware.com/press/releases/devices/2013-12-13] Worldwide shipments of connectable STBs are forecast to rise to 125.6 million units in 2017 45% of total STBs in 2017, up from 65.8 million in 2012 which is 26% of total STBs in 2012, [http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/10/21/connectable-stb-market-set-to-double/] | ||
* LG plans to launch an all-in-on Chromebase desktop computer utilizing Google’s Gmail, Drive, Search, Maps, YouTube, Play and Google+ Hangouts. [http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/17/5221906/lg-announces-chromebase-a-chrome-os-all-in-one-computer] | * LG plans to launch an all-in-on Chromebase desktop computer utilizing Google’s Gmail, Drive, Search, Maps, YouTube, Play and Google+ Hangouts. [http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/17/5221906/lg-announces-chromebase-a-chrome-os-all-in-one-computer] Samsung is also offering the Chromebox desktop computer running the Chrome OS. [http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromebox.html] | ||
Samsung is also offering the Chromebox desktop computer running the Chrome OS. [http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromebox.html] | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||