Tech Trends to Watch Towards the End of 2010

Here's a quick roundup of what's happening worldwide with some of the popular technologies we use everyday. There are some surprising trends building up here...

Windows XP is dying, although it seems like Windows Vista might actually die ahead. It's a steep rise in favor of Windows 7 as Mac OS X hangs in there.

Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Operating System Market Share


IE and Firefox Internet browsers continue to lose their ground as Chrome rises worldwide.

Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Browser Market Share


But Opera still leads the mobile browser market. Notice Blackberry quickly catching on, pushing iPhone to the no. 3 slot. Meanwhile, Android plays catch up.

Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Mobile Browser Market Share


Google still holds a humongous lead on search as Bing seems to battle with its own partner, Yahoo!

Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Search Engine Market Share


And, yes, Facebook is king of social networking. Interestingly, notice some form of symmetry in the movements between Facebook and StumbleUpon. I wonder what that means?

Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Social Media Market Share