Sunday, July 1, 2012

"The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." -Mark Twain

Flock is coming back soon. There site has started showing so. It will be interesting to see that what they have in there package as last time they exited because they were lacking innovation, Firefox and chrome had so many social extensions that you do not need to install a new browser.

There can be a chance that Facebook which is searching to get a browser may take over flock, as Opera can be an expensive deal and also flock has a talent pool that can make browser for all platforms. So its better to get the talent pool and make it in your own style rather than buying an expensive company.

Browser war has again begun and there are many more number of players who are fighting to get the position, so this time its going to be tricky and unlike previous which were fought on Windows, this time its on multiple platforms.

Key players on different platforms are:

1. Windows -
  • Internet Explorer
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Opera
2. iOS -
  • Safari
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox and Axis yet to make impact
3. Android -
  • Android Browser
  • Chrome
  • iBrowser from ibibo
  • UC browser
  • Dolphin
  • Opera
  • Maxthon


Its going to be a tough fight this time and especially on Android which is the most popular platform and on mobile browsers bring more option for monetizing and many companies like ibibo and UC want to concentrate only on Android that make the fight little more tricky.

And since flock is coming back this means still there is space for more players to survive in this BROWSER WAR.

Note: Indian companies do not have such browsers other than Epic on Windows and ibrowser on Android. Tough to understand that why companies like Rediff, Indiatimes etc do not fight in this main stream Internet wars. Lets innovate guys!!!!!!

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