{"id":16288,"date":"2012-05-21T12:16:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T10:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16288"},"modified":"2012-05-21T12:16:36","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T10:16:36","slug":"google-chrome-overtakes-microsoft-internet-explorer-as-most-used-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/21\/google-chrome-overtakes-microsoft-internet-explorer-as-most-used-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Chrome overtakes Microsoft Internet Explorer as most used browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/google\/2012\/05\/21\/google-chrome-overtakes-internet-explorer-as-the-webs-most-used-browser\/\">The Next Web<\/a> I&#8217;ve learned that according to <a href=\"http:\/\/gs.statcounter.com\/#browser-ww-weekly-201120-201220\">StatCounter global stats<\/a>, Google Chrome has just overtaken Microsoft Internet Explorer as the web&#8217;s most used browser. \u00a0These are very good news! 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