Firefox has been an amazing internet browser indeed. Way back in 2003, it was Firefox that got the internet users fed up of monotony of Internet Explorer 6 all on its own, when there was no other way out. It then made a great place for itself among the other internet browsers.

However, it was just the last week when it was found to have gone down the ladder and as Google’s browser Chrome has taken a place above it as it has now got about 25% market share compared to mere 3% market share that it had two years back. This latest figure matches with the usage of Firefox across the globe.

Now with this incredible success of Google’s Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox has got the setback of getting their market share reduced. But the worst effected one is Opera as it already had quite a small market share and now its market has shrunk further. And in the meanwhile Apple’s Safari has made a better place for itself.

Talking about the Mozilla and the development plans of Firefox, it seems that it may have to go through a rough path as it mostly depends on the revenues that it gets from the browser’s built in Google Toolbar. Mozilla itself informed that more than 80% of its income for the years 2009 and 2010 came up from the partnership of the company with Google which got it about $100 million for each of the years.

The interesting twist in the scene is that with Chrome’s success, Google may cut down its expenditure on its Firefox-Google deal which recently got over this last November itself and now it is up for a renewal. Google may not look forward to a deal with it competitor and may instead go for the leverage of its own browser.

But then there is one more twist in the scene that even Microsoft has come up to show itself in the scene. As by the end of October itself it started offering “Firefox with Bing” and in fact Mozilla has become its new favorite even when it is a competitor of its Internet Explorer.

Taking a look at the mobile browsing world, Firefox just couldn’t make its presence felt in the smart phone world which is the pulse of the time and where all its competitors have already made their dominion if not lot much, still quite a bit. Safari has its place on iOS, Chrome on Android, and Opera Mini can also be found on various different platforms with some success. And now Microsoft is also busy making its IE competitive with placing it as a browser choice for Windows Phone users and eyeing upon having it presence on tablets with the arrival of Windows 8.

With all these circumstance around, will Firefox be dead in the coming future? Firefox has surely fared bad in the mobile front and it didn’t do anything to stay above Chrome in the desktop browser battle.

Now how will it be faring in future depends on funding. Will Google be funding it? That’s a question which hasn’t yet got any answer. And if Google resolves not to turn up, will Microsoft really come to help out Mozilla with funding? Researchers consider Facebook and Amazon as two other possible parties that may come up in funding Firefox, but this only the time will clear out, whether or not the things suspected by the researchers will really happen. However for now, Firefox continues to hold 25% market share.

Chrome seems to be overpowering Firefox this is what the latest reports on Global Web Browser Usage from StatCounter and Net Applications are saying. If the reports are to be believed, especially the one from StatCounter, Google Chrome has already over taken the usage share of Firefox. And Net Application places Firefox by 4% points, whichever reports you choose to follow or believe; Chrome seems to be taking the second spot right behind IE soon.

Chrome has taken 25.7% of the global market compared to 25.23% of Firefox according to StatCounter report. This is a direct rise of 4.66% from the share it had two years back. Even though the difference is marginal, yet there’s a difference which one can notice. At the same time, the report from Net Applications suggested a gain of 0.7% to 18.2% in November by Chrome and a drop of 0.4% to 22.1% by Firefox during the same time. If this estimation is to be believed, there are enough chances of Chrome’s overpowering Firefox by March 2012.

StatCouter Global Brower Usage report has found that the Internet Explorer from Microsoft still has a very powerful hold in the market globally which is something between 40.63% and 52.63%. Opera tried pretty hard to come up as an alternate browser for the Firefox and Chrome users but unfortunately it couldn’t exceed its 2% global market share.  Safari has made its place with 5 to 6% market share when you consider the desktop browser usage but it largely dominates the mobile browser space with 55% share.

Again while considering the mobile browser space, Opera Mini was left behind by Android browser this October by putting to the second place slot but interestingly, in November Opera Mini made better place again. So now the browser space shared by them respectively is 20.1% and 16%.

Net Applications Global Mobile Browser Usage has found that mobile browsers still occupy a smaller part of the market compared to the desktop browsers. Nevertheless, it is notable that with the increase in the usage of smart phones and tablets, mobile browsing is expected to rise soon. Net Applications found that browsing through the personal computer in the month of November took as high as 92% where as it is only 6.7% through the mobile devices.

Chipmaker Intel and Google, the internet giant has got into a development partnership. This development partnership is basically to improve the processors of the mobile phone and tablet that runs on Android system.

It is believed that this move will give Intel a better access to one of the fastest advancing segments of the industry. Presently, Intel happens to be the largest chipmaker in the computer and server market of the world. But it is equally notable that till now the company couldn’t be successful in creating smaller chips with better power efficiency.

As of lately, there is an increase in the demand of mobile phones and tablets. This has made Google to push its Android operating system and getting tied up with manufacturers.

Android enjoys being the world’s topmost operating system for the smart phones.

Intel had to face a touch competition from its rival ARM Holdings of UK that managed to produce such chips that will suit the smaller and more portable kind of devices.

This partnership between Intel and Google will surely work well in helping Intel in enhancing its presence in the Android market.

David Kanter of Real World Technologies has told the media that Google believes that Intel is soon going to become a first class citizen in the Android ecosystem.

HP has made it possible to print anything from anywhere as it has just announced that its Web-connected and Cloud-aware printers meant for home and business use are the first of the printers to support Google Cloud Print (a service from Google that allows printing via the interwebs) right out of the box. It will be possible for the HP ePrint enabled printer users to directly print from Google Cloud Print as well as from the applications supporting it installed on any computer or smartphones using the printer.

To start using it, users will just have to add their unique email IDs of the HP ePrint enabled Officejet, LaserJet Pro, or Photosmart to their Google account. Google Cloud Print combined with HP ePrint printers helps you print from any the web, mobile, and even the desktop applications supporting the Google Cloud Print easier, more accessible, spontaneous, and useful as it doesn’t require you to connect the PC to the printer nor it needs any print drivers.

Google Cloud Print supporting apps presently comprises of Gmail for Mobile, Google Docs for Mobile, Chrome Notebooks, and even a third party Android app as well as , Chrome extension j, and a Firefox add-on. And the list is very likely to expand by including lot many third party apps soon.

Cloud printing can be done with any printer connected to a PC, but the printing experience becomes sleeker, and more up to date if one gets to print directly using a cloud ready printer. Thus, HP’s first generation cloud-ready printers are going to work well and will also prove beneficial for Google, as the competitors of HP will soon follow its trail.

Senior Vice President of Printing and Imaging Group of HP, Stephen Nigro told in statement that HP’s topmost priority is to make it easy for the customers to print anything from anywhere and customers will get the best printing experience using HP’s ePrint and Cloud-Aware printer when printing through Google Cloud Print.