With the Windows 10 operating system all set to enter the fray by mid-2015, there were talks of Microsoft redesigning the Internet Explorer, making it more adept at tackling the challenges posed by the likes of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple's Safari.
The potted history of the browser wars indicates how much the online space has altered in the last 25 years. Chrome's dominance, says Devangshu Datta, is unlikely to last forever.
For all those who never thought internet was more than clicking on that 'e', here are some browsers that you might have never heard of but millions of net surfers swear by: Flock
'Originals' drive creativity and change in the world.
The Canadian smartphone maker is banking on its platform-agnostic security and software products to make incursions in the market.
EU says Google unfairly pushes own apps with Android
Data localisation, an overarching theme across recent government policy proposals, has been a thorny issue with industry
The aim is a vast improvement in quality that would lead to a surge in demand for low-end Android phones