“Seeing the big events live is always better and Explorer helps deliver that experience.”ĭISH Explorer connects to an Internet-connected Hopper via Wi-Fi and eliminates the need for the remote control. “The Thuuz ratings on Explorer means sports fans can quickly see the potential no-hitters, the shut-outs and the upsets forming live before the sports recap on the evening news,” said Khemka. The Explorer’s view into trending data can signal sporting events that are quickly becoming ‘must see’ events.
Using the app, customers can log in to Twitter and Facebook and, in real-time, comment and track posts from fans of the shows they are watching.įor the sports enthusiast, Explorer incorporates Thuuz™ ratings to identify the hottest games on TV and provides viewers with real-time sports stats when watching live events on the Hopper. The new app recommends shows and reveals popular programs by cross-referencing social media television viewing trends and real-time viewership data from DISH’s customer base.ĭISH Explorer allows customers to connect with the social media community about their favorite shows. Search live TV, DVR and on-demand programs using iPad’s keyboard instead of the remote control.Control the Hopper from an iPad, including channel guide navigation and DVR management.Engage with fans of the same show over Twitter and Facebook using the iPad.Discover popular and trending shows, including sporting events, across hundreds of live-TV channels, DVR recordings and on-demand programs.“What we’ve done is develop an integrated, seamless experience between the tablet and the television only the Hopper creates an entirely new viewing dynamic.”Īvailable tomorrow, DISH Explorer expands the functionality of the Hopper by allowing customers to: “Customers are already using tablets while watching TV but, until Explorer, it had been two separate experiences,” said Vivek Khemka, vice president of Product Management at DISH. IE's heir, Edge, lags with about about 4%, just ahead of Firefox.LAS VEGAS-Today, DISH (NASDAQ: DISH) introduced the DISH Explorer™ app for iPad, an intuitive second-screen app for the Hopper™ Whole-Home HD DVR platform that combines program-discovery tools, social media engagement and remote-control capabilities. Today, the Chrome browser dominates with roughly a 65% share of the worldwide browser market, followed by Apple's Safari with 19%, according to internet analytics company Statcounter. IE's market share, which in the early 2000s was over 90%, began to fade as users found more appealing alternatives. Users, meanwhile, complained that IE was slow, prone to crashing and vulnerable to hacks.
It also tangled with European regulators who said that tying Internet Explorer to Windows gave it an unfair advantage over rivals such as Mozilla's Firefox, Opera and Google's Chrome. It eventually agreed to settle the antitrust battle in 2002 over its use of its Windows monopoly to squash competitors. Justice Department sued Microsoft in 1997, saying it violated an earlier consent decree by requiring computer makers to use its browser as a condition of using Windows. Its launch signalled the beginning of the end of Navigator: Microsoft went on to tie IE and its ubiquitous Windows operating system together so tightly that many people simply used it by default instead of Navigator.
Microsoft released the first version of Internet Explorer in 1995, the antediluvian era of web surfing dominated by the first widely popular browser, Netscape Navigator. Users marked Explorer's passing on Twitter, with some referring to it as a "bug-ridden, insecure POS" or the "top browser for installing other browsers." For others it was a moment for '90s nostalgia memes, while The Wall Street Journal quoted a 22-year-old who was sad to see IE go. "Not only is Microsoft Edge a faster, more secure and more modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer, but it is also able to address a key concern: compatibility for older, legacy websites and applications," Sean Lyndersay, general manager of Microsoft Edge Enterprise, wrote in a May 2021 blog post. The company made clear then it was time to move on. A year ago, Microsoft said that it was putting an end to Internet Explorer on June 15, 2022, pushing users to its Edge browser, which was launched in 2015. The 27-year-old application now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history.
Internet Explorer is finally headed out to pasture.Īs of Wednesday, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that legions of web surfers loved to hate - and a few still claim to adore.