In 2012, Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange and Office will give way to more real-time, social communication cloud applications, which run on mobile devices and browsers.

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As mobile devices have become web browsers, storage devices and even banking gateways, those capabilities matter.

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Its plugins and apps allow for content to be stored and synced from a wide range of browsers and mobile devices.

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Another browser pioneer, Spyglass, transitioned from PCs to avoid Microsoft, and started making browsers for mobile phones, TVs and other devices creating billions for investors.

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The service works from web browsers and mobile devices.

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Aereo compatibility with PC Web browsers and additional mobile devices is expected later this year.

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Opera Software was founded in 1994, based on the idea that access to the web should be a universal right. 300 million people (and counting) use the Opera web browsers for computers, mobile phones, TVs and other connected devices.

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Digital reading is increasingly shifting from PC-based browsers to mobile devices, including tablets, and to apps designed specifically for those devices.

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And mobile devices have made the situation even more acute because browsers on phones have a hard time keeping up with the obsessive busyness of our hands.

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Drawbridge sends cookies to desktop and mobile browsers to track the ads being requested by the devices.

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