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Facebook Projected to Reach 1 Billion Users Later This Year
This August, Facebook is projected to have 1 Billion users. But just how much is 1 Billion? Well, consider that 1 Billion seconds ago, Ronald Reagan was just beginning his presidency. Or 1 Billion hours ago, our ancestors were still fighting woolly mammoths with flint spears. At 1 Billion users, Facebook will have managed to [...]
Consumers Shopped till their Fingers Dropped
The prediction that mobile searches and sales would escalate during the 2011 holidays came true. According to IBM, in December 2011 these numbers were double what they were for the same period last year. 14.6 percent of all online sessions on a retailer’s site launched from a mobile device, compared to 5.6 percent during the [...]
Google Gets Personal with Search Plus Your World
Google has revolutionized its search results, with the new “Search Plus Your World” format. Starting today a “Personal Results” view appears showing results based on the user’s behavior and social connections. Private, Public & Social After searching, a message may appear such as “50 personal results and 419,000 other results”. Some of those 50 results [...]
Android Takes a Bite Out of Apple’s Market Share
Android beat out Apple’s iOS in market share last month, according to the number of ad impressions seen by ad network Chitika. In December, Android grabbed the lead with a 51.6 percent share, leaving iOS in second place with 46.5 percent. Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin recently touted that 3.7 million Android devices were activated [...]
