While Facebook continues to lead all social networks by a wide margin, Google+ has overtaken Twitter as the 2nd most popular social network in the US, according to a March 2013 Survey by Burst Media of over 2,500 adult US internet users. Despite a lot of early criticism about Google+ being a ghost town, the… Continue reading REPORT: Google+ Overtakes Twitter as 2nd Most Popular Social Network in US
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Facebook is Testing a Vine-Like Video Sharing Feature for Instagram
Facebook is reportedly testing out a new video feature for Instagram, its photo sharing service, that will be similar to Twitter’s Vine. According to Mathew Keys from The Desk, the new service is being tested out internally, and would allow a user to upload anywhere between 5 to 10 seconds of video from their mobile… Continue reading Facebook is Testing a Vine-Like Video Sharing Feature for Instagram
Facebook Earnings Report: 665M Active Users Daily, 100M Monthly On Instagram
Facebook has released its quarterly earnings report for Q1, which ended March 31, 2013. There are now 665 million daily active users, which represents a 26% year-over-year increase. Facebook also reported 1.11 billion monthly users through March (23% gain). Mobile visitors represented 751 million per month, with an explosive 54% gain since last year! “We’ve… Continue reading Facebook Earnings Report: 665M Active Users Daily, 100M Monthly On Instagram
FACEBOOK SXSW REPORT: More Than 1 Billion App Activities Shared Daily
Facebook announced at SXSW that more than 1 billion instances of application activity are now shared daily on Facebook. Also, more than 400 billion Open Graph actions have been shared back to Facebook as of this month. Facebook defines this open graph activity as high-level “interactions” users can perform within your app (commonly follow, like,… Continue reading FACEBOOK SXSW REPORT: More Than 1 Billion App Activities Shared Daily
REPORT: LinkedIn Announces 1 Billion Skills and Expertise Endorsements Given
Are you one of the 58 million professionals that have been recognized on LinkedIn for their exceptional skills and expertise? Recently LinkedIn introduced skill Endorsements, which are a great way to help build your professional brand and areas of expertise. It’s also an effective means to recognize the strengths of your colleagues and peers who… Continue reading REPORT: LinkedIn Announces 1 Billion Skills and Expertise Endorsements Given
REPORT: What’s the Most Efficient Social Network?
While social media platforms like Pinterest and Twitter are on the rise, they aren’t exactly in a position to challenge Facebook’s 1.06 billion users any time soon. But how do all these sites stack up in terms of users and revenue? What makes a social network truly efficient? A recent report by Pingdom, takes a… Continue reading REPORT: What’s the Most Efficient Social Network?
REPORT: It’s an Android World
There is no denying that Android, Google’s operating system for mobile smartphones is huge, but did you realize that it represented 65% of all the smartphones sold in 2012? In fact, the Android OS powers 42% of all consumer computer devices! A new report by Pingdom shows just how enormous Android really is. Smartphone web… Continue reading REPORT: It’s an Android World
REPORT: Real-time Reactions to the 2013 State of the Union Visualized
Every year millions of Americans gather around to listen to the President’s State of the Union speech, and the opposition response that directly follows it. The State of the Union is a catalyst that ignites a national conversation online about the issues facing America today. The 2013 #SOTU address and response drew over 1.36 million… Continue reading REPORT: Real-time Reactions to the 2013 State of the Union Visualized
