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19 Oct 2010 09:54

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World: The Internet is ready to hit a major milestone this year

  • 6.9B the number of people currently living on this huge freaking planet
  • 2B+ the number of those people who will be online by the end of the year
  • 162M the number of new ‘net users from developing nations in 2010 source
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02 Jun 2010 10:26

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Tech: Question: How fast will people say their internet is, if you ask?

  • FAST but no more specific than that source
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10 Apr 2010 16:32

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Tech: Computer users collectively hate how slow their machines are

  • 66% hate this super-slow piece of crap they’re using source
  • 23% REALLY hate this super-slow piece of crap they’re using
  • 41% are currently waiting for this stupid Web page to load in Firefox source
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10 Nov 2009 11:10

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Tech: Google has a great gift for weary tech-savvy travelers

  • 47 airports will offer free holiday Wi-Fi access. Whoa, thanks! source
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08 Oct 2009 09:42

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Tech: Here’s a big social media graphic for you kids to chew on

MySpace is dipping big time, Facebook is growing super-fast, and so is Twitter, except Twitter is still closer to the bottom than the top. source
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06 Jun 2009 18:26

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Tech: Most Twitter users are either complete losers or spambots

  • 80% of Twitter users have less than ten followers source
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08 Apr 2009 09:55

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Tech: Facebook hits a big milestone today; Mark Zuckerberg still looks smug

  • 200 million users are on Facebook; they’ll officially pass that mark today; celebrate by poking someone (us!)
  • five years amount of time since the site was a glimmer in Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard-weaned eye source
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18 Feb 2009 02:13

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Tech: TOS reverted: Facebook gives into user pressure

  • Because of the feedback we received, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised.
  • Facebook • in a message to its users, labeled “Terms of Use Update” posted today. After much controversy, the service backed down publicly. • source
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15 Feb 2009 20:41

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Tech: Facebook hits a new peak in users

  • 175 million people are now on the social networking service source
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