Facebook surpasses 300 Million Users

Posted on September 16, 2009 by apollobravo

From Mashable – While Twitter may be getting the majority of the press in the Facebook-Twitter competition, Facebook’s still the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Today the world’s largest social network made that clear by announcing that they now have more than 300 million users.
In a blog post, Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg [...]

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Survey Reveals Intense Dedication To Mobile Social Networks

Posted on January 9, 2009 by apollobravo

From Mobile Open By Shaun Zelber, Wednesday 17 December 2008 :: General :: #148 :: rss
itsmy.com just released what is probably the largest ever survey in the area of mobile social networks. More than 15,000 users took part from the US, UK, Spain, and Italy. Looking at consumer usage patterns, preferences, and statistics, this [...]

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Consumers more active on mobile social networks: ABI

Posted on December 16, 2008 by apollobravo

By Dan Butcher Mobile Marketer
Evolving handset technology and more sophisticated mobile apps are driving up mobile social network usage.
Consumers using mobile social networks today are mainly checking messages, status updates and comments of friends rather than posting photos or comments themselves, according to a recent study by ABI Research. However, this pattern is changing as [...]

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