Twitter now has 100 million active users
September 8, 2011 by admin
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SAN FRANCISCO |
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Only about half of Twitter’s 200 million-plus registered members log on daily but the microblogging website is chalking up growth of 40 percent every quarter in mobile device usage, Chief Executive Dick Costolo said on Thursday.
Twitter, one of a coterie of Internet social networking services like Facebook and Google Inc’s embryonic “Google+”, is gearing up for a hotly anticipated initial public offering. But Costolo told reporters they would do so only on their own terms.
“We want to be able to remain independent, grow the business the way we want to, and not be beholden to public markets until we feel like we want to be,” Costolo said at Twitter’s offices.
Twitter, which allows people to send 140-character text messages, or Tweets, to groups of so-called followers, is one of the Web’s most popular social networking services, along with Facebook and Zynga.
The website has grown into a social phenomenon employed by celebrities and politicians alike, hailed at times for promoting the free flow of global information.
Analysts have sought details however on how many of Twitter’s registered users are “active”, a key metric in determining its business potential.
Twitter.com now sees about 400 million unique visitors every month, a 60 percent leap from 200 million at the start of the year.
(Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)
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Gay Grindr Dating App Goes Hetero
September 8, 2011 by admin
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The geo-location-based mobile dating app which lists available gay men in your nearby location is set to bring it’s services to the heterosexual community.
According to the Daily Beast, Grindr has a network of around 2.6 million people in 192 countries; with the average user engaging with the app around one-and-a-half hours a day. While the app was designed for gay men, it has a growing popularity amongst other demographics according to one Texas housewife:
I think it’s a little bit of voyeurism and a feeling that you’re in on a secret that no one else knows.
Taking note, the ‘largest all-male based location network’ is set to launch a heterosexual equivalent sometime this week. Grindr CEO Joel Simkhai recently spoke about the upcoming app – nicknamed ‘Amicus,’ stating that the new version will have more of a networking lean to it, stating:
Facebook does a great job keeping you connected with people you already know…but how do you meet new people? How do you make new friendships?