Nielsen’s report “Smart and Social: Android Phones in India” highlights the usage of smartphones in India. The two dominant operating systems on the mobile are Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. For the past one year Android has grown well in India, the main reason being ‘affordable’ Android mobile phones (sub Rs 10,000 / $200) are […]
Would you shut your website and move it to Facebook?
Today when it comes to internet everyone talks only about Facebook which has a valuation of a mere $100 billion. I do see people communicating on Facebook email. If you are a content publisher on the internet, would you consider shutting your site and moving everything to Facebook? Well, a local site in Maryland, Rockville […]
Facebook users: Crossing 700m, India ranks 5th
Socialbakers reports Facebook userbase is crossing a whopping 700 million across the world. For the month of May, the top 6 countries which contributed to the growth of Facebook were, Brazil – Users: 19 million, Growth: 1.9 million Indonesia – Users: 37.8 m, Growth: 1.5 m Philippines – Users: 24.5 m, Growth: 1.33 m Mexico […]
Women spend more time than men on Facebook in India
I came across an interesting article today “Why Women Rule The Internet” (reading a bit late though). Recently I had written about non-US traffic was giving the valuations for Facebook & Twitter. For a long time, I believe internet companies have recognized the power of the women user base on the net. The article highlights, […]
Non-US users helping valuations of Facebook, Twitter soar
Nearly every other day, you read something about Facebook and Twitter. For a change, non-US users are contributing big time to these two internet giants. Recently, Facebook opened its office in Hyderabad. Will Twitter follow? With the increase in internet penetration worldwide, I guess these sites are able to attract a lot more users than […]