Facebook’s traffic growth leaving rivals in the dust

Facebook’s traffic growth leaving rivals in the dust

Facebook has grown to 150 million users this month, more than half of whom use the site every day, according to company chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Other social networks, like MySpace, Friendster, hi5, Bebo and Orkut, have also become popular around the world over the… Continue Reading

Roundup: Ebay stamps Jajah, iPhone a $1B ecosystem?, Verizon-Google spat, more

Roundup: Ebay stamps Jajah, iPhone a $1B ecosystem?, Verizon-Google spat, more

Here’s the latest action:
–Jajah gets shut out of eBay
–German cell-phone software vendor buys iPhone game maker
–Verizon secretly pressuring FCC Chairman to renege on wireless opening?
–Facebook advertisers are “selling shovels to other miners”
–Ballmer: Ads to make up quarter of Microsoft business
–Research firm Gartner predicts continuing chip-industry… Continue Reading

Google’s social network, Orkut, gets facelift

Google’s social network, Orkut, gets facelift

Orkut, Google’s growing social network that gets no love back in the United States, has announced a number of design changes. Before/after shots can be found here.

Orkut continues to show growth in unique visitors, even if its far behind MySpace and Facebook, according to Comscore… Continue Reading