Xbox Live Preview Programme

Clever idea this. Get the early adopters going crazy for it which in turn empowers them to become advocates for the brand and at the same time extends the reach to places Microsoft may not be able to touch.

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25 Interesting Facebook Statistics And Facts

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Lets put the spotlight on Facebook for a while.

We have gathered 25 interesting Facebook statistics and facts to help us learn more about this social networking giant.

Most of these statistics are taken from Facebook and independent studies that we have written on.

Catch the list below!

Statistics

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1. It has 300 million users: Yes! Facebook has that many users. On average, 50% of its active users log on to Facebook everyday. The fastest growing demographic is the 35 years and older age group.

2. Fans: Everyday, more than 10 million users become fans of Pages. Join us here :)

3. Average number of friends: An average user has 130 friends on Facebook.

4. Time wasted spent: Alright.. more than 6 billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide). That is twice as much as the time spent on Google.

5. Status Updates: There are more than 40 million status updates daily. (I bet Twitter has more!)

6. Photos: More than 2 billion photos are uploaded to the site each month

7. Videos: 14 million videos are uploaded each month

8. Content: More than 2 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) are shared each week

9. Events: More than 3 million events are created each month

10. Groups: More than 45 million active user groups exist on the site currently

11. Multinational: More than 70 translations are available on the site and about 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States

12. Applications engagement: Every month, more than 70% of Facebook users engage in Platform applications

13. Active Applications: More than 350,000 active applications are on Facebook’s Platform

14. Applications with more than 1 million users: More than 250 applications have more than one million monthly active users

15. Facebook connect: More than 15,000 websites, devices and applications have integrated Facebook Connect since its general availability in December 2008

16. Facebook mobile addicts: There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices. People who use Facebook on their mobile devices are almost 50% more active than non-mobile users!

Facts

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17. Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire: That’s according to the latest Forbes list.

18. Mark’s settlement: In June 2008, Mark Zuckerberg paid a 65 million dollar settlement to close a long-running legal battle, concerning whether Mark stole the Facebook idea from his former room mate.

19. Offices: Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. U.S. offices: Atlanta; Chicago; Dallas; Detroit; New York; Venice Beach, Calif. International offices: Dublin, Ireland; London; Paris; Sydney; Toronto.

20. Facebook Disease: Psychologists have introduced the diagnosis FAD (Facebook Addiction Disorder), as a new kind of addiction disorder. Perhaps SMAA can help.

21. Facebookers are Tech lovers: Yeap, most Facebook users are attracted to tech related updates and links.

22. Facebook helps to nap criminals: Here is a burglar example.

23. Facebook Twitter background: It has a Twitter bird on it.

24. Facebook can cause jealousy: Research says.

25. Facebook has more men than women: This is according to Brian Solis’ data, an original thought leader of social media.

 

Sky, Facebook and Twitter coming to Xbox 360 next month

Sky Player will be made available to UK Xbox 360 owners in October.

The October issue of Sky Magazine revealed the service will soon be available to download, with a web address revealing the month of release, according to Digital Spy.

The new service was announced in May, and will grant Xbox owners access to live television, as well as movies and on-demand content.

It will be available to Xbox Live Gold members, and Sky subscribers with certain movie or sports packages will be able to access premium content.

Sky Player will arrive as part of October’s dashboard update, which is also expected to include the previously announced Facebook and Twitter integration.

 

For the footy fans out there..

An email currently doing the rounds at work..

Some mildly amusing facebook updates from the premiership:??

Rio Ferdinand: going to hit the Amsterdam cafes before the game, who's in?

Gareth Barry likes this
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Bobby Zamora rejected Phil Brown's friend request
Fraizer Campbell rejected Phil Brown's friend request
Marc-Antoine Fortune rejected Phil Brown's friend request
Michael Owen rejected Phil Brown's friend request
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Arsene Wenger is not worried about his lack of transfers this summer as he has internal solutions 1 hour ago

Alexander Song Billong likes this
Visakri Diaby likes this
Denilson likes this
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Joleon Lescott has to go to work tomorrow : ( 13 minutes ago

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Craig Bellamy has joined the group Money is ruining football

– Benjani likes this
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Alberto Aquilani: Oh no! I've just had my new house robbed!!!

Steven Gerrard, Jerzy Dudek, John-Arne Riise, Lucas Leiva, Dirk Kuyt, Peter Crouch, Jose Reina and Daniel Agger like this
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Sol Campbell poked James McFadden

Graeme Le Saux likes this
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Sat'day random drinks n' antics LOLZ

Ledley King has been tagged
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Ashley C can't find his fone, can some1 give it a buzz for us?
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Roque Santa Cruz is looking forward to starting on Saturday

Craig Bellamy is looking forward to starting on Saturday

Carlos Tevez is looking forward to starting on Saturday

Emmanuel Adebayor is looking forward to starting on Saturday

Robinho is looking forward to starting on Saturday

Benjani is looking forward to starting on Saturday
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Steven Gerrard hopes his 'groin' injury clears in time for Sunday z
Yesterday at 20:03 ?? Comment ?? Like

Ben Foster Ditto z
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Joleon Lescott became a fan of money.

Gareth Barry likes this
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Marcus Bent is hoping to start at Old Trafford – 1 hour ago
Mr. Ferguson Likes This.
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Andy Goram became friends with Andy Goram
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Jamie Redknapp is literally on facebook
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Frank Lampard is LOLing at Stevie G – 3 hours ago 3 comments

-Steven Gerrard ****** off Lamps

-Rio Ferdinand oi oi epic banter lads

-Steven Gerrard did he dedicate the banter to his Mum
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Mike Ashley My evil plan is almost complete.

Niall Quinn & Peter Reid like this.
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Glen Johnson is looking at new toilet seats in B&Q

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Tomas Rosisky is fit and loving life! can't wait for the new season 1 week ago

Tomas Rosisky is depressed
3 days ago
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Samir Nasri is watching Top Gear on Dave. Cheers Abou

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David Moyes is skint

Mark Hughes likes this
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Didier Dropba poked Jens Lehmann 3 years ago

Jens Lehmann went down holding his face

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Rio Ferdinand feels like a t** after his mistake tonight 10 mins ago