Archive for 'Milestones'
List Of Oldest Domain Names (.COM)
The GK-inclined would probably know that Symbolics.com is the oldest registered domain name in the world. Here is the list of the 25 oldest .com websites in the world that are currently active Registration Date symbolics.com Mar 15 1985 bbn.com Apr 24 1985 think.com May 24 1985 mcc.com Jul 11 1985 dec.com Sep 30 [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2010 under Milestones.
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Facebook User Registrations Timeline
Facebook has hit the 350 million users mark for its social network recently. The website started out in 2004 and while it took close to 4 years to get its first 100 million members, the growth has been terrific ever since. Nothing succeeds like success. Here are the milestone marks along the way 100 million [...]
Posted: December 3rd, 2009 under Milestones.
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How Many Tweets Have Been Served Till Date?
It’s a milestone day for the social network Twitter. On November 12,2008 – Twitter crossed the 1 billion tweet mark By October 19, 2009 – Twitter had crossed the 5 billion tweet mark The last 3.4 billion tweets came in just six months And the 5 billionth tweet: This One
Posted: October 20th, 2009 under Milestones.
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How Many Articles in English Wikipedia?
The English Wikipedia is the the largest section among the different languages on Wikipedia. It recently reached the milestone of the three millionth article. The three millionth article was on a Norwegian actress named Beate Eriksen. Wikipedia has over 10 million registered users apart from millions of unregistered contributors.
Posted: August 18th, 2009 under Milestones.
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How Many Users Does LinkedIn Have?
LinkedIn has had a fantastic year. They have been profitable for two years straight. Number of registered users in June 2008 : 7.7 million Number of registered users in June 2009 : 45 million! Average monthly pageviews in 2008 : 114 million Average monthly pageviews in 2009 : 331 million!
Posted: August 12th, 2009 under Milestones.
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Netflix DVD Shipping
Netflix has been operational since 1999. It recently shipped the 2 billionth DVD to its customer. The DVD was of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Netflix has 58 distribution centers The library is over 10000 strong Of late, the shipments are at a rate of 2 million a day.
Posted: April 2nd, 2009 under Milestones.
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Popularity of Online Banking in UK
Nearly one third of the online population in UK has taken to online banking. The number now stands at 10.9 million. The bank with the most online customers was Royal Bank of Scotland with 2.9 million customers. The most popular individual online banking brand was Lloyd’s TSB with 2.8 million customers. The most frequented online [...]
Posted: May 1st, 2008 under Milestones.
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Largest Hard Drives Manufacturer
In 30 years, SeaGate became the first manufacturer to ship One Billion hard drives. The first SeaGate hard drive made in 1979 could store 5 MB of data. Since then, SeaGate has manufactured 79 Terabytes worth of hard drives. The company plans to double the number to 2 billion in another five years.
Posted: April 24th, 2008 under Milestones.
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How Many Articles Exist on Wikipedia?
Wikipedia reached a milestone 10 million articles recently. The article was a Hungarian article about a sixteenth century painter Nicholas Hilliard. English, which is the most popular language on Wikipedia alone has close to 2.3 million articles. The other popular languages are German, French, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
Posted: March 30th, 2008 under Milestones.
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2007 Ad-Revenue Gains/Losses Among Media Companies
Not surprisingly, this list is headed by Google. The list of the highest ad revenue gains or losses over the previous year in descending order: Google – $2.6 billion NewsCorp – $915 million Microsoft – $510 million Viacom – $400 million Clear Channel Outdoor – $384 million Yahoo – $361 million AOL – $345 million [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2008 under Milestones.
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