futurejournalismproject:

The Internet’s Population Doubled Over the Last Five Years

Royal Pingdom susses out some interesting trends about the world’s 2.27 billion Internet users:

• Africa has gone from 34 million to 140 million, a 317% increase.
• Asia has gone from 418 million to over 1 billion, a 143% increase.
• Europe has gone from 322 million to 501 million, a 56% increase.
• The Middle East has gone from 20 to 77 million, a 294% increase.
• North America has gone from 233 to 273 million, a 17% increase.
• Latin America (South & Central America) has gone from 110 to 236 million, a 114% increase.
• Oceania (including Australia) has gone from 19 to 24 million, a 27% increase.

They also note that Asia’s Internet population is almost double the entire Internet population was in 2007.

thenextweb:

This week, the folks at iStrategyLabs produced and launched an infographic for Mobile Future highlighting the unprecedented growth in mobile data traffic and what it means for consumers. (via Mobile Data Growth and What it Means For You)

thenextweb:

Gulf News reports that a study from Gartner, analyzing last year’s mobile phone sales in the region, shows that Nokia made the most sales over any other smartphone manufacturer. (via Report: Nokia Leads Smartphone Sales in the Middle East)

infographed:

As a potential customer, I think the only reasons I’d follow a business’ twitter feed would be if it was really funny or they gave away free stuff.  Aside from those two things, it’s just an opportunity to make a mistake or piss someone off.

(Fuente: flowtown.com)

ibmsocialbiz:

Only 1% of companies are strategic in use of social business. The myth of social media tactics vs the reality of social business strategies via Forbes

uxrave:

Multi-Device Layout Patterns

As usual, brilliant from @lukew 

thenextweb:

Commissioned by software giant Microsoft (which obviously also offers a range of cloud solutions), the study claims spending on public and private IT cloud services will generate nearly 14 million new jobs worldwide by 2015. (via Study: Cloud Computing will Create 14 Million New Jobs by 2015)

thisistheverge:

FYI: How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper? - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

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Diet Coke was invented in 1982.