The Economist (dec 2006). Arizona State University switches students to gmail. lower cost. less training. more service. "using these services is like receiving technology from an advanced civilisation."
Note on this list the stubborn persistence of Yahoo’s Geocities at No. 6, the rise of Yahoo’s Flickr at No. 7, Six Apart at No. 10, and the presences of Chinese sites like Baidu Space and 56.com. The real surprise, though, is document-sharing site Scribd at No. 16, with nearly 24 million worldwide uniques. 1. Blogger (222 million) 2. Facebook (200 million) 3. MySpace (126 million) 4. Wordpress (114 million) 5. Windows Live Spaces (87 million) 6. Yahoo Geocities (69 million) 7. Flickr (64 million) 8. hi5 (58 million) 9. Orkut (46 million) 10. Six Apart (46 million) 11. Baidu Space (40 million) 12. Friendster (31 million) 13. 56.com (29 million) 14. Webs.com (24 million) 15. Bebo (24 million) 16. Scribd (23 million)
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Because Today’s Great Ideas start with Yesterday’s Foolish Thinking * Home * Design Portfolio Twittering the Moon: Anyone know what that star is next to the moon? Last night (February 27th 2009) I saw a really bright "star" next to the moon and wondered what it was. I wondered if twitter would tell me, so I did a twitter search for "star next to the moon." Of course, not only did twitter have an answer verified by hundreds of people, but it beautifully illustrated the thoughts of people around the world looking up in wonder at that same bright star in the sky - an age-old philosophical musing suddenly and poignantly jolted into the realm of the tangible. For those of us who still think Twitter is a pointless waste of time, I hope this example provokes some curiosity. Browse Thumbnails “Google Wave” coming soon: It will supercharge your email, then shake the web’s very foundation