Twitter announces usage stats to contrast with Google+July 16, 2011 - 15:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Twitter celebrates its’ fifth birthday microblogging service and the company marks the occasion by announcing some impressive usage stats, according to IDG News Service. On its first day, users sent 224 tweets. Currently, about 600,000 people sign up for a Twitter account every day, but it took Twitter almost a year-and-a-half to attract its first 600,000 members, the company said in its official Twitter feed. Meanwhile, the company's engineering team disclosed on its own feed that users send 350 billion "tweets" every day. Last week, Twitter said that it had recently topped 1 million registered applications for its platform built by 750,000 external developers. The usage metrics released by Twitter contrast with the ones that Google CEO Larry Page provided about the company's new Google+ social networking site on Thursday. Speaking during his company's second-quarter earnings call, Google CEO Larry Page said that, although Google+ is still in a limited trial phase and available only by invitation, about 10 million people have signed up for the site. They share about 1 billion items every day. "Delivering 350 billion Tweets a day is a terribly fun engineering challenge. But, it doesn't capture how passionate our users are," the post by Twitter's Engineering team reads. As it celebrates its fifth birthday, Twitter also finds itself without several of its most public representatives, including co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams, who have recently moved on to other ventures. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Kazakh Foreign Minister arrives in Armenia Kazakh Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu on Monday, March 18 arrived in Armenia for a two-day trip. Aliyev touts “good chances” for normalizing ties with Armenia Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has declared that there are “good chances” for normalizing relations with Armenia. Putin secures fifth term as Russian president Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured a fifth term in office through a dubious national plebiscite. Top Armenian, Indian defense officials discuss cooperation The discussions primarily focused on enhancing cooperation in the defence sector between Armenia and India. |