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Can There Be Another Rovio? Outfit7 Wants to Give It a Shot.

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 7 at 3:00 am PT

Outfit7 says its games on the iPhone and iPad have hit more than 300 million downloads since launching a year and a half ago.

About All Those Active Google+ Users …

Liz Gannes in Social on January 19 at 5:15 pm PT

Sometimes I feel like it would be easier to find the Fountain of Youth than get apples-to-apples metrics about Web site and app usage.

The Four Tiers of Twitter Users: Tweeters, Voyeurs, Readers and the Uncounted Masses

Liz Gannes in Social on September 8, 2011 at 1:17 pm PT

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo for the first time today offered precise Twitter user numbers, giving a view of usage that is more nuanced than a social network or a media site.

Twitter Numbers: Cool, But How Many Users Does It Actually Have?

Liz Gannes in Social on March 14, 2011 at 1:26 pm PT

Twitter has put up some impressive numbers in its five years, but it still doesn’t disclose a standard stat for any Web service: How many users it has.

Facebook: We're Big, Independent and Cash-Flow Positive

John Paczkowski in News on September 15, 2009 at 2:05 pm PT

In August 2008, Facebook claimed 100 million monthly active users worldwide. By April 2009, the social networking outfit doubled that number. In July, it reached 250 million monthly active users. And now, two months later, Facebook has passed 300 million. But more important: Facebook is cash-flow positive.

Facebook: We’re Big, Independent and Cash-Flow Positive

John Paczkowski in News on September 15, 2009 at 2:05 pm PT

In August 2008, Facebook claimed 100 million monthly active users worldwide. By April 2009, the social networking outfit doubled that number. In July, it reached 250 million monthly active users. And now, two months later, Facebook has passed 300 million. But more important: Facebook is cash-flow positive.

Firefox Reaches One Billion Downloads [UPDATED]

John Paczkowski in News on July 31, 2009 at 7:29 am PT

Once the plucky underdog in the browser battle, Mozilla’s Firefox is today the second most popular browser worldwide, after Internet Explorer. Since it was first released in November 2004, the browser has succeeded not just in dislodging IE from its dominant market position, but in proving that an open-source project can become a widely used consumer application. At 7:47 am PDT this morning, the browser reached its billionth download.