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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.

Social Networking Users Say They Want More Control Over Their Info

Liz Gannes in Social on November 30, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Online privacy is not just for wonks any more. Lots of people say it’s important to them — especially when researchers come asking.

Whither Google+? Approaching 50M Users, but Not Being Mentioned in the Same Breath as Facebook Anymore.

Liz Gannes in Social on September 26, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Google+ user registrations shot up dramatically last week, according to Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen, whose external measurements of usage of the service have proven to be quite accurate so far.

Sharethrough CEO on Why You Should Care About Social Video Ads (Video)

Liz Gannes in Social on February 17, 2011 at 10:34 am PT

Sharethrough is a new kind of ad platform: One focused exclusively on video and social sharing. Basically, it guarantees it can get your funny ad a lot of views.

HTC Shows Off First Tablet, Android Phone With Facebook Button and More

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 12:55 am PT

HTC became the latest company to “friend” Facebook, showing off a pair of Android phones that have a button for connecting directly to the social network. It also used Mobile World Congress to show off its first tablet and other Android devices.

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Says Company Needs to Unify Its Experience Across Devices

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 14, 2011 at 8:28 am PT

In addition, Costolo announced the company will offer crowdsourced translations of the service into Russian, Turkish and Indonesian. Also doing own translation to Portuguese later this year.

Fun With Mobile Stats: Holiday Edition

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 29, 2010 at 4:27 pm PT

Zillow and eBay offer up some year-end stats on mobile visits. Read on to find out which site saw record mobile traffic on Christmas and the day after.

Millions and Billions: Apple’s Music Event by the Numbers

John Paczkowski in News on September 2, 2010 at 3:06 am PT

Apple events are typically heavy on metrics, and yesterday’s affair was no exception. In fact, it was more abundant with the stats than most I’ve seen, with CEO Steve Jobs trotting out quite an array of big milestone numbers with which to mark the company’s achievements. After the jump, a list of most of them.

Another Google Gift to Publishers: Slideshow-Ready Stats!

Peter Kafka in Media on May 12, 2010 at 6:49 am PT

Content-making is hard work. Here’s a helping hand.