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  Taking breaks from Facebook? New study shows you're not alone

  By Chris Welch on February 5, 2013 02:25 pm + 64 comments

  Have human beings finally had their fill of Facebook? Probably not, but a new report from Pew Continue reading…

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  Instagram has 90 million monthly users, denies mass exodus over terms of service

  By Chris Welch on January 17, 2013 03:54 pm + 17 comments

  Remember that hubbub about Instagram users abandoning the photo sharing app in response to those Continue reading…

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  Did Instagram actually lose a quarter of its users last week? (update: Instagram says no)

  By Nathan Ingraham on December 28, 2012 11:15 am + 82 comments

  According to one mobile app metrics firm, Instagram appears to be suffering in the wake of its Continue reading…

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  Walmart and other retailers lead the pack in US solar deployment

  By Louis Goddard on September 12, 2012 03:00 pm + 18 comments

  Retail behemoth Walmart has invested in installing more solar energy systems than any other US Continue reading…

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  Chinese mobile internet usage jumps 22 percent to 388 million

  By Louis Goddard on July 19, 2012 07:28 am + 7 comments

  388 million people in China now use the internet on mobile devices, according to figures from the Continue reading…

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  Gmail now has 425 million active users

  By Dante D'Orazio on June 28, 2012 01:26 pm + 27 comments

  Google has just announced on stage that 425 million people are actively using Gmail. By last count Continue reading…

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  iOS by the numbers: 365 million devices sold, 150 billion iMessages sent, 80 percent of users on iOS 5

  By Nathan Ingraham on June 11, 2012 02:14 pm + 13 comments

  Scott Forstall is out to introduce iOS 6, but first he's giving some details on the state of the Continue reading…

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  Twitter daily use on the rise as Lady Gaga hits 25 million followers

  By Bryan Bishop on May 31, 2012 04:38 pm + 12 comments

  Microblogging service Twitter hit a new benchmark today, with one of its users hitting a whopping 25 Continue reading…

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  Yearly internet usage to hit 1.3 trillion gigabytes in 2016, predicts Cisco

  By Bryan Bishop on May 30, 2012 09:17 pm + 14 comments

  It's no great secret that our internet use is on a dramatic upswing, but Cisco has released some Continue reading…

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  FCC chairman supports 'experimentation' with tiered broadband plans

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 22, 2012 12:36 pm + 33 comments

  FCC chairman Julius Genachowski came out in support of tiered broadband plans and data caps in a Continue reading…