Posts from — June 2009

iPhones are seemingly less prone to malfunction than a blackberry or a Treo. Here is the malfunction rate observed after the first 22 months of use:

iPhone : 9.9%
Blackberry : 15.2%
Treo : 19.9%

The study was conducted by Squaretrade

What links are most popular among Twitterers and are clicked the most on the site? Here is the ranking of the downstream traffic from Twitter:

1. Entertainment
2. Social Networks
3. News and Media
4. Lifestyle
5. Search Engines
6. Online Retail
7. Business and Finance
8. Music
9. Education
10. Sports
11. Travel

Facebook has more than 200 million users worldwide, and the most popular names on Facebook can be quite close to the most popular names worldwide. Mohammad is the most popular name worldwide by census, while here is the top ten first names on Facebook

1. John
2. David
3. Michael
4. Chris
5. Mike
6. Mark
7. Paul
8. Daniel
9. James
10. Maria

The top ten last names on Facebook are

1. Smith
2. Jones
3. Johnson
4. Lee
5. Brown
6. Williams
7. Rodriguez
8. Garcia
9. Gonzalez
10. Lopez

The most popular ‘full’ names on Facebook are

1. John Smith
2. Joe Smith
3. Bob Smith
4. Mike Smith
5. Juan Carlos
6. Jane Smith
7. Mike Jones
8. David Smith
9. Sarah Smith
10. James Smith

Online newspapers in Germany attract close to 13 million readers on a monthly basis and they form close to one-third of the total German internet population. Here are the top five online newspapers in Germany:

1. Bild.de
2. Welt.de
3. SuedDeutche.de
4. Faz.net
5. Zeit.de

What is it that an internet user would like to recommend on the internet? When does a word-of-mouth epidemic start? Here are the reasons according to a study by eMarketer:

Price : 64%
Quality : 55%
Convenience : 33%

Facebook had overtaken MySpace internationally in June 2008. In a year from then, they have finally managed to oust MySpace on the home turf – USA. Here are the latest number of unique visitors in America:

Facebook : 70.278 million
MySpace : 70.255 million

iPhone users are older than you might think. More than half of the iPhone users are above the age of 35. Here is the percent-wise distribution of iPhone users by their age:

13-17 : 5%
18-24 : 13%
25-34 : 29%
35-54 : 36%
55 + : 17%

India grew by the highest rate in the first quarter of 2009 (30%). The second was unmistakenably China. These two countries contribute close to half the number of new wireless subscribers added in the first quarter of 2009. Here are the complete numbers:

India : 30%
China : 19%
Rest of Asia : 20%
Africa : 13%
Latin America : 6%
Middle East : 5%
East Europe : 3%
US & Canada : 2%
West Europe : 2%

Orkut is the largest social network in India. Here are a few interesting facts about the social network’s presence in India.

Page views per month : 5 billion
Active users per month : 13 million (40% of Indian internet users)
Average visit frequency : 10 times per month
Average visit length : 13 minutes

Who views online classifieds? Here is a list based on the percentage of respondents from different age groups who accepted to have used online classifieds:

18-24 : 49%
25-34 : 62%
35-44 : 57%
45-54 : 48%
55-64 : 35%
65+ : 26%