Posts tagged 1 Billion
Twitter to deliver “several billion tweets” an hour next year
Dec 29th
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[Updated to include Twitter's comment.]
In a note in the U.K.’s Times of London over the weekend, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone revealed some impressive stats for next year The company will handle 1 billion search queries a day and deliver “several billion tweets” an hour in 2010. He also said that by the time [...]
Twitter to deliver “several billion tweets” an hour next year
Dec 28th
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In a note over the weekend in the U.K.’s Times of London, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone revealed some impressive stats for next year. The company will handle 1 billion search queries a day and deliver “several billion tweets” an hour in 2010. He also said that by the time the Iranian elections happened [...]
Yahoo lets users know how advertisers are targeting them
Dec 7th
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[Updated to include Google's ad preferences manager, which shows you some basic information on how ads are targeted at you based on your interests.]
Yahoo is launching a pre-emptive move against the federal scrutiny it may face for its search and advertising partnership with Microsoft. It’s releasing an ad manager that will let users [...]
Yahoo lets users know how advertisers are targeting them. Wish Google would do the same.
Dec 7th
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Yahoo is launching a pre-emptive strike against the federal scrutiny its facing for its search and advertising partnership with Microsoft. It’s releasing an ad manager that will let users see a history of their online activity and decide how they want to be exposed to interest-based advertising.
“Ad Interest Manager will show users what [...]
HP beats earnings guidance but cites pricing pressures in PCs and printers
Nov 23rd
Hewlett-Packard reported better than expected earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Oct. 31, but its sales were a mixed bag as the company dealt with falling prices for consumer PCs and printers.
The world’s largest tech company is a bellwether for the overall tech economy, and while pricing pressure has been tough, HP’s performance should [...]
