Facebook’s amazing growth potential
May 18, 2012
Earlier this week we studied what countries around the world had lost and gained the most Facebook users over the past 6 months. With...
Top 10 Facebook winners and losers (countries)
May 14, 2012
The juggernaut that is Facebook is quickly approaching 1 billion users, so the social network is growing at a rapid pace overall. But...
South Korea retains Internet speed crown with 17.5 Mbps
May 2, 2012
In January, we reported that South Korea has the fastest average Internet connection speed in the world, a position it’s commanded for many...
No US city among the 50 best-connected cities on the Internet
May 2, 2012
The United States is the “founding father” of the Internet, so it’s somewhat ironic that none of the 50 best-connected cities in the...
Google Chrome now the top web browser in Asia
April 3, 2012
Google’s Chrome web browser has become a worldwide success, but it’s more popular in some parts of the world than in others. It...
Attending WorldHostingDays? We’ll give you a FREE Pingdom account!
March 20, 2012
WorldHostingDays Global in Germany started yesterday and we want to give everyone attending a really cool gift – a one year FREE Pingdom...
Happy birthday IE 8 – you are remarkably tough to kill
March 19, 2012
It was three years ago today (March 19, 2009) that Microsoft unleashed Internet Explorer (IE) 8. According to Microsoft, the priorities for IE...
Almost 8 new Internet users added worldwide every second (infographic)
February 16, 2012
By some measures , more than 7 billion people now inhabit the world, and more than a third of us are on the...
Where in the world is Tux? Photos of the lovable Linux mascot from 29 countries
February 14, 2012
Do you remember the game “ Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? ” We’re going to play a game of “Where in...
Happy 5th birthday Windows Vista – still number 3 OS worldwide
January 30, 2012
Microsoft Windows Vista was released into retail on January 30, 2007, and there’s not been many nice words said about it since. It...
Apple celebrates iPad’s second birthday
January 27, 2012
On January 27, 2010, Steve Jobs took to the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. ...
New era in supercomputing is born – China’s homegrown Sunway Bluelight is operational
January 26, 2012
China has come a long way fast in the world of supercomputers and now occupies the number two and number four spots on...
What if smartphones were as popular in China as they are in the USA?
January 23, 2012
We have pointed out China’s amazing potential before on this blog, and we have also made detailed comparisons between China and the USA....
Visualizing mobile phone penetration per country 1991-2010 (animation)
January 12, 2012
In December, we looked at how the Internet has spread across the world from 1991 to 2010. We presented this in the form...
The invasion continues – Facebook adoption in top 10 countries
December 28, 2011
Facebook currently has more than 800 million active users. ...