This year, Facebook has announced plans to honor the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In addition to streaming “9/11: 10 Years Later – An Eveining of Rememberence and Reflection” from the John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts, Facebook has added an application that allows people to share memories and reflections from Sept. 11, 2011 and create profile pictures or status updates memorializing the date.
This week, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo confirmed that the site now has 100 million global active viewers. However, only 60 percent of those active viewers are actually tweeting.
Google offers expanded to five new cities this week including Austin, Boston and D.C. Anyone suffering from daily-deal overload yet?
According to the link-shortening service Bit.ly, YouTube links stay active for much longer than links shared over Facebook, Twitter or email/Instant Messenger. The average half life for a link to the video sharing site is 7.4 hours, 4.4 hours longer than other social network sites.
2.8 million emails are sent every second, for a grand total of 90 trillion emails sent every year. To read more email statistics and see a list of the four most common email annoyances, take a look at ccLoop’s infographic on the topic.
Think location-based advertising isn’t important? Pew reports that 28 percent of mobile users rely on their phone for directions or recommendations based on their current location, even though only 5 percent check-in to locations using apps like Gowalla or Foursquare.
Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci wrote the first resume way back in 1482? Check out RezScore’s take on the history of the resume.
Two Mexican citizens are facing 30 years in prison for spreading false news reports via Twitter, charges that fall within the country’s terrorism laws.
Klout, the tracker of online influence, announced this week that its users had accumulated 100 million in Klout scores. As the service continues to grow, it’s likely that we’ll see more advertisers turn to Klout as a way to find influential voices to spread their message through social media networks.
And finally, if it’s not clear by now, we’re big fans of infographics. To start your weekend off right, here are three PR-related graphics we think you’ll like too!