5,000-10,000 new Twitter accounts a day: study

December 24, 2008 Twitter logo

Micro-blogging service Twitter is gaining 5,000 to 10,000 new accounts a day and most of its users have joined this year, according to a study released on Tuesday.

Micro-blogging service Twitter is gaining 5,000 to 10,000 new accounts a day and most of its users have joined this year, according to a study released on Tuesday.

Content from AFP expires 1 month after original publication date. For more information about AFP, please visit www.afp.com .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:

Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission

Feb 05, 2010 | 4.9 / 5 (17) | 2

Hollywood studios lose landmark Internet download battle

Feb 04, 2010 | 5 / 5 (12) | 6

Many wired Chinese unfazed at possible Google exit

Feb 01, 2010 | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 0

'Alarming' rise in cyberattacks at social networks: Sophos

Feb 01, 2010 | 1.5 / 5 (2) | 1

Almost half of injured Haitians are likely to be children, pediatric emergency study indicates

Jan 27, 2010 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Rate this story - 3 /5 (3 votes)

rank
1
2
3
4
5

view popular

Move the slider to adjust rank threshold, so that you can hide some of the comments.

Display comments: newest first

matthuhiggins - Dec 24, 2008
- Rank: 1 / 5 (1)
I don't see why anyone would use twitter when they could just write haikus at haikuvillage.com. Just kiddin'
- report abuse
- - Current rank
  - 1
  - 2
  - 3
  - 4
  - 5

Other News

The power of 'random': 'Seemingly loopy' technique could dramatically improve communications networks

Technology / Computer Sciences

12 hours ago | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 5 |

A radical new approach to the design of communications networks, called "network coding," promises to make Internet file sharing faster, streaming video more reliable, and cell-phone reception better -- among ...

A general view of the arrival area of the Whistler Creek Alpine Skiing venue

Google Maps climbs to Olympic peaks

Technology / Internet

3 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Google sent snowmobiles rigged with cameras into Canadian mountains so folks snug and warm at home will get views of slopes at the Winter Olympic Games kicking off on Friday.

Imec and Holst Centre achieve breakthrough in battery-less radios

Imec achieves breakthrough in battery-less radios

Technology / Semiconductors

7 hours ago | 4.9 / 5 (8) | 0 |

At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference, Imec and Holst Centre report a 2.4GHz/915MHz wake-up receiver which consumes only 51µW power. This record low power achievement opens the door to battery-less ...

'Revolutionary' water treatment units on their way to Afghanistan

Technology / Engineering

7 hours ago | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 1 |

The United States Army has taken delivery of the first two units of a "revolutionary" waste-water treatment system that will clean putrid water within 24 hours and leave no toxic by-products, according to scientists at Sam ...

Warner CEO sees e-book 'fracas' as helping music

Technology / Business

4 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The head of Warner Music Group expressed hope on Tuesday that the recent "fracas" over the price of e-books would help give content creators such as his company more pricing power over device makers.