Huge: Twitter now handles 200 Million tweets a day, enough to write a 10 million-page book

Twitter has made an announcement on itsofficial blogthat users are now sending 200 million Tweets every day. This represents phenomenal growth for the network as Twitter says that users sent two million Tweets just 2 and a half years ago and one year ago were only at 65 million per day. Twitter also outlines some figures in an infographic that put the number of messages sent over Twitter into perspective. For instance, every day the world sends the equivalent of a 10 million-page book’s worth of Tweets....

3 min · 509 words · Lindsay Miller

Huh? Amazon.com announces for a second time its selling more Kindle books than print books…

Amazon is what you’d call a true market disruptor. When it launched in July 1995, the online e-tailer began to revolutionise the way we shop, and it has put many traditional booksellers out of business. And in 2011, it seems that Amazon is up to its old disruptionanticsyet again, as it announces that it’s now selling more Kindle books than print books. When Amazon unveiled the Kindle back in November 2007, many doubted that it would catch on....

2 min · 345 words · Larry Roth

Hulu Isn’t Selling After All

Apparently, Hulu, the Internet video site that hopes to help people find and enjoy the world’s premium video content, isn’t selling after all. In a joint statement issued by Hulu owners News Corporation, Providence Equity Partners, The Walt Disney Company and the Hulu senior management team, the following was announced. “Since Hulu holds a unique and compelling strategic value to each of its owners, we have terminated the sale process and look forward to working together to continue mapping out its path to even greater success....

2 min · 294 words · Christopher Anderson

Hulu now has over 1 million paying subscribers, says CEO Jason Kilar

The popular video streaming site Hulu now has over 1 million paying subscribers, its CEO Jason Kilar confirmed to Goldman Sachs investors, reportedReuterson Wednesday. Kilar had forecast this milestone earlier this year and says that the site has now reached one million and is on its way to exceed that. Hulu launched its subscription service just under a year ago and he has said that it will pull in over 500$ million in revenue this year....

2 min · 283 words · John Jennings

Hulu Plus is now available for six Android devices

Hulu has justrolled outits Hulu Plus application to bring its premium video streaming service to Android users.According to theHulu blog, the free application isnow availableon the Android Marketplace; however, the bad news is that the app is only available on six Android phones initially: Nexus One, Nexus S, HTC Inspire 4G, Motorola Droid II, Motorola Droid X, and the Motorola Atrix, with “additional device announcements” due later this year. The Hulu Plus app is available for download from Android Market, and once installed, Hulu Plus subscribers will be able to enjoy all the site’s features on the go....

1 min · 203 words · Brenda Williams
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