BitTorrent Surges to 100 Million Active Users. BitTorrent, the company responsible for file-sharing tools BitTorrent Mainline and µTorrent, disclosed Monday that 100 million people are using the aforementioned software products per month.
In addition to this attention-grabbing number (which only applies to BitTorrent's official clients — there are many more unofficial tools out there), BitTorrent announced a few more milestones: 1) More than 20 million people use the service per day, on average, 2) The client is downloaded an average of 400,000 times per day, 3) Clients check in from more than 220 countries every day, 4) Said clients access the software in 52 languages. We've reached out to BitTorrent to ask to what they think has spurred this growth and will update this post with any further information. Still, one has to wonder how many of those 100 million monthly users are staying on the straight and narrow when it comes to BitTorrent usage.
Sur Internet, la musique se consomme surtout en vidéo. Internet Surpasses Television as Main News Source for Young Adults. The Internet is now the main national and international news source for people ages 18 to 29, a study from the Pew Research Center reports.
In 2010, 65% of people younger than 30 cited the Internet as their go-to source for news, nearly doubling from 34% in 2007. The number who consider television as their main news source dropped from 68% to 52% during that time.* Of all 1,500 American adults surveyed, 41% say they get their national and international news from the Internet, up 17% from 2007. Forty-eight percent of those ages 30 to 59 cite the Internet as their main news source, up from 32% in 2007, while television went down from 71% to 63%.
These numbers fall in line with the rise of the personalized news stream online. In addition, the television viewership culture has shifted in the past few years. Which is your preferred news source? *Figures add to more than 100% because respondents could volunteer up to two main news sources. Image courtesy iStockphoto: iqoncept. 4chan déclare la guerre à la France : "Pourrissons leurs sites" - LePost.fr. Web 04/01/2011 à 17h54 - mis à jour le 05/01/2011 à 15h31 | vues | réactions En ce 4 janvier 2011, ils ont déclaré la guerre à la France.
