Friday the 13th Sees Facebook Hit 175M Active Users

Some of us measure our popularity in the number of Facebook friends we have. Facebook measures its popularity in the number of “active users” it has—and that number hit 175,000,000 on Friday the 13th, according to a Tweet from Dave Morin of Facebook.

comScore Gives Google Maps January Win

Don't be surprised if members of the Google Maps team start to favor comScore over competing traffic-monitoring companies.  comScore may have just helped them secure some bonuses by putting Google Maps ahead of MapQuest in terms of unique visitors.

Google Penalizes Itself

Go ahead and laugh, because it is funny. Google Japan’s probably too embarrassed to laugh, though, and someone somewhere is likely to resemble the spittle-drenched apologist from the movie Gung Ho. Google Japan, according to its apology, was apparently unaware of the company’s own terms of service. Paying a Japanese pay-per-post promotion company to pimp its new Hot Keywords blog widget caused the website to…

Is Digg Alienating Its Top Users Like eBay?

Digg seems to be divided into two types of users - the "power users" and the users who feel cheated because the "power users" dominate everything. Last week, Digg announced updates to its algorithm.

YouTube Symphony Orchestra Voting Begins

Three months ago, YouTube asked musicians to submit audition clips for its YouTube Symphony Orchestra.  About 3,000 people responded.  Now, experts have selected the best 200 performers, and it's your turn to pick winners who will go on to Carnegie Hall.