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Facebook Rolls Out Insights Analytics Tools: Now You Can Tell Who "Likes" What

Facebook's Insights dashboard, a new crop of analytics tools, finally rolled out today. It gives more information and control regarding Facebook users' sharing data. READ»

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Smartphone OS Stats Show Android Users Love Their Phones, but iPhoners Love Theirs More

Nielsen's newest smartphone stats are out, and there are lots of interesting tidbits, including one big question: could the iPhone lose users to fast-growing Android?READ»

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Political Polling Becomes Alarmingly Inaccurate as More Households Give Up Landlines

The problem of cellphone-only households is only increasing for political pollsters. Political stats expert Nate Silver says the problem now introduces a "statistically significant bias" for pollsters.READ»

Dumbphone Statistics: Oh Right, Not Everyone Has a Smartphone

It's easy to forget that smartphones don't dominate the mobile phone market. Here are the stats for the first quarter of 2010: The top cellphone sellers might surprise you. RIM (BlackBerry)? Nope. Apple? Forget about it. Keep guessing.READ»

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Twitter Redesign Sneak Peek: Tracks Time Spent Tweeting, Looks Apple-y

Ahead of next week's Chirp, Doug Bowman has given us a hint of what Twitter's forthcoming redesign might look like. The creative nabob of Twitter has posted a corner of the redesign up on his Dribble page, with the message "Working on ...READ»

Want to Share a Message on Twitter? Talk About Twitter

If you're trying to improve how far your Tweets get shared, try talking about Twitter itself in those 140 characters--it'll boost your chances according to some new analysis. But Facebookers seem to hate Twitter--its mention is a ...READ»

The Vancouver Olympics by the Numbers

Infographic: Let the Games Begin!  More than 80 nations and 5,500 athletes and officials will participate in this year's Winter Games. NBC paid $820 million for the rights to broadcast Vancouver 2010, 34% more ...READ»

Three Times More Time Spent Facebooking Than Googling: Are We Wasting Time?

A new survey by Nielsen examined the habits of Net users in August, and turned up a fascinating statistic: People spent three times more on Facebook than Google. Is this significant, or indicative we're all a bunch of ...READ»