Social Network Changes the Way to Maintain Love Relationship
In India, communicating through phones has been the most typical pattern between lovers. As the popularization of smartphones and relative apps, the way of developing a romantic relationship is undergoing great changes.
22 years old college student Sandeep lives in Sirsa of Haryana. Recently, he made a new girl friend who lives 253 km away in Chandigarh. Sandeep said that when he fell in love with his ex-girlfriend, he had no smartphone, so they agreed to make phone calls everyday before sleep. However, running out of fees happened occasionally.
Along with the popularization of smartphones and relative apps, the way to communicate between young Indian lovers is changing. Sandeep said that he and his new girlfriend knew each other through Facebook. As a long-distance relationship, they keep their relationship through Facebook.
The number of monthly active users of Facebook in India has shot up by 5 per cent to 82 million for this year's April-June period.
The California-based social networking giant had 78 million users in India in the January-March period.
"MAUs (monthly active users) by the end of second quarter stood at 82 million against 78 million at the end of January-March 2013,€ Facebook India Country Growth Manager Kevin D'Souza told PTI.
A majority of active users in India access Facebook through mobiles, he added.
Buoyed by a surging user base in the emerging markets of India and Brazil, the social networking platform's MAUs globally rose by 21 per cent to 1.15 billion as of June, 2013, against 955 million in the same period a year ago.
"Users in India and Brazil represented key sources of growth in the second quarter of 2013 relative to the prior year,€ Facebook had said earlier.
Mr. D'Souza said India has been at the forefront of several growth stories for the social networking major.
Last month, Facebook said over 100 million people access the website every month through its app for feature phones, aiding the firm in expanding in developing markets like India.
"Today, millions of people in developing markets like India, Indonesia and the Philippines are relying on this technology to connect with Facebook, without having to purchase a smartphone,€ the online organization said.
Besides, the firm has paid over $1 million in the past two years to security researchers who report bugs on its website, with India accounting for the second highest portion of the money spent.
MAUs are registered Facebook users who log in and visit the site through the website or a mobile device or take an action to share content or activity with Facebook friends or connections via a third-party website that is integrated with Facebook in the last 30 days as of the date of measurement.
Internet users in India to reach 24.3 cr by 2014: IAMAI
The number of Internet users in India is expected to rise 18.53 per cent in the coming eight months to reach 24.3 crore by June 2014, on the back of higher adoption of mobiles as a means to access the Internet, a report today said.
India is also expected to overtake the US as the second largest Internet base in the world by the same time.
"The report estimates that by June 2014, India will have 243 million Internet users, at which point of time, it is expected to overtake the US as the second largest Internet base in the world," the I-Cube 2013 report, released by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International said.
At present, China leads with more than 300 million Internet users while the US has an estimated 207 million Internet users.
The report said the number of Internet users in India has reached 20.5 crore as of October this year, registering a year-on-year growth of 40 per cent over last year and by December 2013, it is expected to reach 21.3 crore.
"The Internet in India took more than a decade to move from 10 million to 100 million and only 3 years from 100 to 200 million. From here on, we can hope to develop a robust Internet ecosystem with a multitude of local and global
players and a thriving Internet economy," said IAMAI Chairman Rajan Anandan.
The report said Internet access from mobile devices will see huge growth in the coming years.
"Mobile Internet is going to be the next game changer for Internet in India." it added.
The report said the number of mobile Internet users has witnessed a steady rise, with 11 crore users in October and is estimated to reach 13 crore by the end of December this year.
"Mobile usage and hence, mobile Internet usage has seen huge jump from the 2012 penetration levels. Compared to the 0.4 per cent mobile Internet users in 2012, the penetration has grown to 2.4 per cent, indicating a substantial growth in the mobile Internet user penetration levels," the report said.
sources: http://en.twwtn.com/Bignews/?ID=50778
22 years old college student Sandeep lives in Sirsa of Haryana. Recently, he made a new girl friend who lives 253 km away in Chandigarh. Sandeep said that when he fell in love with his ex-girlfriend, he had no smartphone, so they agreed to make phone calls everyday before sleep. However, running out of fees happened occasionally.
Along with the popularization of smartphones and relative apps, the way to communicate between young Indian lovers is changing. Sandeep said that he and his new girlfriend knew each other through Facebook. As a long-distance relationship, they keep their relationship through Facebook.
The number of monthly active users of Facebook in India has shot up by 5 per cent to 82 million for this year's April-June period.
The California-based social networking giant had 78 million users in India in the January-March period.
"MAUs (monthly active users) by the end of second quarter stood at 82 million against 78 million at the end of January-March 2013,€ Facebook India Country Growth Manager Kevin D'Souza told PTI.
A majority of active users in India access Facebook through mobiles, he added.
Buoyed by a surging user base in the emerging markets of India and Brazil, the social networking platform's MAUs globally rose by 21 per cent to 1.15 billion as of June, 2013, against 955 million in the same period a year ago.
"Users in India and Brazil represented key sources of growth in the second quarter of 2013 relative to the prior year,€ Facebook had said earlier.
Mr. D'Souza said India has been at the forefront of several growth stories for the social networking major.
Last month, Facebook said over 100 million people access the website every month through its app for feature phones, aiding the firm in expanding in developing markets like India.
"Today, millions of people in developing markets like India, Indonesia and the Philippines are relying on this technology to connect with Facebook, without having to purchase a smartphone,€ the online organization said.
Besides, the firm has paid over $1 million in the past two years to security researchers who report bugs on its website, with India accounting for the second highest portion of the money spent.
MAUs are registered Facebook users who log in and visit the site through the website or a mobile device or take an action to share content or activity with Facebook friends or connections via a third-party website that is integrated with Facebook in the last 30 days as of the date of measurement.
Internet users in India to reach 24.3 cr by 2014: IAMAI
The number of Internet users in India is expected to rise 18.53 per cent in the coming eight months to reach 24.3 crore by June 2014, on the back of higher adoption of mobiles as a means to access the Internet, a report today said.
India is also expected to overtake the US as the second largest Internet base in the world by the same time.
"The report estimates that by June 2014, India will have 243 million Internet users, at which point of time, it is expected to overtake the US as the second largest Internet base in the world," the I-Cube 2013 report, released by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International said.
At present, China leads with more than 300 million Internet users while the US has an estimated 207 million Internet users.
The report said the number of Internet users in India has reached 20.5 crore as of October this year, registering a year-on-year growth of 40 per cent over last year and by December 2013, it is expected to reach 21.3 crore.
"The Internet in India took more than a decade to move from 10 million to 100 million and only 3 years from 100 to 200 million. From here on, we can hope to develop a robust Internet ecosystem with a multitude of local and global
players and a thriving Internet economy," said IAMAI Chairman Rajan Anandan.
The report said Internet access from mobile devices will see huge growth in the coming years.
"Mobile Internet is going to be the next game changer for Internet in India." it added.
The report said the number of mobile Internet users has witnessed a steady rise, with 11 crore users in October and is estimated to reach 13 crore by the end of December this year.
"Mobile usage and hence, mobile Internet usage has seen huge jump from the 2012 penetration levels. Compared to the 0.4 per cent mobile Internet users in 2012, the penetration has grown to 2.4 per cent, indicating a substantial growth in the mobile Internet user penetration levels," the report said.
sources: http://en.twwtn.com/Bignews/?ID=50778
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