Monthly Archives: December 2009

Twitter vs. Facebook vs. LinkedIn

By Mark Evans | Published: December 3, 2009

There’s been a lot of talk this week about Facebook now having 350 million users. To provide a sense of how Facebook’s growth compares with Twitter and LinkedIn, here are some charts from Compete.com. In October, Twitter’s unique visitors (U.S.) dropped 2.1%, while Facebook’s rose 3.5% and LinkedIn’s 3.29%. Over the past year, Twitter has [...]

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StockTwits Raises $3M in VC

By Mark Evans | Published: December 2, 2009

In one of the biggest Twitter-related financings, StockTwits has closed a US$3-million Series B financing round that includes Foundry Group, True Ventures Brad Feld. Led by Howard Lindzon, StockTwits has becoming a popular service for people looking for real-time investment information. In some respects, StockTwits is trying to becomign next Bloomberg by building a service [...]

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