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Ben, 🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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Thank you!
Ben, 🚀 @PerspectiveIX
⚡️ Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Switzerland
Among other things, #Bitcoin has been criticized for price volatility, use in illegal transactions and thefts from exchanges. It has also proven highly controversial for the sheer amount of energy it requires. The University of Cambridge has released a new online tool that estimates the level of electricity the #CryptoCurrency network uses and compares it with other entities.
It estimates that Bitcoin uses 61.76 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricty per year, more than many countries and around 0.28 percent of worldwide electricity consumption.
The Czech Republic 🇨🇿 consumes an estimated 62.34 TWh while Switzerland 🇨🇭 consumes 58.46 TWh annually by comparison. In fact, if Bitcoin was a country, it would be the 41st most-energy-demanding nation on earth.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX via Statista.
Among other things, #Bitcoin has been criticized for price volatility, use in illegal transactions and thefts from exchanges. It has also proven highly controversial for the sheer amount of energy it requires. The University of Cambridge has released a new online tool that estimates the level of electricity the #CryptoCurrency network uses and compares it with other entities.
It estimates that Bitcoin uses 61.76 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricty per year, more than many countries and around 0.28 percent of worldwide electricity consumption.
The Czech Republic 🇨🇿 consumes an estimated 62.34 TWh while Switzerland 🇨🇭 consumes 58.46 TWh annually by comparison. In fact, if Bitcoin was a country, it would be the 41st most-energy-demanding nation on earth.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX via Statista.
🗳 Is your 'Read Receipt' on?
(Will people know you've read their message?)
(Will people know you've read their message?)
Anonymous Poll
5%
I'm Female - Yes, it's ON.
73%
I'm Male - Yes, it's ON.
2%
I'm Female - No, it's OFF.
20%
I'm Male - No, it's OFF.
👩💻 StackOverflow's 2019 Developer Survey Results 👨💻
This year, nearly 90,000 developers took the survey. Here are some key results:
- For the 7th year in a row, #JavaScript is the most commonly used programming language, but #Python has risen in the ranks again.
- Over half of respondents had written their first line of code by the time they were 16, although this experience varies by country & by gender.
- Respondents were asked to think about the last time they solved coding problems with & without #StackOverflow. The data indicate that Stack Overflow saves a developer 30 to 90 minutes of time per week!
- About 65% of professional developers on Stack Overflow contribute to #OpenSource projects once a year or more.
- #Reddit & #YouTube were the most common answers to what social media site they use the most. (No #Telegram in the list! Wtf, StackOverflow!?)
🔗 Read more here.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
This year, nearly 90,000 developers took the survey. Here are some key results:
- For the 7th year in a row, #JavaScript is the most commonly used programming language, but #Python has risen in the ranks again.
- Over half of respondents had written their first line of code by the time they were 16, although this experience varies by country & by gender.
- Respondents were asked to think about the last time they solved coding problems with & without #StackOverflow. The data indicate that Stack Overflow saves a developer 30 to 90 minutes of time per week!
- About 65% of professional developers on Stack Overflow contribute to #OpenSource projects once a year or more.
- #Reddit & #YouTube were the most common answers to what social media site they use the most. (No #Telegram in the list! Wtf, StackOverflow!?)
🔗 Read more here.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
🗳 Which of these communications tools do you mainly use for work?
Anonymous Poll
29%
Slack
14%
Microsoft Teams
32%
I don't use any communications tools.
25%
Others (comment below)
🤝 Microsoft might be doing to Slack what Facebook did to Snapchat
Techie's favorite communications tool, Slack, is losing ground to its biggest rival, Microsoft Teams, which has copied its way into popularity. In other words, Slack has the same problem as Snapchat, which has suffered from its bigger rival Facebook’s relentless appropriation.
Currently, over 13 million people use #Microsoft’s Teams app for chat, meetings and document collaboration every day, compared to #Slack's 10+ million daily users in the three months that ended on January 31.
Microsoft, at one point, had even considered buying Slack. Instead, nearly four years after Slack’s debut, Microsoft launched Teams, which has since adopted many of its competitor’s functions, including the basic premise of creating an online office space for coworkers to collaborate and communicate.
❗️ Apparently, Microsoft Teams isn’t better than Slack, but it is freer and was tolerable as a Slack alternative!
🔗 Read more on Recode & CNBC.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
Techie's favorite communications tool, Slack, is losing ground to its biggest rival, Microsoft Teams, which has copied its way into popularity. In other words, Slack has the same problem as Snapchat, which has suffered from its bigger rival Facebook’s relentless appropriation.
Currently, over 13 million people use #Microsoft’s Teams app for chat, meetings and document collaboration every day, compared to #Slack's 10+ million daily users in the three months that ended on January 31.
Microsoft, at one point, had even considered buying Slack. Instead, nearly four years after Slack’s debut, Microsoft launched Teams, which has since adopted many of its competitor’s functions, including the basic premise of creating an online office space for coworkers to collaborate and communicate.
❗️ Apparently, Microsoft Teams isn’t better than Slack, but it is freer and was tolerable as a Slack alternative!
🔗 Read more on Recode & CNBC.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
😶 The 20-year-old entrepreneur is a lie
Good ideas come at any age, but it takes experience to turn them into success stories. Steve Jobs was 21 when he helped found Apple, but he was a 43-year-old CEO when the company created the iMac.
According to a working paper from MIT Sloan professor Pierre Azoulay and PhD student Daniel Kim, the average age of entrepreneurs who’ve started companies and gone on to hire at least one employee is 42 years old.
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates started their respective companies in their early 20s, as indicated by the vertical lines. But Apple and Microsoft stocks peaked when both were in their 40s.
📡 Read more on Today's Pulse.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
Good ideas come at any age, but it takes experience to turn them into success stories. Steve Jobs was 21 when he helped found Apple, but he was a 43-year-old CEO when the company created the iMac.
According to a working paper from MIT Sloan professor Pierre Azoulay and PhD student Daniel Kim, the average age of entrepreneurs who’ve started companies and gone on to hire at least one employee is 42 years old.
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates started their respective companies in their early 20s, as indicated by the vertical lines. But Apple and Microsoft stocks peaked when both were in their 40s.
📡 Read more on Today's Pulse.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
📱 Top Social Media Apps Worldwide by Downloads
Q2 2019
#Facebook was the most downloaded #SocialMedia app worldwide for 2Q19 with close to 174 million installs.
#TikTok was the second most installed social media app worldwide last quarter with more than 156 million installs. #Instagram, #Snapchat, and #Likee rounded out the top five most installed social media apps worldwide for the quarter.
🔗 Read more on SensorTower.
❗️ Check our Instagram Stories!
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
Q2 2019
#Facebook was the most downloaded #SocialMedia app worldwide for 2Q19 with close to 174 million installs.
#TikTok was the second most installed social media app worldwide last quarter with more than 156 million installs. #Instagram, #Snapchat, and #Likee rounded out the top five most installed social media apps worldwide for the quarter.
🔗 Read more on SensorTower.
❗️ Check our Instagram Stories!
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
📱 Mobile Data Traffic Outlook
Total mobile data traffic continues to increase globally & is predicted to reach 131 exabytes (EB) per month by the end of 2024. This means a 30% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2018 & 2024.
🇮🇳 India has the highest average monthly usage, reaching 9.8 gigabytes (GB) by the end of 2018.
🌏 North East Asia is the world’s most populous region, and has the largest share of global mobile data traffic. In 2024, total mobile data traffic in the region is estimated to reach 39EB per month, equaling 30% of the world total. The rapid growth in mobile broadband subscriptions is expected to continue, with China alone set to add around 190m mobile broadband subscriptions between 2018 & 2024. This growth, together with increased usage per smartphone, will drive total mobile data traffic up to 30EB per month in China.
#️⃣ #Internet #5G
🔗 Read more on Ericsson.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
Total mobile data traffic continues to increase globally & is predicted to reach 131 exabytes (EB) per month by the end of 2024. This means a 30% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2018 & 2024.
🇮🇳 India has the highest average monthly usage, reaching 9.8 gigabytes (GB) by the end of 2018.
🌏 North East Asia is the world’s most populous region, and has the largest share of global mobile data traffic. In 2024, total mobile data traffic in the region is estimated to reach 39EB per month, equaling 30% of the world total. The rapid growth in mobile broadband subscriptions is expected to continue, with China alone set to add around 190m mobile broadband subscriptions between 2018 & 2024. This growth, together with increased usage per smartphone, will drive total mobile data traffic up to 30EB per month in China.
#️⃣ #Internet #5G
🔗 Read more on Ericsson.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
📆 It's 17 July! 🥳🎉
#WorldEmojiDay!
The first #emoji set created in Japan in 1997. Without this and other Japanese carriers with emoji support, we wouldn't have emoji on our phones today. Here, you can see the evolution of one emoji set from 🇯🇵 in 1997 to 🍎 in 2018!
🔗 Read more on Emojipedia.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
❓ What's your favourite emoji?
#WorldEmojiDay!
The first #emoji set created in Japan in 1997. Without this and other Japanese carriers with emoji support, we wouldn't have emoji on our phones today. Here, you can see the evolution of one emoji set from 🇯🇵 in 1997 to 🍎 in 2018!
🔗 Read more on Emojipedia.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
❓ What's your favourite emoji?
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🤳 Do you use Instagram Stories?
Here's a quick feature you probably didn't know #Instagram Stories have: Flipping #Emojis!
📺 Watch it on IGTV.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
Here's a quick feature you probably didn't know #Instagram Stories have: Flipping #Emojis!
📺 Watch it on IGTV.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
📈 Social Media Users Pass 3.5 Billion
The number of people around the world using #SocialMedia grew by more than a quarter of a billion over the past 12 months, to reach the 3.5 billion milestone by July 2019.
More than 46% of the world’s total population now uses social media, but if we focus on ‘eligible audiences’ – people aged 13 and above – the penetration rate increases to 59%, with the latest trends suggesting that it will pass 60% within the next few months.
🔗 Read more on DataReportal.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
The number of people around the world using #SocialMedia grew by more than a quarter of a billion over the past 12 months, to reach the 3.5 billion milestone by July 2019.
More than 46% of the world’s total population now uses social media, but if we focus on ‘eligible audiences’ – people aged 13 and above – the penetration rate increases to 59%, with the latest trends suggesting that it will pass 60% within the next few months.
🔗 Read more on DataReportal.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
👻 Snapchat’s Audience Jumps
Data published in #Snapchat’s self-serve tools show that the platform’s advertising audience jumped by a massive 19% in the past three months, reaching a total of 369 million users by July 2019. That translates to an increase of almost 60 million users since April, with growth rates consistent across all age groups.
It’s not just Snapchat’s data that shows the platform is growing, either. According to App Annie, Snapchat saw a surge in downloads with the release of new #AR filters and its new, faster #Android mobile app, over the past three months.
🔗 Read more on DataReportal.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
❓ Do you use Snapchat? (add me if you are: perspectiveix)
Data published in #Snapchat’s self-serve tools show that the platform’s advertising audience jumped by a massive 19% in the past three months, reaching a total of 369 million users by July 2019. That translates to an increase of almost 60 million users since April, with growth rates consistent across all age groups.
It’s not just Snapchat’s data that shows the platform is growing, either. According to App Annie, Snapchat saw a surge in downloads with the release of new #AR filters and its new, faster #Android mobile app, over the past three months.
🔗 Read more on DataReportal.
🦅 @PerspectiveIX
❓ Do you use Snapchat? (add me if you are: perspectiveix)