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Twitter's number of monthly unique visitors finally surpassed that of MySpace in August. Though it ranked third among social networking sites, Twitter ranked #50 in the list of top 50 properties overall. The numbers were crunched by the marketing research firm comScore.

Twitter's lead over MySpace was marginal -- 96 million versus 95 million -- but the trend over time paints a prettier picture of the microblogging service. Between August 2009 and August 2010, Twitter grew 76 percent while MySpace dropped 17 percent.

It's apples and oranges, though. Twitter is now a social publishing and news discussion platform more than anything, and MySpace is attempting to position itself as a destination for young people to discover new music, movies and games. Both appeal to brands that want to reach new people, but they're very different tools for very different kinds of brands.

Both sites look quite small next to Facebook, which reached 598 million monthly uniques in the same month. It grew 54% over the past year. The second most popular social network, Windows Live, managed 140 million uniques, putting it closer to Twitter than to Facebook.

Twitter has been moving quickly to capitalize on this growth. First it announced a new version of the front page that will make it easier to access photos, videos and other information without using other websites or programs. Many of Twitter's users rarely visit the website at all; they instead use desktop software or third-party interfaces on other websites to access their tweets.

For that reason, Twitter's actual reach might be higher than the numbers from comScore imply. A revamped website could lead people to use Twitter.com instead of whatever they're using right now however, increasing the number of unique visitors the site receives now and in the future.

Twitter already cashed in on its numerous users with Promoted Tweets, and now it will reach out to businesses with the "Promoted Accounts" system, which allows companies to buy visibility among their target market's "Who to Follow" suggestions.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/09/28/twitter.myspace/index.html

My Weekend

This weekend was very eventful for me i guess. Friday i celebrated my dad's birthday and on saturday i went to my bestfriends dad's house to celebrate his birthday. That's pretty much all i did this weekend.

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Panasonic's mascot robot Mr. Evolta is known for amazing stunts like climbing out of the Grand Canyon, but his latest feat will take him through the middle of Japan on a 300-mile march from Tokyo to Kyoto.
Mr. Evolta has appeared in various incarnations under the guiding hand of robot designer Tomotaka Takahashi. His current form is a small humanoid robot pulling an medieval-style daihachiguruma two-wheeled cart.
The 7-inch-tall, 2.2-pound humanoid walks in a rotating plastic cylinder like a hamster wheel, pulling his battery cart. He's remote-controlled and runs on 12 AA Evolta batteries, with a top speed of 2-3mph. He's expected to reach Kyoto on December 10, after 49 days on the road.
Mr. Evolta will be trekking along the legendary Tokaido high road, an ancient path linking Tokyo and Kyoto, the old capital. Traditionally traveled on foot, its once picturesque post stations as well as views of Mt. Fuji were celebrated for centuries by artists such as ukiyo-e master Utagawa Hiroshige.
In the Edo period (1600-1868), it would take travelers roughly 10 days to go from Edo (old Tokyo) to Kyoto, the seat of the emperor's court.
Long eclipsed by highways and railways, the Old Tokaido Road is still walkable today, especially near the hot springs resort of Hakone, though some sections of the original footpath are difficult to find. Mr. Evolta will have to use National Route 1 in some sections of the journey.
The footloose droid left Nihonbashi Bridge in Tokyo bound for Sanjo Ohashi bridge in Kyoto. Under the rules of the event, he will only travel during the daytime, try to get at least to the next post station by day's end, and only recharge his batteries once a day. He won't walk in the rain. His progress can be monitored via a Ustream page.
We have high hopes that Mr. Evolta will make it to Kyoto on schedule. His previous stunts, including an endurance course at Le Mans, have earned spots in Guinness World Records, and I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes the first humanoid to walk the old Tokaido too.

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