Factualities for March 20, 2019
March 20, 2019
Our data rich world yields bounteous riches. Ponder these factualities.
0. Number of runaway hits among Amazon Alexa’s 80,000 apps. Source: Bloomberg
$0.14. Amount Amazon receives from each Lyft ride. Source: Twitter
30 percent. Decrease in Web traffic to Tumblr.com since December 2018. Source: Verge
33 percent. Percentage of youngsters in the US who are lonely. Source: Reddit citing a UPI story no longer online.
49 percent. Percentage of Israeli start ups purchased by American companies. Source: No Camels
67 percent. Percentage of Android anti virus apps which are non functional once installed. Source: Techspot
2. Hours per day spent searching for information. Source: IT Pro Portal
200. Android malware with SimBad removed from the Google App Store. Source: The Inquirer
4,000. The number of Facebook users who viewed the New Zealand live shooting. Source: Engadget
$5,200. Cost of 256 gigabytes of RAM for the new Apple iMac. Source: 9 to 5 Mac
1 million. Number of bad advertiser accounts Google removed in 2018. Source: VentureBeat
$1.4 million. Amount paid for a racing pigeon. Source: CNN
$23 million. Amount of the cash grant Amazon will receive from Arlington County, Virginia, over a five-year period. Source: Reuters
245 million. Number of people in India watching YouTube on a mobile phone each month. Source: Financial Times
$500 million. Cost of a new U S supercomputer. Source: New York Times
Stephen E Arnold, March 20, 2019
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