Every year Amazon puts out a press release with a bunch of goofy facts about its business.
It's free of hard facts about Amazon's business, so if you're trying to get a lead on its earnings, this is the wrong place to look. But, it's a fun read for some context about Amazon's sales.
This year it says it sold 27 million items on Cyber Monday, or 306 items per second, which is a record.
A total of almost $1.25 billion was spent on Cyber Monday in 2011. That was nearly 12% of all the money spent by November online shoppers… in one day.
Social media is a unifying force on the internet. It brings friends and families together. It allows for people to discover others of similar backgrounds and goals. It connects people around the world in ways that could barely be imagined a couple of decades ago.
Still, there are certain tendencies from country to country that make the way the people use social media different. Languages, cultures, and diversity of needs all have an effect on which social media sites are popular and how they are used. This infographic breaks down some of the differences and shows us that despite the multitude of ways that people around the world live their lives, there’s still a potential for commonality.
They have 1 billion users, but that's not Facebook's only amazing statistic. There are a lot more, starting with a staggering 1.13 trillion likes. One point thirteen trillion likes, people. It's crazy. Here are the rest of their stats, compiled since the first day of Facebook...
