Friday, November 23, 2012

Software : Thanksgiving Day posts smash Instagram records with busiest day ever

Software : Thanksgiving Day posts smash Instagram records with busiest day ever

Thanksgiving Day posts smash Instagram records with busiest day ever

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Thanksgiving Day posts smash Instagram records with busiest day ever

Photo-sharing app Instagram recorded its busiest day ever on Thursday and, quelle surprise, the increased volume of posts was food related.

The site said on Friday that 10 million photos were posted mentioning Thanksgiving in the comments.

At peak times throughout the day over 200 photos were being uploaded per second, with at 220 per second coming at around 12:40pm

Posts to the site doubled from the previous day, the company said on its official blog.

Best day ever

"Overall, the day broke all Instagram records as we saw the number of shared photos more than double from the day before, making it our busiest day so far.

"We're thrilled to see people use Instagram to share their holidays. Whether celebrating with friends and family or sharing photos with them halfway across the globe, we're excited to see the intimacy and immediacy of the Instagram experience bring us all closer together over this holiday season."

While the landmark does point to Instagram becoming more and more popular since the Facebook acquisition, it's not exactly a bombshell that the app broke records on the most food-centric day of the year in the U.S. (Yes, we know that's really saying something).

Everyone knows food and Instagram go together like peas and carrots.

Quantity not a problem as Windows 8 hits 20,000 app mark

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Quantity not a problem as Windows 8 hits 20,000 app mark

Microsoft's freshly-launched Windows 8 now offers 20,000 apps with almost 90 per cent of them coming with a price tag of zero.

Win App Update reports that there are currently 20,610 apps globally in the Windows Store, reckoning that the big 20,000 mark was hit on Tuesday November 20.

The same source added that 17,958 of those apps are free – but notes that not all apps are available in all countries.

Plenty of apps

Canada has the lion's share, it seems, with the lucky Canucks able to access 14,000 of the Windows 8 apps available.

The US comes in second, with 12,675 apps in their store and the UK is only slightly behind with around 11,000.

It's worth remembering that these figures haven't come from Microsoft so they might be slightly out – either way, it looks like Windows 8 is well on its way to being nicely stocked in the app arena.

The Mac App Store reportedly hit 10,000 apps back in April this year which is a slower rise given that Apple launched its desktop app hub in January 2011. However, the company did report that it hit 100 million Mac App Store downloads in December of that year which is not too shabby.

Windows 8, meanwhile, launched in October 2012 and looks to have added over 7000 apps in the last 17 days alone.

Quantity doesn't seem to be much of an issue for the fledgling OS – quality, however, is another story.

Google Maps indoor floor plans hit desktop

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Google Maps indoor floor plans hit desktop

The Google Maps indoor floor plan feature for Android phones is now available on the desktop app.

In a post on Google Maps' Google+ profile, the company said the roll-out will help users plan their trips to the airport and perhaps even make their Black Friday weekend excursions a little more efficient.

The indoor floor plans feature labels for gates at the airport, ATM machines and restrooms as well as different stores and departments within shopping malls.

The post read: "Before heading home for the holidays or out to shop on Black Friday, check out indoor maps of the airport or shopping mall on your desktop to better plan your trip.

"Simply zoom in on a building on Google Maps and you'll automatically see a detailed floor plan with helpful labels."

Libraries and museums on board

Beyond shopping centers and airports, participating venues around the globe include train stations, libraries, museums and more.

Venue owners can reach out to Google if they'd like a floor plan of their building to be added to Google Maps.
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