Friday, December 19, 2025
ADVT 
Tech

Facebook the leader but Google apps hot favourites

Darpan News Desk IANS, 25 Aug, 2014 08:41 AM
    Social networking website Facebook is the most used app, but Google apps dominate the top 10 slots when it comes to selecting from over two million apps available in the Apple and Google stores.
     
    Topping the app list is Facebook, being used by 115 million people monthly while Google-owned YouTube comes second with 83.4 million users, said a new study from ComScore, a US internet analytics company.
     
    It also found that people spend more time with apps than with websites.
     
    In third place is the Google Play app - the place for Android users to get new apps, with 72 million users monthly.
     
    At fourth place is Google search app with 70 million users.
     
    The personalised online radio service Pandora, with 69 million listeners, makes it tio the fifth place, the findings showed.
     
    At sixth place is Google Maps with 64.5 million monthly users navigating their way around.
     
    Gmail is at seventh place, with 60 million users.
     
    While Facebook-owned photo sharing app Instagram with 46.6 million users monthly comes eighth, Apple Maps and Yahoo Finance app take the two bottom slots in the list, ComScore said.

    MORE Tech ARTICLES

    Why not copy-print humans on other planets?

    Why not copy-print humans on other planets?
    What if, instead of sending humans to other planets, we made an exact copy on the site and colonised other planets to ensure survival of the human race for eons?

    Why not copy-print humans on other planets?

    This Korean sprinter robot can beat Usain Bolt!

    This Korean sprinter robot can beat Usain Bolt!
    South Korean scientists have taken inspiration from the prehistoric Velociraptor dinosaur to create one of the world's simplest and fastest robots - the Raptor.

    This Korean sprinter robot can beat Usain Bolt!

    Green tea daily reduces pancreatic cancer risk

    Green tea daily reduces pancreatic cancer risk
    The cup of your favourite green tea is full of health benefits and now researchers have found that an active compound in green tea also reduces the risk of pancreatic cancer.

    Green tea daily reduces pancreatic cancer risk

    Watchout! Too many photos won't sell your product online

    Watchout! Too many photos won't sell your product online
    If you wish to sell your old laptop online before buying a new tablet, restrain the urge to upload several photos as researchers have found that too many photos can confuse consumers and dent your chances of selling.

    Watchout! Too many photos won't sell your product online

    Jet-propelled car to fly at 880 km per hour!

    Jet-propelled car to fly at 880 km per hour!
    Fasten your seat belts. A jet car that flies at 880 km per hour is being conceptualised that would fly you from New Delhi to Mumbai in less than two hours - and it may use a highway as a runway to take off!

    Jet-propelled car to fly at 880 km per hour!

    New space taxi to transport astronauts to ISS

    New space taxi to transport astronauts to ISS
    Dragon V2, the new spaceship that would be able to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS), was unveiled in California.

    New space taxi to transport astronauts to ISS