Facebook facts

Facebook Facts:
Facebook was originally named TheFaceBook and it was developed by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg or Tyler Winklevoss. The first use of the FaceBook was on the Harvard campus and it was limited only to Harvard students. Soon the FaceBook spread like wild fire around the other major U.S. Universities. Mark Zuckerberg dropped the Harvard and pursued his facebook dream to become one of the 4th most-trafficked websites in the world with more than 90 million active users. The FaceBook website is built on PHP-MySQL technology and it is probably the most popular PHP website ever built. Interesting fact is that the facebook.com domain was purchased for $200,000 and FaceBook has more than 24 million photos uploaded daily.

Some Facebook Highlights:
400 million active users.
50% check in daily.
Average user spends 55 minutes per day.
35 million update status every day.
3 billion photos uploaded each month.
5 billion pieces of content shared every day.
70% of users are outside the United States.

Credit and Debit Cards need to be known...

Amazing facts about Credit Card Debt : Credit card is a very interesting topic to read about.The growing trend in personal debt is quite unbelievable. So i have gathered few interesting facts and statistics about debt and credit that will make you think about your finances.

1.Diners Club issued that first card to only two hundred customers and it could only be used at twenty seven restaurants in New York City.

2.Late library fines and unpaid parking tickets can hurt your credit score. You can even check your credit score online using checkmycreditscore.us. every time you apply for any loan ( secured / unsecured ), your credit history and credit score is checked.

3.In 2006, the credit card industry took in $55 billion in credit card fees and $90 billion in finance charges. Makes you want to pay your credit card bills on time.

4.National debt of countries In order of debt:
United States 10 Trillion
United Kingdom 8 Trillion
Germany 4 Trillion
France 3 Trillion
Italy 2 Trillion

5.United states consumers racked up an estimated $51 billion worth of fast food on their personal credit and debit cards. That is equal to 10.2 Billion Big Mac meals, 3 billion pounds of fries and 1.7 billion gallons of coke.

6.At least one in 10 consumers would carry more than 10 credit cards. That is approximately equal to 304 tons of plastic or 61 Elephants.

7.51 percent of the US population has at least two credit cards. That is 305,000,000 plastic cards which would span 16,223 miles, 65% around the world. You could create a wide enough path to walk over the Atlantic Ocean.

8.It took the city of Montreal 30 years to pay off its Olympic debt of $2 billion, held in 1976!

9.A $1,000 charge on an average credit card will take almost 22 years to pay, and will cost more than $2,300 in interest ($3,300 total), assuming only 2 percent minimum payment (zero late fees) is made at every billing cycle.

10.All though the first credit cards were merchant specific cards starting in 1900 with several hotels, the first true credit card was invented in 1950 by Ralph Schneider and Frank X. McNamara. The Diners Club charged participating restaurants 7% interest on each purchase and charged a $3 fee a year to the card holder. This was the first card that could be used at different locations. Chase and Bank of America (Visa) came out with their first credit cards in 1958. They became most popular when the magnetic strip became available in 1970.

11.Americans owe approximately $850 billion in revolving credit card debt.

12.Closing a credit card account in full will have a negative affect on your credit score. Length of history on an account is 15% of your FICO score.

13.Average Household Credit Card Debt is $8,400.00

14.The total amount of credit made available by issuers in 2007 was about $5 trillion, or $43,007 per household.

Sources: Bankrate.com, FTC.gov, fool.com , delraycc.com etc.

Most awaited LUMIA 800 VS OMNIA W

NOKIA LUMIA 800 vs. SAMSUNG Omnia W 6,2 Winner NOKIALumia 800 3 640 kr Telefonshoppen Reasons to buy the Nokia Lumia 800 Fast web browser performance 1 544 ms Fast upload speed 2,03 mbps High resolution 8 MP Average download speed 3,74 mbps Average amount of internal storage 16 GB Long talk time 9,5 hours Average latency 97 ms 5,8 Runner-up SAMSUNGOmnia W 2 303 kr InWarehouse Reasons to buy the Samsung Omnia W Wifi hotspot Share your phone's Internet connection with wifi devices Vivid screen Super AMOLED Light-weight 115 g Average standby time 20,4 days Thin 11 mm Really small 58x116x10 mm Average battery capacity 1 500 mAh

Web browsing

	NOKIA LUMIA 800			SAMSUNG OMNIA W
	browser benchmark	1 544 ms	vs	25 851 ms	The Lumia 800 has a fairly fast web browser, but the Omnia W is slow
	adobe flash support	No	vs	No	Neither supports Adobe Flash

Sensors

	NOKIA LUMIA 800			SAMSUNG OMNIA W
	gps	Assisted GPS	vs	Assisted GPS	Have assisted GPS
	accelerometer	Yes	vs	Yes	Both include an accelerometer
	compass	Yes	vs	Yes	Both have integrated compasses
	gyroscope	No	vs	Yes

Storage

	NOKIA LUMIA 800			SAMSUNG OMNIA W
	memory card	None	vs	None	Neither has a memory card slot
	internal storage	16 GB	vs	7,8 GB	The Lumia 800's has an average amount of internal storage for storing music, photos and movies, but the Omnia W is below average

Size

	NOKIA LUMIA 800			SAMSUNG OMNIA W
	weight	142 g	vs	115 g	The Omnia W is quite light, but the Lumia 800 is heavier
	thickness	12 mm	vs	11 mm	The Omnia W is thin, while the Lumia 800 is just average thickness
	size	61x116x12 mm	vs	58x116x10 mm	The Omnia W is fairly small, but the Lumia 800 is not far behind
	waterproof	No	vs	No	Neither are waterproof

Screen

	NOKIA LUMIA 800			SAMSUNG OMNIA W
	screen size	3,7"	vs	3,7"	Average sized screens
	screen resolution	800x480	vs	800x480	Average screen resolution
	screen ppi	252 PPI	vs	251 PPI	Average display of text, images and video
	screen type	AMOLED	vs	Super AMOLED	The Omnia W has a Super AMOLED screen which is even more vivid, the Lumia 800 doesn't
	touchscreen type	Capacitive	vs	Capacitive	Touchscreen

Network

	NOKIA LUMIA 800			SAMSUNG OMNIA W
	network	HSDPA (7,2 mbps)	vs	HSDPA (7,2 mbps)	Average data speeds
	generation	3.5G	vs	3.5G	Standard network technology
	download speed	3,74 mbps	vs	0,96 mbps	The Lumia 800 has average actual download speeds, but the Omnia W's is slow
	upload speed	2,03 mbps	vs	0,34 mbps	The Lumia 800 has fast actual upload speeds, but the Omnia W is slow
	network latency	97 ms	vs	185 ms	Average network latencies
	wifi	802.11n (150 mbps)	vs	802.11n (150 mbps)	Average wifi speed
	wifi hotspot	No	vs	Yes	The Omnia W has a wifi hotspot to share it's Internet connection with other wifi devices
	nfc	No	vs	No	Neither support NFC for wireless transactions
	bluetooth	2,1	vs	2,1	Average bluetooth support

Photo & Video

	NOKIA LUMIA 800			SAMSUNG OMNIA W
	camera	8 MP	vs	5 MP	They both have cameras
	flash	Yes	vs	Yes	Both have camera flashes
	secondary camera	Unknown	vs	0,3 MP
	movie format	720p @ 30fps	vs	720p @ 30fps	Both shoot high resolution HD movies
	video out	None	vs	None	Neither have video output to connect to TVs etc

Processing power

	NOKIA LUMIA 800			SAMSUNG OMNIA W
	frequency	1,4 GHz	vs	1,4 GHz	Powerful processors, very snappy and responsive
	number of cores	Single core	vs	Single core	Both have single core cpus which is about the average
	ram	512 MB	vs	512 MB	Average amount of RAM for running apps

Battery

	NOKIA LUMIA 800			SAMSUNG OMNIA W
	talk time	9,5 hours	vs	7 hours	The Lumia 800 has good talk time, but the Omnia W is average
	standby time	14 days	vs	20,4 days	Average standby time
	battery capacity	1 450 mAh	vs	1 500 mAh	Average capacity batteries
	technology	Lithium Ion	vs	Lithium Ion

Keyboard & keypad

	NOKIA LUMIA 800			SAMSUNG OMNIA W
	numeric keypad	None	vs	None	Neither has a numeric keypad
	keyboard	None	vs	None	Neither has a physical keyboard

Music

	NOKIA LUMIA 800			SAMSUNG OMNIA W
	fm radio	Yes	vs	Yes	Both have built in FM radios to listen to news and music from FM stations
	fm transmitter	No	vs	No	Neither have built-in FM transmitters
	headphone jack	3.5 mm	vs	3.5 mm	Both have a headphone jack