SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Non-Tech : Binary Hodgepodge -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: ~digs who wrote (190)7/11/2001 8:47:13 PM
From: ~digs  Respond to of 6763
 
---The proliferation of Yahoo!---

From today's YHOO earnings report:
The total number of unique users grew to 200 million during June 2001, compared to 156 million in June 2000. In addition, a record 71 million active registered members logged onto Yahoo! (R) during June 2001. The company's traffic increased to a record 1.2 billion page views per day on average during June 2001. Yahoo! Japan and Yahoo! Europe's traffic, which is included in these page view totals, increased to more than 165 million and 67 million page views per day on average in June 2001, respectively. According to Nielsen//NetRatings, worldwide consumers spent an average of 63 minutes on the Yahoo! network, up from 47 minutes in the previous quarter.



To: ~digs who wrote (190)7/11/2001 11:12:26 PM
From: ~digs  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6763
 
On this day in: 1987: Gaspar Proclaimed 5 Billionth Inhabitant of Earth

An eight-pound baby boy, Matej Gaspar, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, was proclaimed the five billionth inhabitant of Earth.

July 11 [is] World Population Day

This day was first observed in 1987 when the world's population reached 5 billion. Each day the global population grows by nearly a quarter of a million people, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The UNFPA launched this global education day to build awareness of population issues. In 1999, more than 100 countries, institutions, non-governmental, and private organizations observed World Population Day.

More about the UNFPA:
unfpa.org

--------
Source: thelearningkingdom.com