(Note that Instagram's short history could make this chart a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Since most users are less than a few months old, users who upload more frequently are obviously the only ones who have been capable of racking up those big upload counts.) Cohort Analysis is a powerful tool that we use to track user engagement and loyalty over time.
Whereas the $5-per-month service previously primarily got you a few mostly aesthetic perks like animated avatars, a special profile badge and bigger upload limits, the same 50,000 players mentioned above (or, at least, those on Windows) will get access to a rotating set of games.
But there was one thing Facebook developer Joe Hewitt didn't mention yesterday, and it's a big one: Video uploads from the iPhone 3GS.
Also important: close to 100,000 Evernote users have already gone premium so far, paying the startup $5 per month or $45 per year for bigger upload capacity, support for more file types, enhanced security and other features.
Pages can also upload a big cover image and feature posts from amongst a feed of updates Facebook determines to be the most engaging.
A big "MOVE" button quickly uploads photos and videos to the cloud, in their original resolutions, to free up space on your phone.
Another change that doesn't really have anything to do with search: Users can now add a little more personality to their profile pages by uploading a big image that goes in the background, similar to the look of Facebook profiles.
An Internet content reviewer, Mr. Bess sifts through photographs that people upload to a big social networking site and keeps the illicit material — and there is plenty of it — from being posted.
Sexting between children is a big issue and emails get uploaded up on to the web.
The Orkut S60 web interface has gotten a big ol' revamp, adding photo uploads, picture galleries, click-to-call, and easier searching.
