Comments on: MaRS, Facebook’d http://blog.marsdd.com/2007/07/24/mars-facebookd/ The blog about innovation and commercialization in Canada Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:52:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada » Blog Archive » FacebookCamp Toronto http://blog.marsdd.com/2007/07/24/mars-facebookd/#comment-10753 MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada » Blog Archive » FacebookCamp Toronto Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:22:42 +0000 http://blog.marsdd.com/2007/07/24/mars-facebookd/#comment-10753 [...] We recently blogged about the MaRS Facebook Group and the fact that Toronto boasts the highest per capita use of this software. [...] [...] We recently blogged about the MaRS Facebook Group and the fact that Toronto boasts the highest per capita use of this software. [...]

]]> By: Charmian Love http://blog.marsdd.com/2007/07/24/mars-facebookd/#comment-10446 Charmian Love Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:02:14 +0000 http://blog.marsdd.com/2007/07/24/mars-facebookd/#comment-10446 While London may have the most registered users on Facebook, I think it’s worthy to note that Toronto still has an extremely high user penetration per capita. A quick back-of-the-envelope calculation based on some of the numbers from the <em>Globe and Mail</em> article… 705,000 users out of 2,700,000 (City of Toronto population) = 26% 810,000 users out of 7,700,000 (City of London population) = 11% (This assumes the data they collected in both cases was for the city core versus the greater area of Toronto or London.) Verdict: Toronto is still a leader and early adopter when it comes to innovative new technology. While London may have the most registered users on Facebook, I think it’s worthy to note that Toronto still has an extremely high user penetration per capita.

A quick back-of-the-envelope calculation based on some of the numbers from the Globe and Mail article…

705,000 users out of 2,700,000 (City of Toronto population) = 26%
810,000 users out of 7,700,000 (City of London population) = 11%

(This assumes the data they collected in both cases was for the city core versus the greater area of Toronto or London.)

Verdict: Toronto is still a leader and early adopter when it comes to innovative new technology.

]]> By: Annie http://blog.marsdd.com/2007/07/24/mars-facebookd/#comment-9910 Annie Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:02:18 +0000 http://blog.marsdd.com/2007/07/24/mars-facebookd/#comment-9910 Toronto's claim to the highest number of Facebook users has recently been usurped by London: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070723.wgtfacebookTO23/BNStory/Technology/home">"London trumps Toronto as centre of Facebook universe"</a> Toronto’s claim to the highest number of Facebook users has recently been usurped by London: “London trumps Toronto as centre of Facebook universe”

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