Archive for February 23rd, 2012

Nikon COOLPIX S4300 and S3300 compact cameras available today

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

The Nikon COOLPIX S4300 (S$279) and S3300 (S$219) are available from today.

Nikon COOLPIX 3300 and 4300 is available from today.

Nikon COOLPIX 3300 and 4300 is available from today.

The two COOLPIX compact cameras were first unveiled on 1 February as part of Nikon’s COOLPIX Spring 2012 collection of 14 camera models.

Below are the details:

COOLPIX S4300

S$279

Nikon COOLPIX S4300, S$279

  • Silver
  • Black
  • Red
  • Blue
  • White
  • Purple
  • Pink (not available)
  • Plum (not available)
  • 16.0 Megapixels
  • 6x zoom NIKKOR 26mm wide-angle lens
  • Touch control LCD in a slim body
  • Various special effects and filter effects
  • Pet Portrait Mode
COOLPIX S3300

S$219

Nikon COOLPIX S3300, S$219

  • Silver
  • Black
  • Red
  • Gold
  • Purple
  • Pink
  • Pale Green
  • Blue
  • 16.0 Megapixels
  • Ultra slim body with 6x wide-angle lens
  • 8 body colour options available
  • Special effects/ filter effects allows for creative expression
  • Pet Portrait Mode

Twitter reaches 500 million users

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Twitter now has more than 500 million users, according to twopcharts.com, although only 100 million are active accounts.

Websense illustrates “some of the not-so-high Twitter highlights of the last 5 years”.

Websense illustrates “some of the not-so-high Twitter highlights of the last 5 years”.

Started in 2006, Twitter had hit 300 million users back in May 2011.

Commenting on the situation, Mr. Carl Leonard, Senior Manager, Websense Security Labs said: “… what’s in a number? Twitter is free to use, easier to abuse and is constantly targeted by malware authors and spammers. It’s nothing new; not all Twitter users are who they claim to be. Let’s see this more than just a numbers game and focus on keeping users safe in real-time so they are not just another statistic.”Twitter estimated that only ten percent of its active users have sent more than 100 tweets, while only 20 percent of users have sent more than ten tweets.

Facebook hit 500 million ACTIVE users back in July last year.

Launched in 2004, Facebook now has more than 845 million monthly active users, according to its statistics.

The number of DAILY active Facebook users is roughly half that number, at 483 million.

The popularity of Twitter has made it a fertile hunting ground for abuse by spammers and bot networks.