2. Date Number of Active
Users
December 2004 1 million
December 2005 5.5 million
December 2006 12 million
April 2007 20 million
The Data
October 2007 50 million
August 2008 100 million
January 2009 150 million
February 2009 175 million
April 2009 200 million
July 2009 250 million
September 2009 300 million
December 2009 350 million
February 2010 400 million
July 2010 500 million
July 2011 750 million
? 1 billion
4. Models of Regression
1.Linear: y = mx + b
2.Quadratic: y = ax2 + bx + c
3.Cubic: y = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d
4.Quartic: y = ax4 + bx3 + cx2 + dx + e
5.Exponential: y = a · bx
6.Power: y = a · xb
7.Logistic: y = c / (1 + ae-bx )