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How to get more pins and repins on Pinterest [Infographic]
Data about Pinterest is sparse because it's been slow to release its API, but I was able to utilise search engine APIs to pull some data about the trendy new social site. I gathered information on over 11 000 pinned images and did some analysis to create the infographic below.This data should be useful for Pinterest users who’d like to get more repins on the images they’ve pinned, as well as content producers who want their content pinned and repinned ...The rise of the Slacktivist: On the back of Kony 2012
With a new Kony 2012 video on the horizon, it seems we have come to a new chapter in Slacktivism. Slacktivism is a portmanteau of slacker and activism. It's basically the act of supporting a cause via some social platform tends and to require minimal personal effort from the slacktivist.The issue people tend raise around slacktivism is whether or not one can make real social change without hitting the street and protesting. The success enjoyed by Kony 2012, which was ...A lot can happen in an internet minute [Infographic]
New Yorkers will tell you that a lot can happen in a 'New York minute' and it's also one of the fastest minutes you'll ever experience. In this new tech age where we are all plugged in, the internet is our fast-paced minute. What could possibly happen in one internet minute? Intel decided to try and answer that question.According to the chip manufacturer, the number of networked devices we have today is equal to the global population -- yep that ...The pursuit of justice: A history of hacktivism [Infographic]
Hacktivism is at its peak. Anonymous and groups like it have made sure we are aware of hacking activists. In 2011 hacktivism became a powerful virtual weapon, and hackers found their way onto high-priority most wanted lists.How do hacktivists differentiate themselves from cyber criminals, who hack websites for financial gain? Simple: a Hacktivists's goal is to make political statements through hacking.Every day more hacktivist are cropping up and it seems that no government has the power to stop ...Draw something: The latest smartphone craze [Infographic]
The recent purchase of new mobile game, Draw Something, by social game giant Zynga shows just how much of a sensation this game, launched earlier this year, really is. Draw Something creator OMGPOP is rumoured to have sold to Zynga for between US$180-210-million in cash and employee retention payments. That is a lot of change for a game only two months on the market.Then again it is a sensation. The game has been downloaded 37-million times since going live. ...Facebook, Google and the death of online privacy [Infographic]
I’ve come to the conclusion that online privacy is pretty much dead. Remember the early days of the internet, where everyone used fake names or nicknames and didn't enter their real location because there were creepy people out there in cyberspace that you were supposed to hide from?Then along came Facebook, which wasn’t interested in your pseudonym: it wanted your real name and birthdate, please. Twitter defaults to public profiles and Google has now gone and shared pretty much everything ...Intel’s narcissism machine… oh what fun
In its infinite wisdom, Intel has decided to give social network users a digital self-obsession tool -- because Googling oneself is so passé. The chip maker built a tool that creates an infographic that’s all about you. Oh yay.Mirror Mirror on the web, who is the fairest of them all?The app, called "What About Me?", gathers information from your Facebook, Twitter and YouTube profiles to produce a data visualisation of your entire social media profile. Yep, why Google when you ...The internet is big. Very big. [Infographic]
Ahh! Every day, 4.7 billion minutes are spent on Facebook? 35 million apps are downloaded? 294 billion emails are sent? My brain cannot begin to comprehend those figures. This infographic by MBA online tries to make them easier to understand… or maybe it’s just trying to overwhelm you.Yes, the internet is big. Just how big? Well, for example, there are more devices connected to the internet than there are people on earth. So it’s pretty big. And it’s growing rapidly ...How your desk job is killing you [Infographic]
“Each hour you spend watching TV increases your risk of death by 11%.” The average person has a 100% chance of dying, so if you watch an hour of TV after work today, you’ll increase that to a 111% chance. Watch out, your flatscreen is deadly!This is just one of the shocking statistics in this recently released infographic by Onlineuniversity.net. It’s pink, it’s an infographic, it has meat cleavers scattered throughout... what’s not to like? It also contains some pretty ...You’re busted! 20 Facebook related crimes solved [Infographic]
Just when you thought Facebook's reach couldn't get any longer, it goes and surprises you. Our daily obsession with the social network is making it more and more important in society.One of the biggest fears we have about the web is that it's an easy medium for criminals to operate in. But now it seems authorities are taking back the space. Over the last few years they've donned their social media caps and busted some criminals with a few ...
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