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When was the last time you curled up on the couch in front of your TV and just... watched the TV? If you're anything like the multi-tasking always-connected masses which start mildly hyperventilating whenever their smartphones are out of reach, then you're probably settling down on the couch with a phone (or maybe a tablet) to keep you company.As a recent Nielsen study points out, citizens in countries like the UK, the US, Germany and Italy are more likely ...
Ever think you should probably expand your skills and learn another language? While learning to speak Japanese, French or Spanish would be a great achievement, there could actually be a few other languages you should consider -- like JavaScript, Python or Ruby. And you should probably get started... right now.In a world where the number of developer jobs is growing fast and free online resources like Codeacademy are flourishing, it's hard to deny the value in knowing how to ...
You may have heard that Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web Foundation recently quantified the web by developing an index used to rank 61 countries in categories like web readiness, web use and social, political and economic impact. And, because, well, this is the web after all, there is an infographic to explain it all.The data-heavy project is the first of its kind to attempt to measure the web by integrating information on everything from a ...
Infographics are more than just pretty pictures. They're also a great way of visually conveying data and making sure it sticks in people's minds. So for those of you wanting to brush up your knowledge, or if you share the love for these awesome data visualizations that have become an overnight sensation, here is a quick overview of a few of the reasons why visualization is important.1. People have really short attention spans
A lot of companies with huge ...
Sometimes, it feels like all the tech-related statistics we see are about developed markets. We know quite a lot about them: from the most popular smartphone in the US (it was the Samsung Galaxy S III last month, by the way) to the fact that Kindle ebooks outsold printed ones on Amazon UK. But what is happening in the social media and smartphone space in emerging markets like South Africa?Well, the country's digital landscape isn't always in ...
Log into Facebook and what do you see? Your cousin squealing about her promotion, or posting photos of her kid who has (finally) learnt how to walk. You scroll down to see your friend from school, who has just changed his relationship status to "engaged" and is subsequently tagged in 50 perfectly-Photoshopped photos in his fiancé's "Our Engagement
Wait! Don't download that torrent. Stay away from that website filled with pirated MP3s. Stop watching your favourite series on suspiciously free TV sites instead of paying for a subscription. You're killing the entertainment industry, making artists and actors poorer and, well, committing a crime.But are you really? Okay sure, so piracy is definitely illegal, but how much economic harm are you actually doing to entire industries by downloading and streaming copyrighted files instead of visiting the cinema or ...
Oooh, how dramatic. In a swirl of black smoke and a tornado of facts and figures, this infographic paints a pretty bleak picture of the future of Facebook. But is it really all doom and gloom for the social network?Hardly. It has 955-million monthly active users (less a few million fake accounts), and more than half a billion people log into Facebook every day -- and it's not exactly the easiest site to log out of, either. Thanks to all ...
Well now. If you had any doubts about Apple's financial status, this infographic will eradicate them: Apple is coining it. The Cupertino-based giant announced its latest results yesterday -- a cool US$8.8-billion in profits this quarter thanks to the sale of 26-million iPhones and 17-million iPads -- so it's clear the company is not exactly filing for bankruptcy. But a yearly revenue equal to the GDP of New Zealand? Ef.Ok, so some sources put the GDP of the ...
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