Facebook has a grand total of 189 million “mobile-only monthly active users (MAUs).
Facebook has for some time been focusing on getting its network into the hands of everyone around the world, be they tech sophisticates in urban centers or nomadic herdsmen in South Sudan.
Continue reading… “189 million people use Facebook without ever touching a computer”
The average person has to remember 15 passwords.
Over half of us say we can’t remember all our passwords. That makes sense, given that almost a third of all companies require their employees to remember six or more of them.
Continue reading… “The problem with password proliferation (Infographic)”
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U.S. states are investing in entrepreneur mentorship programs and pumping up their high-tech workforce to encourage residents to start their own businesses.
What if shadows were inverted?
Quote of the Day: “Some people say that I must be a terrible person, but it’s not true. I have the heart of a young boy in a jar on my desk” – Stephen King
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Ingress, Google’s virtual reality game
In Google’s global alternative reality game, Ingress. that uses the real world as its gamespace, Ingress says, “the world around you is not what it seems.” And, perhaps, when Google’s semi-independent division Niantic Labs is finished with its mission, we humans won’t be, either.
Continue reading… “Google is melding real and virtual worlds with games, apps, and Glass”
Men consumed more sugar per day (an average of 335 calories) than women (239).
Sugar. Honey. Maple syrup. Molasses. High fructose corn syrup. These are all “added sugars,” that you are probably eating and drinking way too much of them.
Abod
One billion people of the world’s population lives in informal communities – sometimes known as shantytowns, tent cities or, if you’re really going for the jugular, slums. Doug Sharp, president and chairman of BSB Design, came up with a tiny, inexpensive home for slum dwellers that can be built in less than one day by one family. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Abod – tiny houses that can be built in a day”
Admiral Lord Nelson
How would famous faces from history look if they were alive today? Historical figures like William Shakespeare, Henry VIII and Horatio Nelson have been given a modern makeover to see how they would look today. (Pics)
Continue reading… “How would historical figures look if they were alive today?”
Transgenic canola
When the first genetically modified (GM) organisms were being developed for the farm, says Anastasia Bodnar, “we were promised rocket jet packs” — futuristic, ultra-nutritious crops that would bring exotic produce to the supermarket and help to feed a hungry world.
GM crop technologies have seen dramatic uptake in the past 20 years.
It can be hard to see where scientific evidence ends and dogma and speculation begin in the debate over genetically modified (GM) foods and crops. In the almost 20 years since they were first commercialized, GM crop technologies have seen dramatic uptake. Advocates say that they have increased agricultural production by more than US$98 billion and saved an estimated 473 million kilograms of pesticides from being sprayed. But critics question their environmental, social and economic impacts.
Continue reading… “Three myths about genetically modified crops”
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The world’s smallest movie made by IBM Research has carbon monoxide atoms being moved around on a copper surface with a scanning tunneling microscope. The 250-frame stop-motion film, entitled “A Boy and His Atom,” uses discrete atoms to draw a stick-figure-like boy that bounces on a trampoline and plays catch with an individual atom “ball.”
New breakthroughs in connecting cars to the cloud (and eliminating the need for car ownership) show what a better future for cars might look like.
The global automotive industry is on a run by all accounts. Globally, sales are surging. Advances in hybrids, electric vehicles, and even conventional petrol engines are delivering eye-popping mileage gains.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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