Nexi the Robot
“In spite of the hardness and ruthlessness I thought I saw in his face, I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his word, ” Neville Chamberlain. His first impression of Adolf Hitler can be described as an error in judgment.
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Digital Policy Council (DPC) has a new survey that shows 75 percent of the world’s heads of state have a presence on Twitter. A total of 164 countries were evaluated by the DPC study, and it found this year that 123 of them have a head of state that is on Twitter, either with a personal handle or an official government one. That’s up significantly from 2011, when 69 out of the 164 countries had a Twitter presence.
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51% of all online activity came from mobile devices.
More than fifty percent of consumer activity during Christmas day took place on mobile devices, according to a study released today by mobile analytics platform Mixpanel. Based on its analysis of over 695 million actions, the study shows a 11 percent increase the week prior to the holiday.
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“When parents are aware of the bullying, the child’s quality of life is better.”
According to a new survey, nearly one-third of children diagnosed with food allergies are bullied.
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The study finds that 0.5% of global data is analyzed, and just half of data requiring security measures is protected.
In 2012, the global data supply reached 2.8 zettabytes (ZB) – or 2.8 trillion GB – but just 0.5% of this is used for analysis, according to the Digital Universe Study.
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Shifts to and from daylight savings time may be linked with small increases in heart attacks in the spring, and small decreases in the fall.
According to a small new study, setting the clock ahead for daylight savings time may set the scene for a small increase in heart attacks the next day, suggesting that sleep-deprivation might be to blame.
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Eight in 1o people identify with a religious group.
More than eight-in-ten people identify with a religious group worldwide. A comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life estimates that there are 5.8 billion religiously affiliated adults and children around the globe, representing 84% of the 2010 world population of 6.9 billion.
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Baby boomers represent the largest generation driving rapid growth in data demand.
No matter what generation we are we usually see young adults, who are tethered to their mobile device for texting, gaming and surfing the web, as the drivers of our new data-driven world. But surprisingly, baby boomers — aged 46 to 64 — represent possibly the largest generation driving rapid growth in data demand.
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Density brings people and firms closer together.
One of the most important, and at times contentious topics in urban development is density. Density plays an important role in economic growth. Density brings people and firms closer together which makes it easier to share and exchange information, invent new technologies, and launch new firms.
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The stats in this chart show how the numbers stack up against each other.
Television viewing and web browsing dropped while time spent using mobile apps rose about 35 percent this year, according to a new report on U.S. trends by mobile analytics firm Flurry.
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A new study may have found exoplanets that are warmer and waterier than Earth.
One thing we know for sure in the world is that our planet is the world – for creating life, for supporting life, for letting us humans and our fellow species become what we are. And so, as we take our first tentative steps from our world and look out into the universe as we set our sights toward the worlds that look like the one we know — toward planets that are, in their way, “Earth-like.”
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In the first 20 days of November 2012 $120 million was generated by app downloads and in-app purchases, but $60 million of that total went to 25 companies.
More than 1.4 million apps combined are offered through Apple and Google’s app stores, but there are only 25 U.S. developers that generate half of the revenue from app sales, says a new study by the research firm Canalys.
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