Category Archives: Data

How Fortune 500 Companies Choose To Use Social Media

Posted on April 16, 2012 by
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Internet Usage Predictions for this Year

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

Although we are nearly two months in to 2012 it is interesting to note that some are predicting global internet growth of more than 3% this year.  In the past five years internet usage has grown a whopping 121% showing just how reliant we are on it in our … Continue reading →

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2012 Predictions – A Year to Digitally Disengage and Plant Vegetables?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

Well at least the headline was catchy but you get my drift; any digital or social prediction for the year ahead needs to be prefaced by the financial realities that our world will be facing. Bricks and mortar establishments will continue to struggle in shaky economic times and these … Continue reading →

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Just When Is The Internet Awake?

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

The circles above are sized according to the number of broadband subscribers in each country, as measured December 2009 – June 2011. See the full interactive presentation here.

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Password Puffery – Do Any Of These Look Familiar?

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

According to a recent study release by SplashData, an American password management data application, the 25 ‘worst’ internet passwords you can choose to use are: password 123456 12345678 qwerty abc123 monkey 1234567  letmein trustno1 dragon baseball 111111 iloveyou master sunshine ashley … Continue reading →

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Local News feeds The Newspaper Habit

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

News and local news in particular are the main reasons that people continue to subscribe to their local newspapers. Doing so out of habit doesn’t figure prominently but seeking incentives through coupons does.  This makes local newspapers particularly vulnerable to the rapidly … Continue reading →

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Measuring Every Move

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

Frederic Brodbeck has been busy measuring and visualizing movie data, in order to reveal the characteristics of films and to create a visual “fingerprint” for them. For his Bachelor Graduation project he has presented information such as the editing structure, color, … Continue reading →

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Cable Capers

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

How is your broadband speed these days?  This is the kind of question often raised between consenting adults, and the cause for their concern, our increasing reliance on the many kilometers of undersea cable. As this map produced by South African Greg Mahlknecht clearly shows, our … Continue reading →

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The History of Computers

Posted on August 1, 2011 by
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Dog Dung Data Means There’s Money In Muck

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

Owning a pet comes with certain responsibilities and none more so than in the state of Tennessee where dog owners are not only expected to clean up ‘doggy-dos’ on the street, but also submit a DNA sample from their canine’s … Continue reading →

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