The designers at Information Architects (iA) created this beautiful Web Trend Map by strategically plotting the Internet’s leading names and domains onto the subway stations of the Tokyo Metro Line. The idea was to match each domain or property with a station using three criteria-traffic, revenue, and character. For example, Google is mapped more...
We all have a friend or two on Facebook who use the tool to shamelessly promote themselves rather than connecting with their peers. Interestingly, a study on internet behavior and personality found a positive correlation between users (100 York University students) with narcissistic personality and self-promotional activity on Facebook. Just in more...
According to a recent report by PEW Research Center, older adults-those 50 or over-is the fastest growing segment to embrace social media. From April 2009 to May 2010, social network usage amongst internet users aged 50 to 65 increased by 88% (from 25% to 47%). Within the same time frame, social network usage increased by 100% (from 13% to 26%) more...
Google introduced their new service today-via their official blog- called Google Beat. It is essentially a weekly update video hosted by Anne Espiritu on the hottest searches and trends on Google in the US. For this week, ”eggs recall list” was amongst the list of the most searched phrases on Google. You can check out what else was hot more...
Those who have been following our Twitter would have noticed it was “down” since Saturday. According to the Twitter Support page, they “often send a suspension notification email directly to the email address associated with your Twitter account”. We never got such an email so we were left to search for the information ourselves. Twitter more...
We’ve been experiencing some problems with our Twitter account, which the support team at Twitter are currently looking into. For those who are applying for our openings, don’t worry, we have your tweets saved. Our account should be back up and running soon. Stay tunned and we’ll update you as soon as possible. However, this is a great more...
Toronto is known for its horrendous commute times. However, it is during my drive to the TTC station that I get to catch up on some non-social media related news provided by 680 News (our local radio station). This morning, I learned that there are currently talks in making access to high speed internet a right for Canadians. It was just last month more...
