Dwayne Spradlin, president and chief executive of InnoCentive, said in an interview that the company had solved 250 challenges, for prizes typically in the $10,000 to $25,000 range… achievements include a compound for skin tanning, a method of preventing snack chip breakage and a mini-extruder in brick-making.
Google’s two founders told her the word privacy could only be added to the home page if another word was deleted, leaving the page at 28 words. So the copyright notice at the bottom of the page was changed from “© 2008 Google” to “© 2008 - Privacy
(In the US) more than one-third of women aged 18 and over play computer games, compared to just 18 per cent of boys aged 17 or younger… 26 per cent of today’s gamers are over the age of 50.
BBC says more than 60% of its viewers are 35 or older—and they stay online for almost 30 minutes per session
There are now 165 million different websites around the world, according to internet research firm Netcraft.
Doctors — and patients — have taken to online video postings with gusto. Type in the word “Botox” on YouTube and around 2,400 videos pop up. “Breast augmentation” garners over 2,000; “Lasik” around 2,000 videos.
For all the damage to reputations the Internet can cause, perhaps the greater anxiety from online communication is the weightlessness of it all. The whole World Wide Web can seem like a hall of mirrors — nothing tangible, no binding, no watermarks, no notary public seals. Where, exactly, is it? How do we know any of it is true?
over the last three years, the most experienced users of the Internet had been scaling back slightly on their Internet use, and had begun to check their e-mail less often than new users. “They’re saying, ‘I’m tired of it defining my life,’ ” he said. “ ‘I’m tired of being chained to it.’
Search in the last decade has moved from give me what I said to give me what I want
Over the past year, about 600 people in Nairobi — most under 25 — have coalesced into a group called Skunk Works, sharing ideas and encouraging new businesses. In June, it held an all-day workshop that included sessions on using the Android phone operating system from Google, developing applications for digital maps and creating content for mobile phones.
In the United States and other countries, writing articles for Wikipedia can appear to be a quirky obsession or a mere hobby… . In Egypt, writing for Wikipedia is closer to a national priority.
In the spring, a protest against rising food prices and President Hosni Mubarak’s government seemed to arise mysteriously on Facebook, with a page that had more than 75,000 members.
You could spend 12 months making a documentary and releasing it, and having your moment in the sun about something that may no longer be in the news cycle any more. Or you can spend 24 hours to put together a short viral video which can actually make a difference.
56% of people think buying online is more environmentally friendly than high street shopping
Out of every £1 spent by British shoppers 17p is now going to online retailers
