The Importance of Facebook Cannot be Overstated
Selected slides from a larger comScore deck examining global social networking, microblogging and mobile trends. Select any thumbnail to embiggen.
In related news, it’s estimated that Facebook will attract its 1 billionth user this August. That’s 14 percent of the global population.
Images: via comScore.
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they made it cute/confused-looking so ppl would help it … smart…
The World’s Cutest Surveillance Robot VideographerDesigned at MIT’s Media Lab, Boxie is an adorable cardboard robot that films you with its eyes. Alexander Reben, of the Responsive Environments group, explains that Boxie’s lack of complexity is its best asset. The little bot’s helplessness wins humans over, and they in turn help it shoot a documentary film. This video from MIT’s LabCast series by Paula Aguilera shows Boxie in action.
Ha! Reminds us of Kacie Kinzer’s (PopTech 2009) Tweenbot.
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has a Cuban coffee at the Versailles restaurant in the Little Havana area of Miami on Friday. (PHOTO: Alan Diaz/AP)
Guitar Pedals, An Interactive Art Installation of 96 Guitar Effects Pedals by David Byrne
“Guitar Pedals” by David Byrne is an interactive art installation of 96 guitar effects pedals that are connected to one another as well as to a guitar and amplifier (video by Todo Mundo). Viewers are invited to step on the pedals, creating layered guitar effects.Sponsored by Boss? Filed under: installation art. (via curiositycounts)
take-away … there’s a LOT of amazing/hidden stuff online …
Just a fascinating discussion by Doug Rickard about his new body of work—A New American Picture. On a virtual road trip, Rickard located these sites remotely using the Street View feature of the website Google Maps, which has mapped and photographed every street in the country. Stills from the project from the MoMA website can be seen here
weird. i always thought becoming a verb = success …
Adobe Frowns on Photoshop Verb (via thenextweb)
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Scientists invent the lightest material on Earth, made of 99.99% air thanks to a “microlattice” cellular architecture
