According to Experian Hitwise “Facebook” was the most-searched term of 2011. This was the third year in a row that Facebook topped the list. The company’s name accounted for 3.1% of all searches in 2011, a 46% jump over last year, the researcher reports. However, if you take into account four variations of Facebook — Facebook, Facebook.com, Facebook Login and www.facebook.com — the social networking giant’s share of the top 50 searches was 3.48%, an increase of 33%. The four terms also appeared in the top 10: #1. Facebook #2. YouTube #3. Facebook Login #4. Craigslist #5. Facebook.com #6. Yahoo #7. eBay #8. www.facebook.com #9. Mapquest #10. Yahoo.com Looking at the
Read MoreJust in time for the holidays! "Snow Globe Los Angeles" is a short time-lapse film that captures the city of L.A. during the holiday season. "Snow Globe Los Angeles" was created using over 4000 still images shot on a custom built camera rig. The effect was achieved using a Canon 5D MII, a homemade tilt-shift style lens, a light bulb filled with water, and paper cut outs to create shaped bokeh.
SpotMe, a handy little tool for sharing expenses in groups, Zornitza Stefanova, the CEO of SpotMe’s maker Boomerang Digital, describes the app as “a social messenger for payments.” What that means is that the app takes over the often uncomfortable job of having to ask your friends for the money they owe – it does that for you. Going to the movies? Buying concert tickets? Planning a family gift? Or splitting the rent? SpotMe helps you manage your group's money. Aided with features like messaging and email summaries, SpotMe is now a top 10 mobile app in the finance category
Read MoreThe Lord of the Rings franchise has released the trailer for its trilogy prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey slated to hit theaters next December. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakensheild. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with
Read MoreAfter you watch this video, you might have a bad taste in your mouth about FedEx delivery personnel. But personally I think this guy is an aberration. The thrown package contained a computer monitor, which was broken by this rough treatment. FedEx Guy Throwing Computer Monitor FedEx Response to Customer Video "Along with many of you, we've seen the video showing one of our couriers carelessly and improperly delivering a package the other day. As the leader of our pickup and delivery operations across America, I want you to know that I was upset, embarrassed, and very sorry for our customer's poor experience.
Read MoreOpera Mini one of the most popular mobile browsers, with 144M unique users monthly worldwide. The company pulled the stats on the top 10 visited mobile sites in 2011, with the data collected spanning November 2010-2011. The world’s most popular websites on Opera Mini 2011 are: #1. google.com #2. facebook.com #3. youtube.com (up 1) #4. vkontakte.ru (down 1) #5. odnoklassniki.ru #6. yandex.ru #7. wikipedia.org (up 4) #8. my.opera.com #9. yahoo.com (down 2) #10. twitter.com (up 2) Check the image below for comparison between November 2010 and November 2011. The world’s top 20 sites In addition to this, Opera picked up on a few interesting mobile browsing trends for 2011: #1 Wikipedia, Blogger and Spaces
Read MoreWooThemes, a WordPress theme + platform provider, polled over 100k users to find out what designers and developers really want in and from WordPress. The survey provides insight into who uses WordPress, who’s making a living from it and what users want for 2012. With the latest release of WordPress 3.3 “Sonny” it’s become even more clear how much things are evolving. It’s been obvious for a long time that WordPress is no longer a simple blogging service, or even just a platform to build your website. WordPress has become a full-fledged CMS…with the potential to become a universal CMS.
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