Category Archives: Research

Rastrack: where in the world are Raspberry PIs?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Stefano

Meet Rastrack: a Google Maps-based service where you can register for free and tell where you’re taking care of your Raspberry PI – geolocating it, and when it was shipped to you. Check the numbers, check how many people around … Continue reading →

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Google in the 60′s: here’s how it would look to Mad Men if they were googlin’ around

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Stefano

Austrian company Masswerk built a very compelling Google front-end: Google60. It looks like an fictional System 362 (not a real IBM System 360 – a historical mainframe) with a not-so fictional user interface that’s straight from the 60s. That’s exactly … Continue reading →

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Twitter Statistics 2012 by Beevolve: amazing results

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Stefano

As we’re reaching the end of 2012, we’re getting more and more “Year-stats”: social analysis tool Beevolve brings us a complete survey of more than 35 million Twitter accounts and some results are quite amazing. US Twitter users are 50/50 … Continue reading →

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How much data do americans consume in a day? [infographic]

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Stefano

Amazing infographic: 3.6 zettabytes per day consumed every day by US internet users Looks like that, beginning from 1980, there has been a 6% increase per year, getting to the total amount in zettabytes – that’s 10^21 bytes!

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Economic downturn? Not for IT & consumer electronics, which will reach $2.1 trillion in 2012 – Gartner reports

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Stefano

ComputerWorld today reports a Gartner projection for 2012: the spending amout for IT, consumer electronics, mobile phones, digital media and services will reach $2.1 trillion by the end of the year. That’s $114 billion more than 2011 (roughly +5%) which … Continue reading →

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Facebook debut in Wall Street accounts for 0.25 percent of all online conversations

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Stefano

It’s 2.30 PM (NY Timezone) and Facebook just estabilished another ground-breaking record. Conversations about the Facebook IPO accounted for 0.25 percent of all online discussion during the first part of the workday, according to NM Incite, a company that tracks … Continue reading →

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Pin me up: according to Experian, Pinterest is the third most popular social network

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Stefano

Here we are: Pinterest, the new kid on the block has become the third competitor in the social network arena. Experian’s “2012 Digital Marketer: Benchmark and Trend Report” says social networking has reached new highs, with 91 percent of adults … Continue reading →

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Google’s sunglasses: Terminator look and Google’s augmented reality technology for the ultimate gadget

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Stefano

Google’s so-called “Terminator” glasses – they’re a pet project being developed at Google’s X laboratory, and will presumably place a computerized overlay on the real world. An exciting detail from the New York Times — the sunglasses will be ready … Continue reading →

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Facebook growth rate: quicker than a (social) ray of light – and almost a nation on itself

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Stefano

Following yesterday Facebook’s filing for IPO – and all the consequent hype about this, let’s look at what’s really behind the Facebook business. According to this infographic from Fusioncharts: every 8 seconds people from everywhere in the world sign in … Continue reading →

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Friend or not on Facebook: a parents’ dilemma explained

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Stefano

A research by Lab42 just published, delves deep into one of the worst problem parents are facing these days within their family. Does a social network – and siblings relationship – mean that all parents are friend with their children? … Continue reading →

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