Your LinkedIn profile is your place to shine in the digital world of professionals, and keywords can often make the difference between a hit profile and a profile recruiters pass on. While it’s essential to sprinkle industry buzzwords throughout your profile to ensure you appear in relevant searches, it’s also important to use words that… Continue reading Responsible, Strategic, Creative: The Most Overused Buzzwords on LinkedIn in 2013
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200 Ways to Procrastinate Online: The Top Scoring Reddit Posts of All Time [INTERACTIVE CHART]
If your Facebook News Feed has run dry of interesting updates and pictures, you’ll soon be suffering from a very serious disorder called “I’ve Run Out of Things to Look At Online.” Symptoms can include spending several unsatisfying hours on StumbleUpon and watching one too many videos of cats playing pianos. Eventually you’ll succumb to… Continue reading 200 Ways to Procrastinate Online: The Top Scoring Reddit Posts of All Time [INTERACTIVE CHART]
26 Very Pinteresting Facts [INFOGRAPHIC]
Since its launch in March 2010, Pinterest has grown into one of the top destinations online with over 70 million users and 2.5 billion views per month. The site has a strong female demographic who represent 80% of all its users. Though Pinterest is making efforts to expand globally, 60% of its user base still… Continue reading 26 Very Pinteresting Facts [INFOGRAPHIC]
See How the World’s Forests Have Changed Over Time With the First Detailed Global Deforestation Maps
Using images from the NASA/U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 7 satellite, researchers from the University of Maryland and Google were able to map how the world’s forests have changed since 2000. The enormous computing feat produced the world’s first highly zoomable global deforestation map, enabling us to see where deforestation is taking place at the fastest… Continue reading See How the World’s Forests Have Changed Over Time With the First Detailed Global Deforestation Maps
Philippines Disaster Drawing Limited Interest and Donations
Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on November 8. Over 13 million Filipinos are believed to have been affected by the storm, which ruined livelihoods by destroying crops, livestock and fishing boats. At least 3,976 people have been killed by the storm and nearly 1,600 are still missing, according to Al Jazeera. In spite of the… Continue reading Philippines Disaster Drawing Limited Interest and Donations
Researchers Break Supercomputing Record while Advancing Cancer Research
Scientists at ETH Zurich and IBM Research in Switzerland have set a new record in fluid dynamics supercomputing through its simulation of bursting bubbles. The simulation could lead to advances in kidney stone and cancer treatment as well as improvements in high pressure fuel injector technology. In collaboration with the Technical University of Munich, the… Continue reading Researchers Break Supercomputing Record while Advancing Cancer Research
Government Requests for User Data Doubles Over Three Years
There has been no shortage of government surveillance news this year. Oh, how the tables have turned with all eyes now on the NSA. Today Google has updated its Transparency Report for the eighth time showing that since the first time it reported these figures in 2010, government requests for user information have increased by… Continue reading Government Requests for User Data Doubles Over Three Years
Is Your State Prepared for Climate Change? [MAP]
It’s a known fact that climate change is impacting how often natural events like floods and hurricanes occur and how severe their impact will be. For this reason, it’s important that states admit to the potential disasters that could occur as a result of climate change and plan emergency responses accordingly. To help prepare for… Continue reading Is Your State Prepared for Climate Change? [MAP]
