It’s no secret that climate change is persistent and intensifying, causing serious problems for planet Earth and its inhabitants. Its effects range from mild, like February being the first colder than average month in almost three decades, to harsh, like an increase in the number of hurricanes and destructive storms. List25 has collected 25 alarming… Continue reading 25 Facts about Climate Change that Will Shock You [VIDEO]
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1 Billion People Now Use Facebook Mobile
Among news of Facebook’s Oculus acquisition, here’s an interesting bit that might’ve gotten lost: Facebook’s mobile platform now serves over 1 billion users. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the news in a press call yesterday and also commented on Instagram’s growth. Facebook mobile has been growing at a healthy pace; around this time last year… Continue reading 1 Billion People Now Use Facebook Mobile
You’ll Get More Instagram ‘Likes’ if Your Face Is in the Photo
If you thought the number of likes you receive on your Instagram photos was random, think again. The amount of engagement you see on your pictures actually correlates with the subject of the photos. According to a recent study by Georgia Institute of Technology and Yahoo Labs, the amount of attention your photos receive has… Continue reading You’ll Get More Instagram ‘Likes’ if Your Face Is in the Photo
Twitter Experimenting With View Counts for Your Tweets
Have you ever wondered if anyone actually sees your tweets? A new experiment by Twitter might help you find out. Twitter is testing view counts for tweets viewed from its iOS app according to The Verge. Twitter user Lydia J reported seeing counts for the number of times some of her tweets were viewed. As… Continue reading Twitter Experimenting With View Counts for Your Tweets
Glassdoor Reveals LinkedIn Jeff Weiner as 2014’s CEO of the Year
Glassdoor has ranked the CEOs of major companies based on 2014 employee ratings and the results are in! Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn takes the gold, with a 100% approval rating from employees. A close second is Alan R. Mulally at Ford with 97% approval. Taking home bronze is Richard W. Edelman, CEO of Edelman,… Continue reading Glassdoor Reveals LinkedIn Jeff Weiner as 2014’s CEO of the Year
The Top 100 Bloggers on Triberr [INFOGRAPHIC]
Are you an amateur or professional blogger? If so, you may be finding it hard to get people to read your blog posts from social media given the saturation of status updates. Fortunately there is an online community just for bloggers that helps them find more success: Triberr. Triberr connects like-minded writers in supportive social… Continue reading The Top 100 Bloggers on Triberr [INFOGRAPHIC]
How 25 Years of the World Wide Web Have Transformed the Ways We Interact With Technologies and Each Other
March 12 marks the 25th anniversary of the day Sir Tim Berners-Lee released a paper on what would become the structure of the World Wide Web. After Berners-Lee released the code for his system of linking computers in a user-friendly way, and Web browsers became more sophisticated, the Web as we know it today began… Continue reading How 25 Years of the World Wide Web Have Transformed the Ways We Interact With Technologies and Each Other
Kickstarter Surpasses $1 Billion in Pledges With More than Half Pledged in the Past Year Alone
Kickstarter, the site for crowdfunding your ideas, surpassed $1 billion in pledges today. More than half of that amount was pledged in the last 12 months alone. The pledges represent over 5.7 million backers in 224 countries and territories in all seven continents. The top-pledding country is the United States with over $663 million pledged.… Continue reading Kickstarter Surpasses $1 Billion in Pledges With More than Half Pledged in the Past Year Alone
