Sometimes it’s hard to put measurable numbers into an understandable perspective. For instance, it’s common knowledge that the deepest hole ever drilled on Earth is 40,230 feet. But superimposing that distance on a map of your town offers much more insight into that holes actual depth. Thanks to a new website from the BBC called [...]
Ever wonder where the websites at which you spend the most time rank in the grand scheme of website rankings? Sure, a quick Alexa search yields all kinds of useful ranking information, but there’s nothing like a good list to really break it down. Thus we present Google’s recently released ranking of the world’s [...]
In terms of individualized usage of an online service, this is a staggering milestone. Facebook is expected to announce soon that more than 500 million people have signed up for an account its site, despite recent privacy concerns. That is approximately one in every twelve people on the planet (approximately one in four Internet users [...]
Despite the rise of eBooks and digitized printed media, some people still prefer the look and feel of printed paper. To cater to these technological hold-outs, PediaPress has developed a novel (pun definitely intended) online tool to create and print books filled with Wikipedia content. Unlike the portable WikiReader, which stuffs millions of the most popular [...]
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