Horacio Garay

A man gets held up at a traffic light.

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:45:41 -0400

A man gets held up at a traffic light.

Now that we all have seen Google Glass some guys tried to think...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:47:21 -0400

Now that we all have seen Google Glass some guys tried to think beyond version one. They wanted to visualize how heads up displays can affect our interactions with information, each other and the world.

It’s been one year since Facebook went public. We assume a...

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:08 -0400

It’s been one year since Facebook went public. We assume a lot of IPO investors aren’t happy with how things turned out. But, from Facebook’s perspective, it all worked out. It got a good price on its IPO, and now it has plenty of time to develop its business. If CEO Mark Zuckerberg does a good job with the business, this rough first year will be no big deal in the long run.

Steven Wilson, Chile.

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:37:42 -0400

Steven Wilson, Chile.

The quality of television shows follow all kinds of patterns....

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:55:58 -0400

The quality of television shows follow all kinds of patterns. Some shows stink in the beginning and slowly gain steam, whereas others are great at first and then lost momentum towards eventual cancellation. Using data from the Global Episode Opinion Survey, Andrew Clark visualized ratings over time for many popular shows in an interactive.

The new Google Maps has Google Earth and Street View baked into...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:26:40 -0400

The new Google Maps has Google Earth and Street View baked into it. With stunning Google imagery, as well as user-generated photos that can be uploaded and submitted to Google Maps, the platform has never looked better.

Google+ added 41 new features to its social network to make it...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:25:20 -0400

Google+ added 41 new features to its social network to make it smarter and more intuitive, with the inclusion of bigger pictures and related hashtags. If you’re following a sports team, Google+ will tag it for you by adding, for example, #SFGiants. It also rolled out a new way to improve photos.

Facebook Adds Star Rating Recommendations To Desktop...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:05:23 -0400

Facebook Adds Star Rating Recommendations To Desktop Pages. Users can also recommend unclaimed pages — usually cities, parks, or other types of landmarks that lack a dedicated Facebook presence.

Wondering if your Facebook page is doing OK? Quintly recently...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:01:20 -0400

Wondering if your Facebook page is doing OK? Quintly recently released its report for the average Facebook page performance in April. The infographic breaks page performance down in terms of size, so you’re not comparing the page for your mom-and-pop store to one that has 3 million fans.

Racer by Giorgio Moroder.

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:32:27 -0400

Racer by Giorgio Moroder.

The U.S. added 31 million smartphone subscribers in the past...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:03:44 -0400

The U.S. added 31 million smartphone subscribers in the past four quarters. That represents a reacceleration of growth in U.S. smartphone penetration.

GeoGuessr is a geography game which takes you on a journey...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:34:19 -0400

GeoGuessr is a geography game which takes you on a journey around the world and challenges your ability to recognize your surroundings.

Nice one.

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:12:48 -0400

Nice one.

25,000 LEDs Illuminate The San Francisco Bay Bridge.

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:28:36 -0400

25,000 LEDs Illuminate The San Francisco Bay Bridge.

A Facebook Update In Real Life.

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:06:41 -0400

A Facebook Update In Real Life.

Apple’s iTunes business exceeded $4 billion revenue last...

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:49:48 -0400

Apple’s iTunes business exceeded $4 billion revenue last quarter. Horace Dediu broke down where all the sales are coming from on his site, Asymco. As you can see, it’s mostly a mix of content and app sales.

By watching a new visualization, known plainly as the Wikipedia...

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:43:07 -0400

By watching a new visualization, known plainly as the Wikipedia Recent Changes Map, viewers can see the location of every unregistered Wikipedia user who makes a change to the open encyclopedia. It provides a voyeuristic look at the rate that knowledge is contributed to the website, giving you the faintest impression of the Spaniard interested in the television show Jackass or the Brazilian who defaced the page on the Jersey Devil to feature a photograph of the new pope.

In a follow-up to their map of racist tweets towards Barack...

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:52:16 -0400

In a follow-up to their map of racist tweets towards Barack Obama, the folks at Floating Sheep took a more rigorous route to get around the challenges of sentiment analysis. Over 150,000 geotagged tweets against races, sexuality, and disabled were manually classified and mapped.

How much coffee, weed, cigarettes, cocaine, whiskey, and heroin...

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:54:43 -0400

How much coffee, weed, cigarettes, cocaine, whiskey, and heroin can you buy for $20 around the world?

Why is it called The Earth? - Wise words spoken by Karl...

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:09:53 -0400

Why is it called The Earth? - Wise words spoken by Karl Pilkington.