“God seems to have a kind of laid-back management style I’m not crazy about.”
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“I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.”
William Faulkner (via talkativolive)The Internet’s Population Doubled Over the Last Five Years
Royal Pingdom susses out some interesting trends about the world’s 2.27 billion Internet users:
- Africa has gone from 34 million to 140 million, a 317% increase.
- Asia has gone from 418 million to over 1 billion, a 143% increase.
- Europe has gone from 322 million to 501 million, a 56% increase.
- The Middle East has gone from 20 to 77 million, a 294% increase.
- North America has gone from 233 to 273 million, a 17% increase.
- Latin America (South & Central America) has gone from 110 to 236 million, a 114% increase.
- Oceania (including Australia) has gone from 19 to 24 million, a 27% increase.
They also note that Asia’s Internet population is almost as large* the entire Internet population was in 2007.
*My original post stated that Asia’s Internet population was almost double, not almost as large. Thanks to Anna for catching that.
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Mark Wahlberg stars in red-band Ted trailer: watch now
Ted has debuted a first red-band trailer, in which Mark Wahlberg buddies up with a foul-mouthed teddy bear, voiced by Family Guy genius Seth MacFarlane…
The Obama administration faced skeptical questioning from a US Supreme Court dominated by conservatives on Tuesday during a tense two-hour showdown over a sweeping healthcare law that has divided Americans.
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Watch Street Fighter X Tekken’s opening movie
Capcom has released the opening cinematic from their upcoming brawler Street Fighter X Tekken.
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Pre-order the standard edition of Street Fighter X Tekken, for PS3 or Xbox 360, and get the Iron Curtain Gem pack, which includes 9 gems primarily focused on increasing your fighters’ defense abilities.
