Power of Data Visualization

There are still notable differences by generation in online activities, but the dominance of the Millennial generation that Pew Research Center documented in their first “Generations” report in 2009 has slipped in many activities.

via www.pewinternet.org

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Compare online WSJ.com newspaper readers' habits by device and time of day.

via online.wsj.com

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Need to buy a fire-breathing sword? How about a new outfit for your pet penguin? You'll need to shop in the virtual world, where virtual goods are a booming business.

via www.creditloan.com

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Utilising cutting edge techniques and taking advantage of market-leading expertise, Digital Life offers both a lens on the digital world and the frameworks required to make actionable business decisions within it. It can be used to drive global strategies or inform local tactics.

The interactive data dashboard allows users to compare pairs of countries with each other, in attributes such as Internet penetration, digital lifestyles and daily activities, etc.

via discoverdigitallife.com
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Best trivia I learned while working on this: "Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?" Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.

via xkcd.com

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How does our output of digital (and decidedly less tasty) tomatoes compare with our worldwide production of real tomatoes? And perhaps most importantly, who are these casual croppers, and are they anything like their plow-toting counterparts?

mashable.com broke it down by the numbers and put some of these FarmVille trends in perspective for you.

via mashable.com

Here’s an in-depth look at the wildly popular Facebook game.

via www.creditloan.com

An infographic showing the most viral brands of 2010 in the UK.

via www.flickr.com

With all the recent changes in the banking and credit card industries, you're bound to get more than a few e-mails or letters from your bank or credit card company.

But, wait. Was that last e-mail really from your bank? It might have been, but there's a pretty good chance it might not have been.

See just how much phishing damages a bank and how much these crimes are causing them.

via www.gobankingrates.com

Net neutrality has taken up a lot of headline space over the last two weeks. There was the Goggle and Verizon thing, and then something happened with the FCC and some Congress members, and the French may have been involved somehow... Admit it, your eyes are glazing over aren't they?

via www.onlinemba.com