The most dangerous day on US roads in 2010? October 16, when 204 vehicles were involved in 90 crashes. Compare that to a low of 41 crashes on March 22 — and to the rest of that year, with this illuminating visualisation. More »
You know how it is. You meet the being of your dreams, and you’re wildly, crazily, foolishly in love. But then the pink mist rises, and while you’re still keen, the buzz has faded somehow. Apparently, that’s an apt description of how Australians are with social networking. More »
No, not the schlocky Sandra Bullock thriller. The entire internet. Those are some sobering figures, because even if folks are threatening to quit Facebook over privacy issues, it means that it could take a long time for them to all drain away. More »
A new study from a self-described “psychometric consultant” and recruitment firm says that there’s no real difference in IQ between other browsers — but IE users are, well, below average. To study the “effects of cognitive ability on the choice of web browser”, they ran a free online IQ test to over 100,000 people, and plotted the average IQ scores based on the browser used. More »
Man facts! Thanks to askmen.com.au, we now know that 58% of Aussie men believe that aliens exist, 65% prefer to get news online, and 84% would be offended if their special lady friend faked an orgasm. Though 33% use an iPhone versus 17% with an Android device, a surprising 39% of blokes say they don’t even own a smartphone! More »
According to the ABS, Aussie online stores sold $143 billion worth of goods in the 09/10 financial year. And Gerry Harvey reckons there’s no money in the web… More »
YouTube is kinda popular. How popular? We put 48 hours of video onto it every minute. Yikes. That’s a lot of cats playing with alligators, Middle East protests, and people covering Kanye on the ukelele. More »
