In 2014, Internet Four Times Larger Than 2009 According to Cisco, in the year of 2014, the internet will become four times larger than it was in 2009. Where is internet traffic growing the fastest? Traffic is growing fastest in Latin America. Traffic in Latin America will grow 51% between 2009 and 2014. The Middle […]

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The Battle of the Teutoberg Forest The Teutoberg Forest, or in German Teutoberger Wald, is an area of mountains that lie within Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The forest stretches eastward towards the Weser River and to Osnabrück. Osnabrück lies between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoberg Forest. In the fall […]

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Popular Reads In The UK What are they reading in the UK? Americans are becoming more interested in British culture as the internet becomes more widely available. So what are the Brits reading? What are popular reads with the Brits? MOST POPULAR DAILY NEWSPAPERS 1. The Sun 2. The Daily Mail 3. The Daily Mirror 4. The […]

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Face Blindness Is The Inability To Recognize Faces A recent search on Google Trends brought me to a very troubling concept. Prosopagnasia. This is a disorder where the ability to recognize a face is impaired, and can also be accompanied by other recognition impairments, such as places, cars, or facial expressions. While the thought of not […]

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Global Wind Day – Tuesday, June 15 THE FIVE WIND FACTS 1. Wind works by creating  jobs. Currently the wind industry employs 85,000 people, including 18,500 in the manufacturing sector alone. According to a recent study from Navigant Consulting, a 25% national renewable electricity standard (RES) would result in some 274,000 renewable energy jobs. And there […]

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Urgent: Project 25 Certified, But Still Not Working May 27, 2010 – “Today the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation held a hearing to review the status of interoperability for public safety communications systems that enable first responders from multiple agencies and jurisdictions to communicate. Specifically, the hearing discussed the status […]

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World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant In UAE  Shams 1, the first part out of three solar plants, will cost $600 million, and will have the capacity of 100-125 megawatts. Concentrated solar power (CSP) systems use lenses or mirrors to focus a large area of sunlight onto a small area. These systems use the sun’s rays […]

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Here Are Your Webby Winners NEWS 1. Webby Award Winner: The New York Times 2. People’s Voice Winner: BBC News SOCIAL NETWORKING 1. Webby Award Winner: Twitter 2. People’s Voice Winner: Twitter MAGAZINE 1. Webby Award Winner: NewYorker.com 2. People’s Voice Winner: National Geographic RADIO/PODCASTS 1. Webby Award Winner: TED.com 2. People’s Voice Winner: NPR TELEVISION […]

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Top 10 Most Visited Cities MOST VISITED CITIES – Estimated International Visitors (Millions) * 1. Paris, France (14.8) 2. London, United Kingdom  (14.1) 3. Bangkok, Thailand  (10.21) 4. Singapore, Singapore  (9.7) 5. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  (8.94) 6. New York, United States  (8.7) 7. Dubai, United Arab Emirates  (7.58) 8. Istanbul, Turkey  (7.51) 9. Hong Kong, […]

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Aramais Nazarov Becomes Dad For The Fourth Time Aramais Nazarov, an 89-year-old World War II veteran from Russia, welcomed home his newborn son called Artem. Artem is his fourth child and weighed in at 8 lb. 2 oz. The ages of his other children are 61, 50, and 12. Mr. Nazarov served in Stalin’s Red Army and is […]

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