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State Of The Internet 2010!

With Twitter hitting 50 million tweets per day, Facebook passing the 400 million user mark earlier this year, and YouTube viewers watching 1 billion videos per day; the top Internet social-media properties have some very impressive stats.  But what are the stats for the whole Internet with all the net properties combined?

Well, take a good hard look at Jesse Thomas' video "State of the Internet".  Thomas created and animated this video with data and verified references from multiple sources — highlighting some remarkable figures and visually depicts the Internet as we know it today (late 2009 - early 2010).  This is a must-see video for anyone who would like to grasp their mind around just how massive Internet technologies figures have become in our daily lives.

You can watch the video below, but here are some interesting stats and figures from the video:

- There are 1.73 billion Internet users worldwide as of September 2009.

- There are 1.4 billion e-mail users worldwide, and on average we collectively send 247 billion e-mails per day. Unfortunately 200 billion of those are spam e-mails.

- As of December 2009, there are 234 million websites.

- Facebook gets 260 billion page views per month, which equals 6 million page views per minute and 37.4  trillion page views in a year.

Now, wait till the mobile-web really takes off by 2015 or sooner.  

Oscars iPad Commercial!

Apple Inc. has chosen the Oscars awards show to debut the first iPad commercial video during tonight's March 7, 2010 telecast!  

The ad explains why Apple CEO Steve Jobs was spotted on the red carpet earlier.

 

Twitter & The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics - Visualized Tweets!

Visualized Vancouver 2010 Tweets

During last week's broadcast of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, NBC set up a fun Twitter tracker for the mega global winter sports event.  It represents tweets about each sport in a visual interface.

The Olympic Twitter Tracker, developed by Stamen Design, is an amusing addition to the standard tweet stream, which was provided by NBC as well.  The feature was presented on the Twitter bog a couple weeks ago, and Twitter posted a video demo (below).

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Nexus One vs iPhone, Droid & Palm Pre - Total Cost Of Ownership!

via www.billshrink.com

Here is a thorough comparison chart and description of the four leading smart phones on the market here in the United States.

The Future Of Magazines [Video] - Time Inc.'s Sports Illustrated Tablet Demo!

This collaboration between The Wonderfactory and Time, Inc. is an excellent example of how Tablets PCs will enable the creation of innovative, addictive experiences by publishers, media companies, and advertisers.

Video of the future of magazines - Demo of Time Inc.'s Sports Illustrated on a HP tablet with touchscreen.  Forget the cool technology, I was sold on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit demo!

More info about HP's, Apple's, and other smart tablets to be release in 2010.

HP's Tablet with touchscreen

Bride And Groom Update Relationship Status At Wedding On Twitter!

We've seen plenty of Twittered marriage proposals, but a recent video posted to YouTube takes the cake for the most unconventional Twitter and Facebook updates.

During his wedding ceremony, Dana Hanna whipped out his mobile device and not only changed his relationship status to married on Facebook, but also sent out a tweet announcing that the couple had become man and wife.

Dana writes on his You Tube Page:

"This was just done to be funny - we really don't Facebook THAT often :).

I have a lot of family scattered around the country and we all use Facebook a lot to keep in touch. So when Tracy and I were engaged, most of my family found out via Facebook because we updated our statuses.

I surprised not only my guests, but also Tracy by pulling out my phone and posting on Facebook and Twitter from the altar during out wedding.

I had her phone ready in my pocket, so when she asked for it I could hand it to her. No one knew about this except the minister, and myself."

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Avatar + Interactive Trailer + Twitter = That Shit Is Syck Ass Dope!

Originally published by Ben Parr on November 24, 2009.

"In a few weeks, one of the most anticipated and expensive movies ever made will debut on movie screens across the world: Avatar. The sci-fi epic is making huge buzz for its unparalleled film-making technology, its award-winning director (James Cameron), and its record-breaking $230+ million budget.

As you might expect, the promotional campaign is in full swing. While several trailers have hit the web, we hadn’t stumbled across any very unique web campaigns. That is, until we discovered the Official Avatar Adobe AIR app/interactive trailer.

Billed as the “Official Avatar Interactive Trailer,” the AIR program brings Avatar’s Pandora natives straight to your desktop. Not only does it house all of the already-released Avatar trailers, but it includes dozens of video shorts that go in-depth into the making of the movie and the background of the main characters.

Screen shot of the Avatar Adobe AIR App.

 

Now for the interactive part: whenever you watch a trailer, special “hotspots” will come up where you can learn more about the characters. Even cooler though is the integration of Avatar’s Twitter, Flickr, and You Tube feeds. You can get all of the latest news right from the interactive trailer.

Honestly? We’re very impressed with Avatar’s app. It’s slick, easy to use, and chock-full of content. If this doesn’t fulfill your need for an Avatar fix, then nothing but the actual movie will."

Now If you can't install the Adobe AIR App on your desk top, well here is the old fashion embedded video trailer for your viewing pleasure.

A New Twitter Player Enters the Market

Local Twitter search provider is teaming up with augmented reality service Layar, bringing augmented reality Tweets to phones running Google Android.  Later, they plan to bring the service to iPhones. They’ve also posted the video below demonstrating Layar’s existing technology.

Amazing!

Google's Android