You wouldn’t think it, but your choice of what browser you use has a pretty significant impact on your computer’s battery life. And since the majority of what we do on our computers is browse the web (unless you’re a graphic designer or video editor or hardcore gamer), it can add up to a pretty [...]
Here’s a not-so-shocker: Americans on average suffer from slower internet speeds than 27 other countries.
Web surfing in the U.S. averages around 5.1 megabits per second (mbps), lagging far behind top-ranked South Korea, where speeds average more than 20 mbps. In 2007, the U.S. download speed was 3.5 mbps, inching up only 1.6 mbps since [...]
Looking for something soft and chewy to stick on your Facebook Wall? How about some Fresh Fruit Facebook Gum? This pack of gum carries the caption “Virtual Friends Forever” and “We Met on Facebook.” Facebook Gum retails for $1.50. So what comes next? Twitter mints?
[via Chip Chick]
Ology network partner ZiggyTek tells the story of an alarming trend, and one that I’m occasionally guilty of myself. After six to eight hours of network deprivation — also known as sleep — people are increasingly waking up and lunging for cellphones and laptops, sometimes even before swinging their legs to the floor and tending [...]
What is internet addiction camp? It’s something kind of like the Chinese equivalent of the infamous American fat camp – parents send their kids to a “tough environment” in hopes of ridding them of an addiction, whether it is food or World of Warcraft. Of course, it’s debatable whether these things actually work. On one [...]
The Roman Catholic Church is no newbie to condemning things, often without a real compelling reason to do so. In its latest condemnation, the head of Roman Catholic Church in England warns against the dangers of SMS, email, and social networking.
According to Vincent Nichols, head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, modern [...]
Firefox is hoping to continue their increase in the browser market share with the announcement of their one billionth download. It’s a major milestone for the upstart company launched 5 years ago and now owns a 31% market share.
Firefox currently trails Internet Explorer, who has a 60% market share. It only seems like yesterday when [...]
Nielson Online reports that in the month of June, 87 million Americans visited Facebook. Fair enough, no big surprises there. But here’s a number to put on the addiction: four hours and thirty nine minutes. That’s the average time spent on Facebook per user.
I basically live on the internet. I keep a number of blogs, [...]
According to Reuters, the Chinese Ministry of Health has banned electro-shock therapy for the treatment of Internet Addiction after it came to light that a doctor named Yang Yongxin (also known as “Uncle Yang”) has wired up as many as 3,000 teenagers in his Internet Addiction Treatment Center at Linyi Mental Hospital. The treatment included [...]
CollegeHumor finally managed to make me genuinely fall out of my chair laughing with this video. It’s a parody of the musical West Side Story, this time set in today’s internet-happy 21st century, and re-titled Web Site Story. The lyrics are clever; the music, singing, and acting are all of surprisingly good quality.
Tracks include [...]
