Slacktory

Posts Tagged “Wikipedia”

  1. Hurr horse on Zagat logo

    Google’s Zagat Reviews the Web

    Google just bought Zagat. Weird, right? A search company buying a food reviewer? Well obviously it’s so they can start reviewing the internet.

    AOL: The “internet button on the computer” provides “my letters” and “the virus checker.” Users can “say hi to your cousin, remember her birthday’s coming up,” watch “this cat is funny and reminded me of you” and “need your help with the DVD player, please come over, did you get my instant message, Love Mom.”

    Next: YouTube, Twitter and Wikipedia. »

  2. Cityville

    Slacktory Index: Urbanization Edition

    Words in the Wikipedia article “Evolution“: 9,578
    Words in the article “Digivolution” (the evolution process of creatures in the “Digimon” games and shows): 5,207
    Words in the “Articles for deletion” debate for Digivolution: 657
    Monthly active users of Facebook for Android: 50 million
    Videos viewed on Facebook per month: 2 billion
    Videos viewed on YouTube per day: 2 billion
    Monthly active users of CityVille: 83 million
    Populations of Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City metropolitan areas combined: 73 million
    Global ratio of urban to rural dwellers: 1:1
    Ratio of active users, CityVille vs. FarmVille: 2.2:1
    Keep counting. »

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