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How much would an iPhone have cost in 1991?-CICTP. Amazing!

How much would an iPhone have cost in 1991?-CICTP

Today’s iPhones have the same capabilities (and more!) Than 13 distinct electronics gadgets, worth more than $3,000, found in a 1991 Radio Shack ad. Buffalo writer Steve Cichon was the first to dig up the old ad and make the point about the seemingly miraculous pace of digital advance, noting that an iPhone incorporates the features of the computer, CD player, phone, “phone answerer,” and video camera, among other items in the ad, all at a lower price. HTML5 Website Showcase: 48 Potential Flash-Killing Demos. So you’ve heard all rumors about HTML5 would take over Adobe Flash.

HTML5 Website Showcase: 48 Potential Flash-Killing Demos

While most web community argues that it’s possible or not, you must be wandering what makes HTML5 so powerful that even giant company Apple wants to use it to replace Flash. That’s why this post exists, we’re not going to talk about what HTML5 can do, but show live demos of magical things that HTML5 can achieve with other language like JavaScript, so get ready to be inspired. Note: As HTML5 is not fully supported by certain web browser like Internet Explorer, you’re strongly recommended to use Firefox browser to view all HTML5 demos below. Animation. Creative Advertising Archive & Community. Downfall / Hitler Reacts. About Downfall, also known as “Hitler Finds Out…” or “Hitler Reacts To…” is a series of parody-subtitled videos based on a pinnacle scene from Der Untergang (2004), a German WWII drama revisiting the last ten days of Adolf Hitler’s life and eventual suicide in his Berlin underground bunker.

Downfall / Hitler Reacts

Due to the film’s international success and Bruno Ganz’ haunting portrayal of the Nazi dictator, numerous segments from the movie soon fell fodder to hilarious parodies on YouTube, spawning hundreds of anachronistically subtitled videos of Hitler getting upset over topical events and trivial gossip. Origin Original Clip Der Untergang is a 2004 German war epic film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and based on the book “Inside Hitler’s Bunker.” Art, Copy & Code.

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Fun. TheFWA. World Wonders Project. Exhibitions. Closing Soon The National Fossil Hall Exhibit: Closing April 27, 2014 through 2019 This is your last chance to see the current fossil hall before it closes for renovation!

Exhibitions

How did life and all its wondrous forms come about? The story begins almost 3.5 billion years ago and unfolds in this exhibit. Ideas. Reddit visualization - YASIV. Yasiv is a visual discovery engine. reddit visualization shows how subreddits relate to each other.

reddit visualization - YASIV

The data is based on subreddit description.

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Consumer Reviews, Product Ratings, Compare Best Prices. Trustpilot.  ShieldsUP! — Internet Vulnerability Profiling. Your Internet connection's IP address is uniquely associated with the following "machine name": The string of text above is known as your Internet connection's "reverse DNS.

 ShieldsUP! — Internet Vulnerability Profiling

" The end of the string is probably a domain name related to your ISP. Finance. Snapguide Makes It Super Easy To Make And Share How-To Guides On iOS. Snapguide, which just launched on iOS, is rethinking the stodgy “How To” guide for a mobile generation.

Snapguide Makes It Super Easy To Make And Share How-To Guides On iOS

Thus far the consumption and creation of “How-To” guides on the web hasn’t been particularly groundbreaking, with SEO-optimized, paid contributor-written fare like eHow.com dominating the market. In contrast Snapguide was built to be super simple, fast and take advantage of your phone: Think of services like WikiHow as Facebook and Snapguide as Path. “eHow was a pioneer in publishing content online,” says co-founder Daniel Raffel, “but it is a lot of ‘evergreen’ [and impersonal] content. We want to be a place where people share what they’re passionate about … ” he explains, saying that he could even envision a partnership with eHow eventually. In fact, Snapguide is so well-suited to realtime mobile that it’s not shocking that Path founder Dave Morin is one of its backers, in an illustrious line of investors that includes CrunchFund and Index Ventures.

Radio-Locator. Sophisticated, professional, open-source. Evolution of Social Networking. Social media is revolutionizing celebrity-dom, news consumption and the way we spread information – as seen by the overnight popularity of Rebecca Black, Charlie Sheen-mania, real-time coverage of Japan and global protests for democracy.

Evolution of Social Networking

Cyber anthropology is rapidly becoming an important focus for media researchers, uncovering deep insights into the transformation of consumer behavior in today’s society. To celebrate 75 years of the Advertising Research Foundation, PeopleBrowsr is publishing a series of artwork illustrating the History of Social Networking. PeopleBrowsr commissioned an artist to visually communicate our research on the progression of social media – first unveiled at the opening of our San Francisco Social Media Command Center.