Things We Forget Dumpr Maikelnai’s blog Skwibble.com The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines, April 2007 This is the best list of Alternative Search Engines I have ever done. It has to be. With each monthly update, several things happen that serve to improve the list. One, I have spent a month - since the March update - scouring the World Wide Web for any brand new Search Engines (see Querycat) or ones that might have been missed (see Accoona). 12 new search engines In total, there are 12 new search engines this month (and 12, sadly, went "down to the minors"). I also try to improve the format and usefulness of the List every month. But the biggest change that I have made is in response to those readers who have noted that 100 search engines is too many to check out! Search Engine of the Month: AfterVote And now for the month of April, I am pleased to present the Search Engine of the Month - younanimous! This is not the place to go into a detailed tour of AfterVote, for that just click on their blog and you can read all about it. How AfterVote works - click here for larger screenshot P.
10 Websites To Make You Think | The Online Learning Blog from Study2U Supposedly browsing the internet requires more brain power than watching television. Although judging from some of the websites we’ve come across that assumption is cast into doubt. Here’s some of the sites we like that might get your brain to sit up and listen. Ted A conference that started in 1984 bringing together experts in technology, entertainment and design quickly grew into so much more. The conference itself is invitation only, but the website features all the talks at the conference in high res video format. New Scientist The New Scientist website carries new articles from the magazine as well as the NS archive of over 76,000 pieces. Big Think The Big Think website is a collection of ‘global thought leaders’ who offer their thoughts and analysis on world events and other important developments. Café Scientifque ‘for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology’ Breathing Earth Arts & Letters Daily How Stuff Works
ilustrae Instagram Becomes The Largest Mobile Social Network by Jason Keath on Dec 15, 2011 Instagram added 2 million new users last month. Everyone seems to love the fast growing app (only available on iPhone for now). I personally find it more rewarding than Facebook. At Le Web Instagram attributed their growth to the Thanksgiving holidays (ugly sweater photos?) When I say “largest mobile social network” I am talking about a social network where the majority of user activity is from a mobile device. As addiction to mobile grows, as smart phones evolve into the majority of phones AND internet devices, the web will in fact be accessed more on our mobile devices than on our laptops and desktops. The Instagram growth is even more impressive when you realize it is still only on the iPhone. Not Apples To Apples To compare Foursquare and Instagram is not truly a fair fight. But the comparison is still important. Instagram is growing at 2 million new users a month, Foursquare at .866 million a month. Android Breaks Instagram Into New Territory