February 2012
4 posts
Roll over Facebook, here comes Pinterest
Facebook and its IPO might grab the headlines but image-sharing site Pinterest is grabbing viewers. “According to comScore, Pinterest usage in the U.S. shot up from less than half a million unique visitors in May 2011 to nearly 12 million in January 2012,” eMarketer reported today. That’s a faster rate of adoption than the latest […] http://dlvr.it/1FjPRl
Holidays a gift for tablet, e-book reader market
The share of adults in the United States who own tablet computers nearly doubled over the holiday selling season, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Ownership of tablet computers increased from 10% to 19% between mid-December and early January. The same surge in growth applied to e-book readers, […] http://dlvr.it/1CL18Q
Six degrees of reading
Want to see books similar to the ones you’re reading? Head over to Yasiv, a site that uses Amazon data to create a flowchart of recommendations. Created by Andrei Kashcha, the site serves up a web of book covers that, when clicked, lead to information about those titles. There’s also a box on the left […] http://dlvr.it/18mv3G
What’s my line, 2012 style
Some people know how to coin a memorable phrase. Tom Brokaw referred to the men and women who fought for the United States in World War II as the greatest generation. In 1943 a Nazi propaganda periodical used the term Iron Curtain. Tea Party members often refer to journalists the media elite, a term coined […] http://dlvr.it/18X7WQ