There has been a lot of talk over the last few months about the bulk data of phone calls that was being collected by the NSA. In the wake of … Continue reading
As visualizations go, this is a simple one: it simply shows the heartbeats of Jen Lowe from the last 24 hours, gently pulsing as a big, bold, red screen. And it is insanely mesmerizing.
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Remember the Million Dollar Homepage? Eight years later, it’s still alive, but as with all things internet, it’s not quite as healthy as it once was. In fact, 22 percent of the links it contains are now dead.
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The New York Times reports that President Obama is planning to reveal a legislative proposal that will overhaul the NSA’s practices—and put an end to its bulk collection of phone records.
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Ever wondered just how long it took for The Wire to get popular? Or why Prison Break got cancelled when it did? This interactive data viz lets you mine all of IMDB’s ratings data to find out.
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A new game out now on the App Store features mechanics virtually identical to those found in viral hit Flappy Bird, but with a key twist – the game can be made easier through sheer physical effort. Using the Fitbit API, developer Aaron Coleman built-in a variable difficulty engine that allows you to redeem steps counted during a day in exchange for in-game rewards, like wider gaps between… Read More
Big shocker here: according to Flowing Data’s map of U.S. coffee chains, Starbucks dominates across the entire U.S., and Dunkin Donuts has a massive foothold on the East Coast. Apparently that stereotype about Boston residents loving their DD is true.
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The words ‘organization chart’ are usually enough to make anyone’s eyes glaze over—but this, the first modern example of such a visualization, is actually incredibly pretty.
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The Surface 2, the second iteration of Microsoft’s Surface RT, already runs laps around its predecessor thanks to vastly improved internals and a 1080p screen. And now it’s about to get even better.
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We are a data hungry country and we have the numbers to prove that. The US is on track to cross the $100 billion mark for revenue stemming from mobile … Continue reading
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