For those unaware, Clicker is an online video site that acts as a guide to other online video sites serving up television episodes and movies. It crawls Hulu along with cable and network television sites, and keeps track of what episodes of what shows are available for instant viewing.
Until now, Clicker was like the phone [...more]
Did you know that there are no voice recordings of computer pioneer Alan Turing, or of hovercraft inventor Christopher Cockerell? You think someone would have shoved a microphone in the face of Nobel laureate AV Hill at some point, but no – these scientists, in fact, 30 major British scientists – including 9 Nobel winners [...more]
A few days ago, the New York Times released a story on the do’s and dont’s of online dating, based on statistical analysis from the people at OK Cupid. Sure, you could read an entire article, but why not just let me synthesize the relevant data for you? Don’t you work hard enough?
If you’re a [...more]
Market research firm Pike & Fischer reports that online games like World of Warcraft and Everquest hit $2.8 in subscription revenue in 2009, and will hit $5 billion by 2015. Additionally, the gamer audience, which is currently 19.4 million, will hit 44.5 million by the end of 2014.
That’s. Insane. 44.5 million people hunting orcs, or [...more]