Is Google a Monopoly? A Historical Perspective

Sure Google has 66% of the search market.  But what defines a monopoly, at least as far as the government is concerned, is shifting and interpretive set of criteria. Search isn’t steel, or oil. Monopolizing ‘finding stuff on the net’ can have a huge far reaching impact, as it operates as a gateway to information.

So is Google a monopoly? Have a look at a this infographic.

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Tax Cheats and Tax Deductions: The Messy Work of the IRS

What finally did in Al Capone? It wasn’t all the murders, rum running and bookmaking. The infamous mobster went to prison because of a far more mundane crime, tax evasion.

Tax cheats are nothing new. From the days of Al Capone to modern celebrities such as Martha Stewart and Luciano Pavarotti, taxpayers have been trying to cheat the government out of its tax dollars for years.

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In Graphics: What Are Dividends?

To make studying the fundamentals of investing fun, this infographic explaining basic concepts Dividends.

Dividends aren’t that difficult to understand: they’re a part of the earnings of a company that is paid out to shareholders. Shareholders love them because, unlike a stock’s price, dividends provide a more stable income stream. But as with anything in the investing word, they’re neither 100% guaranteed, nor that simple.

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The incredible growth of the Internet since 2000

It doesn’t feel like 2000 was all that long ago, does it? But on the Internet, a decade is a long time. Ten years ago we were in the era of the dot-com boom (and bust), the Web was strictly 1.0, and Google was just a baby.

pingdom.com has published an in-depth study of how the number of Internet users has grown in the past decade.

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Flying Under The Radar: Low Cost Airlines' Hidden Costs

Many travelers choose low-cost budget airlines with the hopes of saving at least some of their hard-earned dollars. Often, however, they land on an unpleasant surprise: fees and more fees, from charges for checked. In all, once you add up the extra costs of budget airfare, you may be surprised at the scarcity of your actual savings.

In this infographic, we give you a side-by-side comparison of the most common fees charged by U.S. low-cost airlines and their European counterparts.

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Twitter Earthquake Explosion

This infographic made by Juan Pablo Campusano graphic designer from Chile, Santiago. It shows us a month of the Twitter explosion in Chile right after the earthquake hit the country. He had the experience to live it, and the Twitter community made a strong impact by delivering information an movilizing people to help the ones who received no help.

Sadly, to this day there are still lots of people without a place to live.

You can find more of Juan Pablo Campusano creative work from behance.

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Jimi Hendrix's timeline

Jimi Hendrix was arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music. He expanded the range and vocabulary of the electric guitar into areas no musician had ever ventured before. His boundless drive, technical ability and creative application of such effects as wah-wah and distortion forever transformed the sound of rock and roll. Hendrix helped usher in the age of psychedelia with his 1967 debut, Are You Experienced?, and the impact of his brief but meteoric career on popular music continues to be felt.

This is a 3.65 meters long timeline infographic of Hendrix's musical production, including some other features about Hendrix chord and wah wah pedal.

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