When you're reading something, the font has a lot to do with how the information is conveyed. Here's a look at popular fonts and a breakdown of each per operating system.
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BP's struggle to contain an oil spill off Louisiana coast. This interactive timeline charts events since the accident, the estimates of oil leaking into the ocean, and the clean-up costs for the worst environmental disaster ever to hit the US.
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It may be a daunting task to keep all your files when switching from Mac to PC or PC to Mac, but these simple steps will ensure you keep your iTunes library intact.
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You may remember that Apple actually approached Verizon first about being the exclusive iPhone carrier. Verizon, realizing that having a incredibly successful phone would bring network traffic to a screeching halt, wisely said, "Nah, we're cool with the phones we have." So Apple cruised on over to Cingular and hammered out a deal with them. Then Cingular became AT&T, and we all bought iPhones and broke the network in major metropolitan areas.
Anywho, in the interest of posterity, maclife.com have compiled a handy infograph to outline the current status of the iPhone on Verizon below.
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When it comes online news publications, not all sites are equal. At least not with regards to user engagement and share-ability. According to Backtype (who kindly provided the data), the following ten sites are the ‘most shared’ news sites online. The graphic illustrates how the sites are shared, who their biggest influencers are (via twitter), and what stories are being shared the most:
According to a recent Pew study, 55% of mobile Internet users are online via their mobile phones at least once a day and 43% access the mobile Internet "several times a day".
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Air pollution maps, like this one showing the forecast on July 8, 2010, are updated by the Environmental Protection Agency everyday so people can plan outdoor activities and avoid breathing unhealthy air. Reds and oranges represent the most unhealthy air, while yellow is unhealthy only for the most sensitive people.
Richer, fatter, living longer, more indebted, drunker, better connected, politically disillusioned: there’s no metric that can describe whether we are happier or living better lives after 13 years of Labour. But there are plenty to show how we have changed during a period of fulsome spending, borrowing and technological transformation;
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You know what they say about ‘death and taxes’, but maybe taxes aren’t as big of a deal as we make them out to be? After all, more than one-third of everyone who filed last year didn’t have to give a dime to Uncle Sam.