After deleting the 10,000th Viagra offer from your inbox, you might wonder, does anyone actually make money off this crap? Wired magazine published this equation by Chris Kanich and his colleagues at UC San Diego and the International Computer Science Institute.
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This chart shows annualized returns for the S.& P. 500 for every starting year and every ending year since 1920 — nearly 4,000 combinations in all. READ ACROSS THE CHART to see how money invested in a given year performed, depending on when it was withdrawn.
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Twitter's overnight Internet fame stems from one simple question: "What are you doing?" You have 140 characters of text to answer, and as soon as you hit Update, the site's millions of users can see what you're up to. This small idea has blossomed into a hugely popular phenomenon, with its users covering the entire Earth, developers creating scores of helper apps for it, and a raft of imitation sites. It's growth has certainly been impressive since last year.
Information Graphic on Twitter is an infographic university project made by Melanie Stirner graphic designer from Germany, Trier. This exclusive infographic breaks down some of statistics on years/month, entire tweets, daily tweets, number of signs, crime rate, spam, security gaps, followers, following and languages. via Melanie StirnerNote: This infographic is in German Language.Note for Email or Feed-reader's click Permalink below to download bigger image.
Social buying or group buying websites have become increasingly more popular over the past few years, and with the business being reportedly worth more than $1 billion, a flurry of new investors has bumped their net traffic 75 times higher than last year. Here is a look at some of the most popular social buying sites, including: Woot!, LivingSocial, Gilt, 8Coupons, Groupon, Yipit, Qponus, Dealon, Pricebunch, MyDailyDeals, Jasmere, Buywithme, TIppr, KGB Deals, homerun, socialbuy, scoopst, dailydeal, dealster.
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For retailers, shopping is the art of persuasion. Though there are many factors that influence how and what consumers buy. However, a great deal is decided by visual cues, the strongest and most persuasive being color. When marketing new products it is crucial to consider that consumers place visual appearance and color above other factors such as sound, smell and texture. To learn more about color psychology and how it influences purchases, see kissmetrics.com latest infographic.
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Who doesn’t dream of winning the lottery one day? Even people who don’t play probably fantacize every now and then about becoming a millionaire overnight: something few things but the lottery can help you achieve.
There is, of course, an entity that profits from the lottery no matter what: the state in which it is administered. Though the majority of the money collected from the sale of lottery tickets does go back into the jackpot, states collect their share. To find out which states collect the most, how much the winners get to keep and other interesting lottery facts, see our latest infographic.via www.mint.com
In the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression, many have pointed to increased legalization or decriminalization of marijuana as being an untapped resource for taxation, and a source of new small business growth and employment. It is estimated that nearly $1 billion per year could be generated in marijuana production upon nationwide legalization with a flat 10% tax on producers. This, of course, coupled with a significant drop in the cost of policing and prosecuting the use of marijuana could lead to net savings.
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Apple recently opened doors to its newest and largest store in London's Covent Garden. The 10-year-old retail phenomenon is becoming a monster. Each store brings in on average $35.9 million in sales, which continues to rise. And visitors continue to mob them.
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Obviously, retailers need to mark-up their prices to make profit, but the mark-up on these everyday items is just obscene!
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Still think a music career is an easy path to a blinged-out life? Don't believe the hype. A whole lot of folks have to get paid before the musician does. The Root traces the money trail.