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5% of Americans have only work e-mail accounts

80% working adults maintain either a personal or work-related email account.53% have both personal and work accounts. 22% say they only maintain personal email accounts and just 5% of working adults say that their email use is limited to a work account. 45% of working Americans say they have just one personal email account, while 18% say they maintain two and 13% keep tabs on three or more personal accounts. 45% of working Americans have just one email account for work, while 9% maintain two and 5% manage three or more work accounts, according to Pew Internet Project

Source: Pew Internet Project

Top 10 Web sites in the US in 2008

Rank	Brand	Audience, 000
1.	Google	120,498
2.	Yahoo!	114,872
3.	MSN/Windows Live	98,414
4.	Microsoft	95,479
5.	AOL Media Network	90,193
6.	YouTube	72,623
7.	Fox Interactive Media	68,780
8.	eBay	54,680
9.	Wikipedia	54,505
10.	Apple	49,303

Source Page: Nielsen

Source PDF: Nielsen

298 Million Internet users in China in 2008

China’s population of Internet users has risen to 298 Million. China’s Internet penetration is still 22.6%, according to China Internet Network Information Center. The United States had an estimated 223.1 mln Internet users in June 2008, according to Nielsen Online.

Source: iWon

What Do You See?

Look carefully at this picture, what do you see?

See below for an explanation

You saw a couple in an intimate love position, right?

Research has shown that young children cannot indentify the intimate couple because they do not have prior memory associated with such a scenario. When a child views this picture they usually will see 9 small dolphins within 6 seconds.

Can you see the dolphins?

Need help:-)? Look at the space between the woman’s right arm and her head. Multiple tails are touching her neck. Follow the tail up. Another dolphin is on the woman’s left hip.

Over Chicago

I do not know why I have never of thought of taking a picture like this, but this is just an awesome picture of Chicago. I have looked at this picture many times and each time I am amazed. Unfortunately I do not have the source of the picture. I promise to be better about this in the future.

Note: If you are the owner of this picture please e-mail me and I will gladly add your credentials to this blog entry.

Chess and Illusion

I am a huge chess fan and I love the complexity / simplicity of this picture. The picture is of a man sitting at a table playing chess against a mirrored wall. Again, unfortunately I do not have the source of the picture any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Note: If you are the owner of this picture please e-mail me and I will gladly add your credentials to this blog entry.

Perfect Timing

Someone got really lucky. A person used a high speed camera to take this picture. The picture is a drop of milk being poured into a cup of coffee. Unfortunately I do not have the source of the picture anymore so I am unable to verify that the picture is authentic. Either way this is very cool.

Note: If you are the owner of this picture please e-mail me and I will gladly add your credentials to this blog entry.

Higher Ad Clicks Rates For Web Sites With Quality Content

A report released by the Online Publishers Association on January 8, 2009 finds that that advertising effectiveness is higher on Web sites with “quality, original content,” compared with ads on the Web in general ad networks. In addition, the report, also showed that the weakened economy is having less of a negative impact on quality original-content sites. Since a benchmarking study last summer, measures of ad viewers’ intent to purchase declined 13% across the Web in general, but only by 5% among viewers of ads on quality original-content sites, the study found.

The report is called  “Improving Ad Performance Online" and can be found on BtoBOnline.com.

Unique Way to Advertise - 3D Sidewalk Art

I just came across this Web site and was totally amazed.  All of this art was drawn only with chaulk. The author of these great drawings is a super creative person also known as Pavement Picasso whose name is Julian Beever. Someday I hope to draw like this. Yeah right:-).

Click here to see more 3D art

Chipotle iPhone Ordering Application

First, hats off for Chipotle for creating this iPhone application that launched this week within the iTunes application store. Unfortunately, Chipotle did not have a smooth product launch and had to remove the application shortly after its release.  Supposedly unexpected demand for the application brought the servers to a crawl.  Besides the unexpected demand there were complaints about the clunky interface, the drawn-out registration process, or just the pointless task of entering a ZIP code to locate the nearest locations, when most apps automatically detect where a request is coming from. 

Moving forward I am sure Chipotle will take in all the feedback and create a first class iPhone App.  Now get ready for other fast-food chains to join in the fun.

Read in more details for about the Chipotle App