The new World Map Of Social Networks has just been released. The map, which was created by Vincenzo Cosenza is based on this month’s Alexa & Google Trends for Websites traffic data. The data shows that Facebook has gain some serious ground recently, most noteably in Europe.
The US military is banning the use of removable media. This policy is in response to recent security leaks that branches of the service have been experiance. This information was first repoted by Wired.com’s Danger Room, after the memo with the policy change was leaked.Twitter has the
Twitter has released a holiday Tweet tree. The tree, which is part of Twitter’s year in review project, will highlight major figures who joined Twitter this year. The tree will also feature some of those users posts.
The Google Zeitgeist 2010: The Video project has been released. The video shows searches that influenced the lives of web-searchers this year. Topics covered in the video range from the Gulf Oil Spill to Bed Intruder.
WearTheShift, a custom sized clothing startup that bases sizing on an algorythm instead of measurements, has entered beta with a Kickstarter page. Beta users who donate $80 or more to the start up, will get a custom fit dress.
YouTube has announced that it is removing the time limit on uploaded video limit entirely for some of its users.The annoucement did not specify which users will get the upload restriction lifted, or if this plan will eventually be effected for all users.
Factual, an open and collaborative data platform, raised $25 million. This first round of funding was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures. Other investors include Michael Ovitz and SV Angel.
