Android beats iOS in Mobile Speed Test
March 17, 2011 – 8:55 pm | No Comment

Another win for the Android platform this week after results are in for a speed test. Android based phones load mobile web pages 52% faster than Apple’s iOS.
The contestants were Android 2.3 vs. iOS 4.3 …

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Survey: Top 10 Happiest Countries in the World
April 20, 2011 – 1:00 am | No Comment

gallup world map

Gallup released its wellbeing survey for 2010 in which The United States did not make the top 10 countries; instead it landed in 12th place.

Denmark, Canada and Sweden accounted for the top 3 most thriving countries. Gallup classifies respondents’ wellbeing as “thriving,” “struggling,” or “suffering,” according to how they rate their current and future lives on a ladder scale with steps numbered from 0 to 10 based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale. People are considered thriving if they rate their current lives a 7 or higher and their lives in five years an 8 or higher.

Top 10 countries happiness

Of the top 10 countries, 5 are in Europe, 2 are Asia-Pacific, 2 in the Americas, and Israel is the only country in the Middle East.

Results are based on face-to-face and telephone interviews with approximately 1,000 adults, aged 15 and older, conducted in 2010 in 124 countries.

The global wellbeing surveys in 2010 reveal that a median of 21% across 124 countries were “thriving” last year, based on how people rated their lives at the current time and their expectations for the next five years. This is unchanged from a median of 21% in 2009.

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In your opinion, what will place the United States in the top 10 over the next 5 years?

Firefox 4 nears 4M downloads in first 12 hours
March 23, 2011 – 3:07 am | No Comment
Firefox 4 nears 4M downloads in first 12 hours

[3/22/2011] Firefox 4 was released today at 10:30 AM EST. Approximately 3 hours later it reached the landmark of 1 million downloads, a Mozilla represented tweeted.
This download rate equates to 5.5K downloads per minute, and …

How To: Amp Your Strat at the Salad Bar
March 20, 2011 – 8:38 pm | No Comment
How To: Amp Your Strat at the Salad Bar

Recently the New York Times published “How To Beat the Salad”; which is a great day-to-day opportunity to amp your dietary strat. Based on prices found at the Whole Foods in Manhattan’s Union Square, with …

10 Detroit Facts You Should Know
March 13, 2011 – 3:13 am | No Comment
10 Detroit Facts You Should Know

While we are proud of our automotive heritage and music history there are lesser-known facts about Detroit. Here we will explore ten facts every Detroiter, historian, or pop-culture enthusiast should know.