Tech Article 3/22

YouTube: Eight Years in and 1 Billion People Strong

YouTube's 1 billion monthly users now post 72 hours of video each minute and watch four billion hours of video each month. 

YouTube has reached one billion monthly users, crossing the threshold a mere five months after Facebook. 

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The now Google-owned company announced the achievement at a press event and on its blog on Wednesday. So what does this mean? According to YouTube, one billion users means that “nearly one out of every two people on the Internet visits YouTube” and it doesn't stop there....

Original link here.

Tech Article 3/15

U.S. Video Game Sales Fell 25 Percent in February

Retail sales of video games, hardware and accessories fell 25 percent last month to $810 million, according to NPD Group Inc. Hardware sales fell the most by 36 percent to $244.2 million, and software sales for current generation home consoles and portable devices fell 27 percent to $369.9 million. As software sales are declining, there is a consumer shift towards mobile play on smartphones and tablets. Retail sales account for 50 percent of video game sales now.

Original link here.

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Tech Article 3/8

Chromebook Pixel is too expensive (and too good) for Chrome OS

Google is releasing a high-end touchscreen laptop that boasts a better pixel quality than either of the MacBook Pro's. It starts at $1,299 which is actually quite reasonable for the type of state of the art hardware we're talking about. The problem is that the Chrome OS that it runs on requires constant internet connectivity , which is described as," ... just a web browser running on top of a lightweight Linux distribution." The question is, does this combination really work for the professionals and power users willing to spend that kind of money and live with the limitations of Chrome OS?

This is a comparison of the MacBook Air (top) and the Chromebook Pixel (bottom).

Original link here.

Time Travel

If I was to travel back in time, when and where would I travel back to? I have too many ideas to say just one thing, so here's a list I cam up with

1. I would travel back in time 1 day ago to Bill Gates' bank with a pillow case and just stuff it with money, then come back.

2. I would travel back in time 201 million yrs. ago and squash a bug and then see if I cease to exist or something like that.

3. I would travel back to the first "The Most Interesting Man in The World" commercial set and tell him that I can speak French in Italian.

4. I would travel back to New York City in 1776 and make some random guy listen to dubstep because I want him to think I'm crazy.

5. I would travel back to the day Stephenie Meyer wrote Twilight and burn the book.

6. I would travel to the day the iPhone was invented, steal the blueprints, then create my own company with those blueprints. 

So... yeah. A.D.D. for you right there. I'm probably gonna see if I can think of more stuff and then post it.

And here's a picture of what went though my mind when i posted this.