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Thìs great infographic shows how many songs must be sold per month, for an artist to earn the U.S. minimum wage of 1.160$

Via Information is Beautiful

This great infographic from iStrategy shows the size of the Mobile Market in all world countries, delivering also some interesting drill downs on specific subjects.

Among the others it’s very interesting to notice how SMS messaging is by far the most used messaging system, despite all media and people attention seem attracted only by Instant Messaging and Email.

Also the Top 5 smartphones surfing the web in the U.S. is very interesting, even if not so new, as it demonstrates that on mobile devices user experience is king, as you really need to deliver a smooth and easy experience for the users to embrace the “mobile web”.

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As many in these hours I installed on my iPhone Foursquare, the location based social network and game useful to explore places.

Users are not only able to check-in in different places they visit, but they can also attach tips to these places thus leaving “invisible” notes about that places for others to read.

I thought this would apply only to large cities, such as London and San Francisco, where almost everyone has a smartphone with data plan. I was astonished when I found some tips about places near my office, which is in Corsico, in the outskirts of Milan.

The potential of these location based social networks is huge, as they augment your experience allowing you to take advantage of the very same knowledge about a place that only a local has.

Can’t wait to watch this unfold.

Check out this great video showcasing Apple’s great design masterpieces:

Anatomy of Apple Design from Transparent House on Vimeo.

By Transparent House

It’s been quite some time since big and small players started working on semantic search engines, capable of understanding the meaning of your search and populate an adaptive SERP.

Twine just released a video in which showcases its latest development, part of the “2.0″ release. It’s indeed worth to watch, as the user looks for Thai food and finds recepies in a few clicks.

Just a quick note to post this interesting video about Microsoft’s Locus OS, an OS which concept is based upon user’s location so that features and user interface adapt accordingly.

Locus OS Interface from Barton Smith on Vimeo.

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