Information Technology & Social Media News

Every year, in every continent around the globe, more people are using social media to interact. Nearly 1 in 4 people in the world now use social networks.

By 2016, eMarketer predicts that 2.55 billion people worldwide will use social networks. Top areas of growth? India, Indonesia, Mexico, China and Brazil.

Wishpond has put together an infographic featuring data on worldwide social-network use. Check it out to find out what parts of the world are likely to see the greatest growth.

Via Lauren Moss

It wasn’t malicious. The file itself was the size of a small JPEG. It was given the absolute lowest priority. And it was set to self-destruct if anything went wrong. But this small file allowed one single hacker to measure the Internet activity of nearly half a million connected devices around the world, then share the results with everyone.

How was this even possible? The "hacker" barely hacked anything. In reality, they gained access to all these systems because each had the default "root" set as a password. With this access in hand, they ran several tests focusing on Internet structure and activity. And what they created from all this data is a spectacular map that captures a day in the life of the Internet (and all of its users).

Via Lauren Moss, Ivo Nový

A showcase of the best infographics from around the web (Internet Users By Region – How Much Of The World Is Online?

A look at the current statistics of worldwide internet usage.

Via Lauren Moss