Bill Gates: 13 Talks That Expanded My Worldview To stress the importance of malaria research, Bill Gates famously unleashed mosquitos on the audience in the first of his three TEDTalks. So which talks jolted him into action? When we asked Gates to curate a list of his favorites, his response was, “There are too many to pick, really.” Here, he makes an attempt. Hans Rosling: Stats that reshape your worldview Michael Specter: The danger of science denial David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes Melinda Gates: Let’s put birth control back on the agenda Bruce Aylward: How we’ll stop polio for good Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine? Steven Pinker: The surprising decline in violence Nathan Myhrvold: Could this laser zap malaria Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min. Susan Cain: The power of introverts Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly … and cooperate
The Top 100 Websites of 2012 - PC Magazine Our annual look at the best of the Web features both undiscovered and classic sites that deserve some real estate on your bookmarks tab. Have websites seen their best days come and go already? As apps—both mobile and desktop—forge ahead, OS-specific downloads may take over the way people access their data, even as the Web once seemed ready to take over for the desktop computing. But guess what? Web apps and websites are still growing more amazing every day. When we search for candidates for our list, we look foremost for sites that can appeal to just about everyone. Of course, a few of last year's undiscovered sites have become so adored that we moved them into the classics list— that includes sites like our favorite free music service, Spotify; the always hilarious Bad Lip Reading; uber-geek comic The Oatmeal; the darling of crowd-sourcing, Kickstarter; and the fast-growing virtual corkboard, Pinterest.
Bono: 9 Talks That Give Me Hope When Bono accepted the TED Prize in 2005, he offered this wish: that aid to Africa not be thought of as a celebrity cause but as a global necessity. Here, he picks nine talks that express equally powerful ideas and shares why each needs to be spread. Kate Coleman: Eradication needless blindness “Kate Coleman is the quietest storm that ever blew into town. Gorgeous, dulcet tones take you through some tough and innovative thinking on how to quite quickly eradicate the scourge of needless blindness.” Seth Godin: How to get your ideas to spread “Describing a revolution in media in the most unrevolutionary terms, this talk is an understatement. Bill Gates: Innovating to zero! “I’m choosing this over his talk on malaria, which is hard for me. Wael Ghonim: Inside the Egyptian revolution “This man was standing right there when the 21st century began. Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders “Equal opportunity relationships endure longer and have better sex ...
Top 10 Best HTML5 Websites of 2012 Here are our editor's picks for the Top 10 Best HTML5 Websites of 2016 based on visual artistry, integrated sound, ease of use, and uniqueness. 1 | The Wilderness Downtown The Wilderness Downtown is an interactive music video for Arcade Fire's song ''We Used to Wait''. Visitors are asked to input the address of the home they grew up in and then the site uses Google Earth and HTML5 to create a personalized music video that takes the user on a journey back home. 2 | Heart of The Artic Heart of The Arctic takes users on an Arctic expedition/scavenger hunt through four distinct environments designed to show users the steps that would be needed to restore climate balance to the arctic region. This site perfectly showcases how Html5 can be used to create fun and educational websites. 3 | Three Dreams of Black 3 Dreams of Black uses HTML5 to promote Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi's album Rome.
The 10 Best TED Talks of 2011 Watching videos online is usually considered fun, but generally a waste of time. Not so with TED videos, which are uniformly interesting, educational, inspiring, and enjoyable. If you haven't spent much time (or any) checking out TED videos, you should – and to help with that, I've compiled what seem to be the very best 10 TED videos of 2011. It was a grueling task, combing through the cream of the crop on the TED site, but somebody had to do it. Some of the talks may have been filmed prior to 2011 but all of the talks here were posted in 2011. How I Became 100 Artists You don't need to be an artist to appreciate Shea Hembrey's "How I became 100 artists," but if you are it's even more amazing. A Modern Take on Piano, Violin, Cello If music is more your thing, then the "Modern Take on Piano, Violin, Cello" entry from the Ahn Trio is a must-watch (and listen). 3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed Learning experiences like this, I could do without. How to Spot a Liar Your Favorites?
Best Websites It's seriously hard to keep track of which sites have the greatest content and resources. So to help make things easier, we've compiled this comprehensive list of over 100 of the best websites on the internet. The sites on this list are those that we consider to be genuinely useful, top-of-the-line websites (not apps) where you'll find what you need. Books Project Gutenberg Own an e-reader but hate paying for e-books? GoodReads What could be better than large social network for book enthusiasts? Audible The internet's home of audio books, Audible has an insanely-sized catalog featuring most classics, many new releases, and a host of quality audio courses to keep you learning for years. If you're anything like me, your list of books to read is literally never ending. Book Riot You can be a book lover without being pretentious. Pixel of Ink Invaluable for Kindle owners, Pixel of Ink tracks down great Kindle ebooks available cheaply or for free. WhichBook Browsing Instapaper Pocket Google Translate
13 Alternative Search Engines That Find What Google Can’t Advertisement R.I.P Google. What would be your first reaction if you saw this? Well, no one is chipping on that digital tombstone yet. But it does not mean that there is no grass outside that fence. These Search Engines Do What Google (Still) Can’t Some are worthy contenders for the second-place medallion while some are just go into those niche corners of the web. 1. Google does good for the world in its own way. Read through their FAQ where they open up about the project and also show you the progress of their planting programs. 2. Open your bag of privacy tools to add Qwant to the collection of no-tracking search engines. Even when you are connected with an ID, we don’t use any cookie nor any other tracking device when you browse the site. Local storage on your machine is used to save your settings and data. 3. Any search engine that does not store user data is always worth a try. Click the hamburger icon on the top right to tweak the settings. 4. 5. 6. Let’s talk about kids. 7. 8. 10.
Viral videos Richard has appeared in countless television and radio programmes, including ABC’s 20/20, NBC’s Dateline, BBC Radio 4′s The Today Programme, and BBC2′s The Culture Show. In addition, he has devised bespoke studies for several television programmes, including National Geographic’s Brain Games 2 and The History Channel’s Your Bleeped Up Brain. Richard has created more viral videos than anyone else in the UK. His Quirkology YouTube channel has over 1 million subscribers and received over 200 million views, and he has created online content for Derren Brown’s The Events, the launch of CBS’s The Mentalist, and Transport For London. We have produced a DVD containing high quality versions of many of the videos from the Quirkology channel, and this is used in training seminars and college lessons across the world. If you are interested in purchasing this DVD, please contact us. One of his most recent videos, Assumptions, explores the power of perspective….
100 Websites You Should Know and Use In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? We think so. Below, the 2013 edition of the 100 websites to put on your radar and in your browser. To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH.
‘May The VCs Be Ever In Your Favor’ — Meet The Next 500 Startups Accelerator Class Dave McClure’s 500 Startups crew is at it again, with another group of companies joining its Accelerator program. The fourth group of startups in the 500 Startups Accelerator follows a lot of the same trends from previous participants, as McClure & Co. continue to bet big on female entrepreneurs and international startups. There’s also the continued focus on revenue-first startups, rather than those which need to hit “critical mass” before monetizing. But before I get into all that, check out this video. Ok, so now that you’ve gotten your fill of 500 Startups’ hilarious take on the Hunger Games, let’s talk about the companies themselves. Putting investment in non-Valley startups isn’t the only somewhat contrarian move from this Silicon Valley-based incubator. That’s because big wins on companies like Instagram are rare, and McClure’s not trying to hit a home run every time he comes up to the plate. So what do the participating startups get?
100 Websites To See Before You Die (Part 1) - Page 2 Shape the Hive What are humans, really, but so many bees, buzzing away? That’s the question (we think) asked by Shape The Hive, a visual “experiment in digital collaboration.” In more concrete terms, Shape The Hive is a massive, color-coded hex grid, where anyone can use a sort of virtual kaleidoscope to fill in hexes with distorted images or videos. It’s fun to have a look around, and easy if you’re inclined to participate, so have a look. Get The Glass We’re not the biggest fans of blurring the line between advertisement and gaming, but we’re willing to make exceptions in two instances: 1) When it comes to frosty, delicious milk. 2) When the game in question is a beautifully imagined and well thought-out virtual board game, with graphics that still look amazing three years after the fact. And what do you know—Get The Glass succeeds on both of those counts! The Wilderness Downtown False.jp Pretty Loaded HubbleSite We Feel Fine Line Rider For some, Line Rider is a canvas. EyezMaze Anasomnia
"Let it snow" becomes latest Google Easter egg Google has added another trick to its bag just in time for the holidays. If you search for "let it snow", you will receive a wintery visual treat which adds snow fall and a "foggy glass" effect to the results page. After a few moments pass, you can then wipe away the fog away with your mouse cursor. It is important to note this trick only works on the most modern of browsers that support the "Canvas" element, a feature unique to HTML 5. When asked for clarification, Google reportedly responded with this markedly poetic reply: Through the fog, you have to peer Because it's the most wonderful time of the year Your page turned into a winter wonderland When you typed in that search command You can always defrost the window Or just let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Google has a long history of fun Easter eggs, even when "Easter" is pretty far away. Gravity: Type Google Gravity and click "I'm feeling lucky" to observe Google collapse before your very eyes.
Awards 2011 Finalists Announced From Oct. 11 to Nov. 18, the Mashable community submitted hundreds of thousands of nominations for the 2011 Mashable Awards, the fifth annual community-focused competition rewarding the best of digital and social media. The 2011 Mashable Awards will honor nominees and winners in 28 categories, covering four of Mashable's core content areas: Social Media, Tech, Business and Entertainment. For the past month, readers have nominated their favorite companies, people, sites and gadgets once a day for each category, and from those submissions, Mashable editors chose seven finalists in each categories. Final voting is now open and will close on Dec. 16. Mashable is thrilled to announce the 2011 Mashable Awards Finalists: Social Media Best Social Network This category honors the readers' choice for the best social network. FacebookTwitterBadooDiaspora*Google+TumblrLivejournal Up-and-Coming Social Media Service CrowdtapEmpire AvenueBanjoTraktChime.inSummifyPaper.li Must-Follow Athlete on Social Media Tech