Sitting on Your Butt Can Kill YOU! [Infographic]

I could not have put it better than this really cool #infographic as to "Sitting is Killing You"...Get off your chair, take a walk and read up this on your phone while walking!

Are you one of these people?  Well, it's hard not to right?


Via: Medical Billing And Coding

COLDPLAY's "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" = A "Ritmo De La Noche" COPY?

This weekend I heard the Coldplay's new single called: "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall", which I liked and immediately transported me to my childhood.  But, was that a good thing?

Well, I've found this song an exact copy of "Ritmo De La Noche" by Mystic (also covered by The Sacados - the version I heard when a child).  I like Coldplay and their music, but it's hard not to notice that they have been copying several artists these days, by taking their tunes, lyrics and music and making it their own.  In fact, one of their last album's hit "Viva La Vida" garnered a lot of controversy on this very same topic.  Granted, it seems like a lot of artists are doing this now, as in the case of Jennifer Lopez and her recent hit: "On The Floor", tune that was made famous by the 90s Brazilian band Lambada.  Interestingly, this makes two Brazilian bands' music copied by two English speaking artists.  Is the music industry running out of ideas?

I really like Coldplay but, is it necessary to use this cool famous rhythm for this new song? 
Does Coldplay or Jennifer Lopez producers think that people won't recognize these things and be able to call then up on it?

Listen to this Coldplay song and The Sacados version below and you be the judge...What do you think?

The War of The Social Networks - Which Are Gaining and Losing Users?

Social Networks are all the rage these days, taking over popularity and in traffic as in the case of Facebook over online portals that in their hay day dominated the internet, as in the case of Yahoo!, AOL, MSN, MySpace, etc.
While some websites are growing and peaking, others are shutting down or on the verge of collapse, the perfect example is Mypace, a social network pioneer that's becoming victim of its own success.  Myspace's staggering decline is leading to desperate measures like mass lay offs and in search of buyers ASAP before it's too late and its value nears bottom.  News Corp's recent negotiations of having MySpace sold to Vevo certainly suggest the best option left for the once leading social network is to merge with an uprising internet music star to be able to survive.  Facebook on the other hand continues to outdo itself in terms of technology and experience, offering its users a long term-stay.

Recently I came across this Infograph--which I've come to love--that beautifully paints an excellent picture of the winners and losers in social media these days and it further breaks down the demographic breakdown for the top players in the world.  Take Plaxo for instance, as pointed out by Mashable: it's "the network with the most users over the age of 65, while Facebook is more popular with women, Digg and Reddit tend to be more popular with men, Linkedin is the “richest” social network, but Plurk outranks it when it comes to well-educated users who have graduate degrees."

Take a look at this detailed infograph below and you be the judge...

Shamrock, Shakes and Youtube Leprechauns: How Do Americans Celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

What are your plans for St. Patrick’s Day (this Thursday, March 17): hanging out with friends, shamrocks, dressing up like leprechauns, wearing green, going to an Irish pub...? 

Well, in 2011 St. Patty's has gone social, so take a look at this cool infographic that shows how social networkers will celebrating this special day, revealing their opinions of that green-beer-besotted holiday that’s coming soon to a corner pub near you.

Disclaimer: Lab 42 surveyed data from 405 social network users, and the company assures us those respondents were evenly distributed across all age groups and income levels.

So, tell us what you think of this infograph and if you fit the mole, and share how and where you will be this green Thursday...check in Facebook places or Foursquare!

Cheers:-)

History of Social Networking - What's Next?

It's already the second month into the New Year and we have had blizzards, floods in Australia, protests in Africa, and a handful of impactful world events, I just can't believe how fast 2011 is going and how many things have already happened in such a short time!

As time flies, I've realized that it's been a while since my last post, so here is a cool infograph I found that nicely documents the 'History of Social Networking'...what do you think will be the next ''it'' social platform?

What we know for sure is that pioneers like AOL and MySpace have long been struggling now and the most recent news is that the once largest social network in the world is now officially for sale as reported by our friends at Mashable.