Social networking in developing regions

Online social networks have enjoyed signifcant growth over the past several years. With improvements in mobile and Internet penetration, developing countries are participating in increasing numbers in online communities. This paper provides the first large scale and detailed analysis of social networking usage in developing country contexts.

New Frog Species Found in New York City

"According to the press release accompanying the new paper, the leopard frogs in the region were noted as having a croak that was quite distinct from those of the two species that inhabit the northern and southern parts of the East Coast. (A researcher involved in the finding described the other species as having a “long snore” or a “rapid chuckle.”)

Speculation had focused on the possibility that the New York frogs were a hybrid of the two species, but molecular evidence shows that they are distant from both."

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Geography of government benefits

The New York Times had a look at the growth of government benefit programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, in the United States. The share of Americans’ income that comes from government benefit programs, like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, more than doubled over the last four decades, rising from 8 percent in 1969 to 18 percent in 2009.

train monitor - Zugmonitor

The train comes. Too often too late. The SZ logged punctuality information which makes a huge database. It sets out the weaknesses of the network and provides a unique interactive map of Germany, the user can track any long-distance live transport in Germany.

Developed by Opendatacity.de

Source: http://www.opendatacity.de/zugmonitor/

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Global Trade Flows

This project by Moritz Stefaner shows the development of global trade flows in the last decade. It was developed for citibank to investigate and demonstrate insights about mid-term economic trends.

The application shows the development of imports and exports in 40 selected countries over the last decade. Users can play back the last ten years on a world map or an ordered display of the countries similar to beads on a string, sorted by trade volume, balance, or latitude.