Akamai: Mobile data traffic doubled year-to-year in Q3, broadband adoption up

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/24/akamai-mobile-data-traffic-doubled-broadband-adoption-up/

Akamai's served up its latest State of the Internet report, and data collected by Ericsson reveals some significant changes in terms of mobile internet usage. According to the firm's figures, mobile data traffic doubled between the third quarters of 2011 and 2012, growing 16 percent since Q2 2012. In terms of browser marketshare over cellular networks, Android Webkit accounted for 37.6 percent of requests, while Mobile Safari netted 35.7 percent. Opera Mini hovered a tad below 20 percent, with RIM's and Microsoft's offerings duking it out below the 10 percent mark. However, when it comes to mobile devices across all networks (read: not just using cellular data), the gap between iOS and Android devices is far wider. In that scenario, Mobile Safari took the crown with 60.1 percent of browser requests, leaving Android Webkit with only 23.1 percent.

On the cyber attack front, Akamai reports that such traffic originating from China increased by 16 percent in Q3, making the country the source of roughly a third of attacks during the quarter. The number two spot was claimed by the United States with 13 percent, and Russia slid in at third place with 4.7 percent. While average broadband speeds didn't see much in the way of landslide shifts, they were up globally by 11 percent year-over-year. Worldwide adoption of broadband 10Mbps or greater grew a sizable 22 percent between the third quarters of 2011 and 2012. If you'd like to pore over the statistic-filled tome yourself,! hit the source link below.

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Use a Google Script to Automatically Get Reminders to Follow Up On Starred Emails in Gmail

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5978311/use-a-google-script-to-automatically-get-reminders-to-follow-up-on-starred-emails-in-gmail

The ability to "Star" messages in Gmail is an awesome way to remind you to follow up on them, but you still have to remember to actually look at your list. Technology blog Digital Inspiration created a simple script that sends you a daily newsletter with 10 random messages from your starred folder.

The script sends you an email every morning with the starred emails in your inbox that need your attention. It selects them randomly from your entire starred pool so you get a nice assortment each time. All you need to do is copy this Google Sheet, select Gmail > Initialize, and follow the directions. Head over to Digital Inspiration for the full guide to installing the reminder newsletter, as well as uninstall instructions, and ways to edit it to monitor other folders. This certainly isn't the only way to remind yourself to follow up on an email, Boomerang, FollowUp, and FollowUpThen all do a similar thing. What's nice about this script is that it works inside of Google system without the need for extra tools, and the somewhat random nature keeps you on your toes.

Get a Reminder to Follow-up your Starred E-mails in Gmail | Digital Inspiration

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SeatGuru Now Offers Flight Searches, Tells You If You'll Love a Flight or Not

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5978271/seatguru-now-offers-flight-searches-tells-you-if-youll-love-a-flight-or-not

SeatGuru has long been a great resource for pinpointing the best seats on an airplane. The site has recently introduced a flight search tool, so you can plan your trip and take a look a the plane seat maps all in one place.

The new flight search, powered by TripAdvisor (which owns SeatGuru), offers the basics we've come to expect in any travel planning tool: sorting by price, finding packages, searching only nonstop, and looking for flexible dates.

A few interesting features make SeatGuru's search stand out. First, you can include baggage fees in the totals, so you can really compare how much those flights will cost. If you absolutely need power or Wi-Fi or other amenities during the flight, you can also select those options.

The search seems to be designed to give you the best view of both price and experience: You can require a minimum airline rating (from TripAdvisor's giant user community) and sort results by a unique "Guru Factor" that tells you if you'll love a flight, like it, or simply live with it. In this way, it's similar to previously mentioned Routehappy, except SeatGuru offers more detail and prices.

In short, it's now a lot easier to get not just the best flight but the best seat on that flight.

SeatGuru | via Tnooz

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Share Your Best IFTTT Recipe

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5978176/share-your-best-iftt-recipe

Webapp automating service If This Then That (IFTTT) lets you create recipes that pull information from one webapp and use it in another. For example, pictures uploaded to Instagram could be sent to Evernote automatically. What is your best IFTTT recipe?

We love IFTTT around here. We've talked about how you can use it to supercharge all your favorite webapps, automate your job search, and even automatically archive your life using Evernote. Now, it's your turn. Share your best IFTTT recipe below.

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I Want to Get Lost in This Room of 8,064 Floating Lights

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5978555/i-want-to-get-lost-in-this-room-of-8064-floating-lights

Getting lost in a forest of trees sounds like a lot of fun but then you realize things like bugs and wildlife and poison ivy exist. Not so fun anymore! What's guaranteed to be fun is to trap yourself in a cube of floating lights. 8,064 LEDs to be exact.

Called Submergence and created by a group of artists known as Squidsoup, the installation would surely bend your senses backwards by squishing your eyeballs with lights. The lights actually respond to movement through motino sensors so you're definitely guaranteed a mind trip. Submergence is on display at Gallery ROM for Art and Architecture in Oslo, Norway.

I want to do illegal things in there. [notcot via Colossal]

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