Shonzilla, a pattern-seeking animal

Next time your non-tech savvy aunt/dad/neighbor asks you “what is this Android thing?” send them this.

This nice infographics shows the period from October 2008 (when the first Android smartphone, HTC Dream a.k.a. G1 a.k.a. ADP1, was released) until January 2011. Notice how the scale counting the number of Android device activations, scales up to catch up with the growth.

They’ll like to know what an “device activation” is. It’s the moment which comes after buying the device and starting it for the first time. It’s the moment when the love for Android (and device choice freedom) is (re)born.

Thanks to Fee Beyer for the link.

Apple App Wall

Today at Apple’s WWDC event in San Francisco, Apple had a bunch of Cinema Display monitors mounted together on a wall showing what looked to be some sort of pulsating canvas. But a closer look revealed that it was actually a huge collection of icons for many of the apps available in the App Store, arranged by color. Apparently, when someone purchased one, that app’s icon would pulsate, creating the effect.

While it wasn’t quite real-time, nor was it entirely representative of all the more than 50,000 apps in the App Store, the visualization was pretty damn cool. Prettier than the Google Holodeck and it gave off less heat. Not surprisingly, onlookers were mesmerized by the pulsating apps.

[via parislemon and TechCrunch]

Watch how DNS servers worldwide are patched against a DNS vulnerability. Most DNS servers are prone to this vulnerability that makes it possible to impersonate any web site, and that is very serious - hence such a fast patching activity worldwide.

Visualization provided by Clarified Networks

[via clarifiednetworks]