This infographic is very informative in relaying the manufacturing process of Apple's iPhone. It also goes into the history of how America lost the manufacturing of the iPhone to overseas but how it might be coming back. Of course, other countries' companies are also contributing in their own ways to our complicated electronics. (Credit: Finances Online) … [Read more...]
Identity Theft by City
Does where you live make you more likely to be a victim of identity theft? Based on the stats in this infographic, it would seem so but there are more variables than just location in play. For example, the data could be biased if one state just has a really good education effort to teach citizens how to report identity theft. Another infographic with identity theft statistic … [Read more...]
XKCD: The Mother of All Suspicious Files
Today's XKCD comic shows "The Mother of All Suspicious Files". Seriously, which part of this file name doesn't make you nervous to download it? Sadly, how many people would still click Save? … [Read more...]
Time-lapse of building a Dell Data Center
Dell's enterprise solutions team has created a few YouTube videos to show off their modular data center designs. It is fun to see how much processing power they can put in place pretty quickly once the site is ready. This video provides a time-lapse overview of the modular data center construction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrZoRyAhG5A Another time-lapse of … [Read more...]
Driving without distraction
I ended a previous post about texting and driving with "It's illegal in some states but dangerous in all." Two and a half years later, the message and the danger has remained the same. The carriers have provided some additional resources since then. The website It Can Wait asks drivers to take a pledge to not drive distracted. Verizon is promoting the site and other resources … [Read more...]