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Infographics (or Information Graphics) are graphic visual representations of data or information, presented in a way to make it easier to consume information. Infographics gained popularity in the mid-2000’s with the advent of sites like Digg and Reddit, and have quickly become one of the most popular methods to display researched data. There are three main types of infographics – where data is presented in a timeline, where statistical data is presented in graphs or with icons, or where data is presented on a map....

Today marks the 99th anniversary of the sinking of theTitanic, the world’s largest passenger steamship that struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage. You’ll be able to follow the disaster unfold on Twitter — and it won’t be about the love story of Jack and Rose. TheMaritime Museum of the Atlanticis tweeting the vessel’s original wireless messages from that night, and in real-time starting at 11:55 ADT, the same hour the ship struck an iceberg....

Customers signed up to receive email updates and newsletter from popular television video recorder provider TiVo may have to keep a close look on their email accounts after it emerged TiVo customer data held by a third-party marketing company Epsilon was exposed by an unauthorized entry to its database. The compromise, acknowledged inpress releasesby both companies, resulted in at least the first name and email address of many TiVo customers being stolen, potentially opening up accounts to deluge of phishing attacks and spam messages as the attackers seek to profit from their work....

One of the 18 finalists at this year’s TNW Conference Startup Rally is now ready for primetime.Soft launchedat the conference earlier this year,Foodzy.comtakes healthy eating habits and diet and adds a social gaming element to it. And today, the new social network has left private beta and gone global. With Foodzy, users are able to keep track of what they eat on the service’s website. Even though it was in private beta for a three month period, Foodzy co-founder Marjolijn Kamphuis was surprised to discover how social the user base (about 3000 users in 55 countries) was in terms of offering up their eating habits....

This holiday period, Plugged is running a very special advent calendar. Depending on how many days away from Christmas we are, you can get that percent off a product – meaning we offer a smaller and smaller discount over time. Listen, we’re doing you a favor here – we all know it’s best to buy Christmas presents early. Yes, that’s right – it’s day six of TNW’s Advent! That means it’s 24 days until Christmas and we’ve got some products that are 24 percent off....