Technology

9 out of every 1,000 computers are infected with spam.

26% of US consumers who watch original professional digital video programming do so on smartphones

27% of the US population will own an iPhone by 2014

19% of US mobile captcha traffic includes suspicious activity

Google got its name by accident. The founders misspelled the word 'googol,' which refers to the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes

For its first 30 years, Apple was called Apple Computer, Inc. They dropped the Computer to become Apple, Inc. in 2007

18% of smartphone social media users use their phones to find directions prior to going out to eat

Wikis, forums, and e-books are not a big priority for college students

Raising the back of your computer keyboard is bad for your wrists.

Microsoft holds over 10,000 patents and files around 3,000 every year, ranking as one of the top five patent owners in the U.S.

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Chuck Yeager blasted through the sound barrier at Edwards Air Force Base in 1947.

If you use a computer for work, your fingers will travel about 12.6 miles per DAY!

In Asia, the number 4 almost never appears in any Nokia handset model number because it's considered unlucky in many parts

Kim Jong-Il's grandson had a publicly accessible Facebook profile, two blogs and two Twitter accounts.

The country where "porn" gets searched the most often via Google Search is Papua New Guinea

Resident Evil 2, Star Craft, Unreal, Fallout 2, Mario Party, Half-Life and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time all came out the same year

54% of Interbrand's Top 100 brands are active on Instagram

A Facebook fan is worth an average of $174 to a brand, up 28% since 2010