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Shift Ranking of February 28: The Most Popular People On Instagram in 2014
1. Justin Bieber (14,3m follower) / 2. Kim Kardashian (13,1m) / 3. Rihanna @badgalriri (11,9m) / 4. Beyonce (10m) / 5. Ariana Grande (9,1m) / Source: rsvlts.com
Shift Ranking of February 27: Most searched Oscar favorites on Google
1. The Wolf of Wall Street / 2. American Hustle / 3. Gravity / 4. 12 Years a Slave / 5. Dallas Buyers Club / Source: Google
Shift Ranking of February 26: The world’s most popular messaging apps
1. WhatsApp (450m+ users) / 2. Line (350m+) / 3. WeChat (270m+) / 4. ChatON (110m+) / 5. Kakao Talk (100m+) / Source: myphonedaily
Shift Ranking of February 25: Countries with the largest gross external debt
1. United States $15,9tn / 2. United Kingdom $9,3tn / 3. Germany $5,5tn / 4. France $5,3tn / 5. Japan $2,8tn / Source: World Bank
Shift Ranking of February 24: The top earning male actors of 2013
1. Robert Downey Jr ($75 million) / 2. Channing Tatum ($60m) / 3. Hugh Jackman ($55m) / 4. Mark Wahlberg ($51m) / 5. Dwayne Johnson ($46m) / Source: Forbes
Shift Ranking of February 21: The World's Smallest Countries
1. Vatican City (0.44 Sq.km) / 2. Monaco (2 Sq.km) / 3. Nauru (21 Sq.km) / 4. Tuvalu (26 Sq.km) / 5. San Marino (61 Sq.km) / Source: Worldmap
Shift Ranking of February 20: Top Cities In The World To Live In 2014
1. Vienna, Austria 2. Zürich, Switzerland 3. Auckland, New Zealand 4. Munich, Germany 5. Vancouver, Canada Source: Mercer
Holocaust concert app
A new app brings a real-space orchestral concert to Holocaust Memorial visitors in Berlin.
Shift Ranking of February 19: Biggest sources of Internet Traffic
1. Humans (38,5%) / 2. Search Engines (31%) / 3. Spam Bots (20,5%) / 4. Content Scrapers (5%) / 5. Hacking Tools (4,5%) / Source: Incapsula
Shift Ranking of February 18: The Most Popular Mobile Handsets 2014
1. Samsung (36% share) / 2. Nokia (22%) / 3. iPhone 19%) / 4. Sony (12%) / 5. LG (10%) / Source: GlobalWebIndex
Shift Ranking of February 17: Countries With Most German Language Speakers
1. Germany (75m German language speakers) / 2. Austria (7,4m) / 3. Switzerland (4,5m) / 4. USA (1,3m) / 5. Brazil (900,000) / source: World Almanac
Shift Ranking of February 14: Top internet using countries in the world
1. Iceland (96% of the population use the Internet) / 2. Norway (95%) / 3. Sweden (94%) / 4. Denmark (93%) / Netherlands (93%) / Source: ITU
Shift Ranking of February 13: Most densely populated countries
1. Monaco (15255 people living on one km²) / 2. Singapore (7681) / 3. Bahrain (1643) / 4. Malta (1297) / 5. Bangladesh (1119) / Source: indexmundi
Shift Ranking of February 12: Countries with the greatest freedom of the press 2014
1. Finland / 2. Netherlands / 3. Norway / 4. Luxembourg / 5. Andorra / Source: Reporters Without Borders
Shift Ranking of February 11: The most active startup scenes in the world
1. Silicon Valley, USA / 2. Tel Aviv, Isreal / 3. Los Angeles, USA / 4. Seattle, USA / 5. New York, USA / Source: Startup Genome
Shift Ranking of February 10: America’s most generous donors in 2013
1. Mark Zuckerberg/Priscilla Chan ($1000m) / 2. George Mitchell ($750m) / 3. Phil & Penelope Knight ($500m) / 4. Michael Bloomberg ($300m) / 5. John and Laura Arnold ($296m) / Source: philantropy.com
Shift Ranking of February 7: Top 5 Companies for Women in 2014 - http://bit.ly/WTJaAB
1. Ernst & Young (45% of senior managers are women) / General Mills (45%) / 2. AstraZeneca (40%) / Marriott (40%) / State Farm (40%) / Source: Forbes
Shift Ranking of January 6: Countries With the Most Twitter Government Information Requests 2013
1. USA (833 requests) 2. Japan (213 requests 3. Saudi Arabia (110 requests) 4. France (57 requests) 5. UK (56 requests) Source: Twitter Transparency Report
Shift Ranking of February 5: The most popular German YouTube channels
1. YTITTY (2,7m subscribers) / 2. Gronkh (2,5m) / 3. Kontor.TV (2m) / 4. DieAussenseiter (1,359m) / 5. PietSmiet (1,354m) / Source: YouTube
Shift Ranking of February 4: Worldwide Best selling cars of 2013
1. Ford Focus (1,1 Mio.) / 2. Toyota Corolla (1 Mio.) / 3. VW Jetta/Bora/Vento (905.000) / 4. Hyundai Elantra (866.000) / 5. Chevrolet Cruze (729.000) / Source: Forbes
Shift Ranking of February 3: The Most Popular Programming Languages 2014
1. JavaScript (+1 ) / 2. Java (-1) / 3. PHP (-) / 4. C# (+2) / 5. Python (-1) / Source: RedMonk
Shift Ranking of January 31: Countries with the most Pinterest Users
1. United States (46.9% of all users) / 2. India (9.6%) / 3. United Kingdom (3.6%) / 4. Canada (3.1%) / 5. Spain (2.6%) / Source: Alexa
Shift Ranking of January 30: The Most Popular TV Shows on Facebook
1. The Simpsons (69m likes) / 2. Family Guy (55m likes) / 3. South Park (48m likes) / 4. SpongeBob SquarePants (46m likes) / 5. House (44m likes) / Source: quintly
Shift Ranking of January 29: The world's most sustainable companies
1. Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia / 2. Biogen Idec Inc, USA / 3. Outotec OYJ, Finland (Capital Goods) / 4. Statoil ASA, Norway / 5. Dassault Systemes, France (Software & Services) / Source: global100.org
Shift Ranking of January 28: Germany's Favorite Brands
1. Nivea (Skin- and Body-care) / 2. dm (Drugstore Chain)/ 3. Samsung / 4. Wikipedia / 5. Google / Source: YouGov Brandindex
Shift Ranking of January 27: Artists who won the most Grammy Awards
1. Sir Georg Solti (31 Awards) / 2. Quincy Jones (27 Awards) / Alison Krauss (27 Awards) / 4. Pierre Boulez (26 Awards) / 5. Vladimir Horowitz (25 Awards) / Source: Academy of Recording Arts
Shift Ranking of January 24: Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide
1. PewDiePie (224.3m views last month) / 2. MÜ-YAP (182.1m) / 3. Miley Cyrus (162.9m) / 4. Katy Perry (153.5m) / 4. DisneyCollectorBR (146.6m) / Source: Tubefilter
Shift Ranking of January 23: The world's largest Football clubs by turnover 2013
1. Real Madrid 518,9m Euro / 2. FC Barcelona 482,6m Euro / 3. FC Bayern München 431,2m Euro / 4. Manchester United 423,8m Euro / 5. Paris Saint-Germain 398,8m Euro / Source: Deloitte
Shift Ranking of January 22: Most searched female athletes 2013 on Google
1. Serena Williams (Tennis/USA): 44m / 2. Hope Solo (Football/USA): 41m / 3. Ronda Rousey (MMA/USA): 30m / 4. Venus Williams (Tennis/USA): 25m / 5. Miesha Tate (MMA/USA): 17m / Source: Google
30 years of Macintosh
Launched in 1984, the Macintosh changed our relationship to computers. How did they impact music?
Shift Ranking of January 21: Most-Shared Superbowl Ads on YouTube
1. The Force: Volkswagen (2011) / 2. Budweiser: 9/11 Tribute (2002) / 3. Budweiser: Brotherhood (2013) / 4. Ram Trucks: Farmer (2013) / 5. Fast and Furious 6: Big Game (2013) / Source: YouTube
Shift Ranking of January 20: Most Popular Passwords of 2013
1. 123456 (Change from 2012: +1) / 2. password (-1) / 3. 12345678 (Unchanged) / 4. qwerty (+1) / 5. abc123 (-1) / Source: Splashdata
Art (vs.) technology
Can intangible media art touch our emotions?
Shift Ranking of January 17: The Best Countries to Retire
1. Panama / 2. Ecuador / 3. Malaysia / 4. Costa Rica / 5. Spain / Quelle: internationalliving.com
Shift Ranking of January 16: The Most Innovative Cities In Europe (regarding infrastructure and technology)
1. Copenhagen / 2. Amsterdam / 3. Vienna / 4. Barcelona / 5. Paris / Source: Co.Exist
Shift Ranking of January 15: The world's safest airlines
1. AIR NEW ZEALAND / 2. CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS (Hongkong) / 3. FINNAIR (Finland) / 4. EMIRATES (UAE) / 5. EVA AIR (Brasil) / Source: Jacdec
Shift Ranking of January 14: Most visited art museums in the world
1. Louvre, Paris (9,7m visitors annually) / 2. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (6,1m) / 3. British Museum, London (5,5m) / 4. Vatican Museums (5,4m) / 5. Tate Modern, London (5,3m) / Source: Art Newspaper
Future of green fashion
The future of style is eco-friendly, says the director of a Berlin fashion school.
Shift Ranking of January 13: Countries With the Highest Female Illiteracy Rate
1. Afghanistan (88,4% age 15 and over cannot read and write) / 2. Niger (84,9%) / 3. South Sudan (84%) / 4. Mali (80,2%) / 5. Burkina Faso (78,4%) / Source: UNICEF
Shift Ranking of January 10: Most dangerous OECD member states
1. Mexico (13% of the population fell victim of a capital crime in the past 12 months) / 2. Chile (8,2%) / 3. Belgium (6,4%) / 4. Israel (6,3%) / 5. Portugal (5,9%) / Source: OECD
'Mein Kampf' an online hit
Digital editions of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" have recently become online bestsellers.
Shift Ranking of January 9: Education level and iPad use
1. Post Graduate (16% use an iPad) / 2. University (13%) / 3. Technical school or college (10%) / 4. Schooling until age 18 (8%) / 5. Schooling until age 16 (7%) / Source: Globalwebindex
Shift Ranking of January 8: People who made the most money in 2013
1. Lui Che Woo +$2.2B (Gambling) / 2. Aliko Dangote +$1.6B (Food) / 3. Mark Zuckerberg +1,4B (Internet) / 4. Carl Icahn +710,8M (Financal Holdings) / 5. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi +592,5M (Liquor) / Source: Bloomberg
Shift Ranking of January 7: Most popular Vines in 2013
1. Don’t tickle Darius (L84) 2. Vine magician (Zach King) 3. I will always love you (thenameismalik) 4. King Bach to the rescue! (KingBach) 5. Bat dad (batdad) Source: Time
Shift Ranking of January 6: Artists with the most successful tours worldwide in 2013
1. Bon Jovi - 151 mill. € gross income / 2. Cirque du Soleil- 116 mill. € / 3. Pink - 109 mill. € / 4. Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band 108.6 mill. € / 5. Rihanna 101.5 mill. € / Source: Billboard Magazine
Shift Ranking of January 3: Regions With the Highest Economic Growth Forecasts 2014
1. Sub-Saharan Africa 6,1% / 2. Asia 6,0% / 3. Middle East/North Africa 3,7% / 4. US 3,0% / 5. Emerging Europe 2,8% / Source: WSJ Europe
Shift Ranking of January 2: Most Viewed Articles on English Wikipedia 2013
1. Facebook (30m view counts) / 2. Deaths in 2013 (21m) / 3. Breaking Bad (17,18m) / 4. G-force (17,17m) / 5. Google (16m) / Source: Wikipedia
Shift Ranking of December 30: Top Refugee Hosting Countries
1. Pakistan (1,6m+ refugees) / 2. Iran (800k+) / 3. Jordan (650k+) / 4. Lebanon (600k+) / 5. Kenya (550k+) / Source: UNHCR estimate
Shift Ranking of December 27: Most illegally-downloaded TV shows on BitTorrent 2013
1. Game of Thrones (5,9m downloads) / 2. Breaking Bad (4,2m) / 3. The Walking Dead (3,6m) / 4. The Big Bang Theory (3,4m) / 5. Dexter (3,1m) / Source: Torrentfreak
Shift Ranking of December 23: Best Jobs in the US 2013
1. Actuary / 2. Biomedical Engineer / 3. Software Engineer / 4. Audiologist / 5. Financial Planner / Source: CareerCast
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