Google has come up with a special Google doodle for Lebanon’s independence day this year.
This is the fifth year where Google celebrates Lebanon’s independence day, here’s the other Doodles:
The Lebanese Independence Day, on November 22, 1943, is a national day celebrated in remembrance of the liberation from the French Mandate which was exercised over Lebanese soil for over 23 years.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for Elie Chahine’s blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 120,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 5 days for that many people to see it.
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Google has come up with a special Google doodle for Lebanon’s independence day this year.
This is the fourth year where Google celebrates Lebanon’s independence day, here’s the other Doodles:
The Lebanese Independence Day, on November 22, 1943, is a national day celebrated in remembrance of the liberation from the French Mandate which was exercised over Lebanese soil for over 23 years.
As anyone within 5 miles of a computer can tell you, popular photo sharing serviceInstagram unveiled a new video capture and upload feature yesterday. The Facebook-owned app can now shoot and post 15-second, Vine-like videos.
And apparently people love it. Today, Facebook flexed its muscles in the direction of Twitter’s Vine team, announcing that Instagram users uploaded a staggering 5 million video clips in the first 24 hours of the feature’s existence…
CNET reports:
“Instagram users have embraced the application’s just-released video feature by uploading 5 million videos in the first 24 hours of the feature’s availability, a company representative told CNET.
At peak, Instagram users uploaded 40 hours of video per minute. The climactic moment came Thursday night as the Miami Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs during the NBA Finals, the representative said.”
Of course, the numbers aren’t that surprising as they highlight Instagram’s biggest strength: a big loyal following. The social network touts over 130 million active users, which it says uploaded a year’s worth of video in the first 8 hours.
With that kind of power, you really have to wonder where Vine goes from here. The Twitter-owned video sharing network boasts a user base of just 13 million, though its app has maintained a top position in the App Store since it launched.
For what it’s worth, Vine is making some moves of its own. Earlier this week, the team announced that it will be introducing “some exciting new parts of Vine” in the near future. And yesterday, it teased a major upcoming update for its app.
Valentine’s Day can be stressful. It’s one of those holidays that people want to be perfect and therefore is sometimes a let down.
Despite living in a tech era, romantic traditions still seem to adhere. There are flowers to buy, dinner reservations to make, and gifts and cards to exchange. And then, there’s the daunting task of coming up with original ideas of what to do on February 14.
None of this is really going change, but technology can help make some of it easier.
Here’s a resource guide for 10 helpful Valentine’s Day apps:
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