If you’ve ever wondered what the go-to web page was around the rest of planet, wonder no longer. This map shows the most visited websites around the world, broken down country-by-country.
Read: The Most Popular Websites in the World, Country-by-Country | Gizmodo.
Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to. Some of these are pretty nerdy, but I think they’re no less fascinating and easily understandable. A majority are original to this blog (see our full maps coverage here), with others from a variety of sources.
Wikimedia Commons
via 40 maps that explain the world | Washington Post.
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Readers around the world | Russia Beyond The Headlines
It would be interesting to see a comparison of genre popularity across the G20. Maybe I should ask my Russian friends if there is any meaning to the fact Russians love fantasy novels…spurred by Sputnik and utopian dreams??
You may also like: Russian science fiction and fantasy | Wikipedia and The Night Watch series by Sergei Lukyanenko, which has been translated into English.
Project Loon will use these solar-powered giant devices hovering 12 miles above the ground to beam down Internet to places where they can’t lay cable.
See the article for more discussion and videos!!!
National libraries are tasked with the centuries-long responsibility of preserving books and documents that keep a country’s history and heritage safe through war, disaster, and the passage of time. They’re also responsible for sharing these vast and valuable documents with citizens of the country, and the world.
National libraries are the absolute best resource for finding publications within any given country. This is thanks to legal deposit, legislation in many countries that requires publishers to provide the national library with a copy of each publication. In some countries, this even includes digital publications.
Through national library catalogs, you can search all of the publications within a country. Many national libraries also offer extensive digital collections, offering online researchers access to documents of historical importance, official publications, even images and video.
via Worldwide National Library Catalogs – OEDB.org.
The post provides a comprehensive list of Worldwide National Library Catalogs, including 3 from Canada.
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