In pictures: London street scenes then and now

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/10660481/In-pictures-London-street-scenes-then-and-now.html?frame=2833744&page=1

Who's the most significant historical figure?

From Leonardo da Vinci to Einstein, and Shakespeare to Stephen King, two data analysts have ranked the most significant people in history – do the results seem right?

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/30/whos-most-significant-historical-figure?CMP=fb_gu

The 10 strangest musical instruments

The cat piano, the ice trumpet, the road that plays Rossini ... Trevor Cox picks the world's weirdest tools for making music

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/21/10-strangest-musical-instruments?CMP=fb_gu

How Men and Women Use Social Media Differently in One Graphic Read more: Social Media Habits: How Men and Women Use Social Media Differently

Early this morning the Women’s Media Center released its annual women in media report, the details of which were rather depressing. But one infographic included in the report stuck out to us: compiled by internetserviceproviders.org, it shows how women and men use social media differently. Check out the full graphic below.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/19/how-men-and-women-use-social-media-differently-in-one-graphic/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/10641833/Jose-Manuel-Barroso-nearly-impossible-for-Scotland-to-join-EU.html

Blackberrys, iPhones und Laptops machen es einfach: Auch nach der Arbeit E-Mails lesen, schreiben und telefonieren. BMW will diese Stunden nach SPIEGEL-Informationen in Zukunft als Arbeitszeit anerkennen - und ausgleichen. Mitarbeiter sollen zudem Zeiten bekommen, in denen sie unerreichbar sind.

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/arbeitszeit-bmw-will-e-mails-und-anrufe-in-der-freizeit-ausgleichen-a-953770.html#ref=rss

5 Annoying Tech Habits That Need to Stop Read more: 5 Annoying Tech Habits That Need to Stop

Technology has become a part of our everyday lives over the last 10 years. Seeing people running around with smartphones, tablets and laptops on a daily basis doesn’t even garner a second look as it did in the early 2000’s.
Unfortunately, not everyone reviewed their copy of the Common Courtesy Rulebook that should have come with their beloved devices. Annoying habits have migrated from analog to digital and it’s time for a refresher on what not to do with your tech toys.

http://techland.time.com/2014/02/04/5-annoying-tech-habits-that-need-to-stop/ 

‘Don’t Pick Your Nose:’ Here Are 30 Rules for Boyfriends From Two Genius Little Girls

Massachusetts Mom Gabrielle Daniels posted the below note penned by her two daughters, 6-year-old Blaire and 9-year-old Brooke. In the note, the two little geniuses detail 30 rules their future boyfriends must abide by. Who knew kids gave such good romantic advice?

http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/04/dont-pick-your-nose-here-are-30-rules-for-boyfriends-from-two-genius-little-girls/

Magnificent Obsession: How Queen Victoria Influenced Photography

The story of Queen Victoria is surprisingly and deeply intertwined with the birth of photography as a medium. In an exhibition opening at The Getty Museum in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, curator Anne Lyden has organized a comprehensive look at Victoria’s relationship to and influence on photography, from her first encounters with it as a young woman to her seminal Diamond Jubilee portrait. Victoria grasped from a young age what it would take the rest of the world many years to realize: that photography could be both an artistic medium as well as a mechanism of propaganda.

http://lightbox.time.com/2014/02/04/magnificent-obsession-how-queen-victoria-influenced-photography/#1