Nifty Facebook Infograph compresses last 6 years into one long picture.

Facebook recently celebrated their 6th birthday. In human years, that’s hardly reason to call it old. But in tech years, 6 years is more like 50 human years. It’s been a unique journey for the once Harvard-only social networking site. They expanded to include other schools, and then eventually, the entire world.

With over 400 million worldwide users today and upwards of 900 employees, Facebook has become quite the social media/internet company juggernaut. People of the world today don’t want to be bored with words and text as we’re not accustomed to flash images and video. While I don’t have any video for you, the nifty “Facebook Through the Years” infograph should keep you more than entertained. Have at it.

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Food for thought: It’s easier to get accepted to Harvard than Apple’s new Manhatten Store…

Some may claim the economy is on the way up. I think it’s still a tad too early to tell. Personal opinions aside, it’s no secret to anyone that getting a job is still a monumental chore to say the least. People just aren’t hiring — except Apple that is. Apple will soon be opening their fourth Manhatten store in the Big Apple and naturally need some help runnin’ the place. Today at an Apple press event they let wind that over 10,000 people submitted applications to work in the new store, 10,000. First off, 10,000 people won’t fit inside the store so sadly some names had to be cut…

Of those original 10,000+ only 200 people were hired. Some basic number crunching reveals that’s right around a 2% acceptance rate. Harvard? 7%. Wow. I knew Apple was popular and had a following, but being even more desirable a place to be than one of the most prestigious schools in the country? That’s impressive. Now before you rake me overl the coals, I’m completely aware that the application process and regulations between Harvard and the Apple Store are two completely different environments and aren’t really comparable. Forgetting the more technical (read: fantasy/fun killing) details and just looking at the numbers however makes for interesting tech talk does it not?

Now the next time your friend’s snobby brother brags about Harvard just remind him your employment at Apple’s new Manhattan store is much more “prestigious”.

Anyone elses’ mind full yet?

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