Winsor McCay: Little Nemo in Slumberland Google Doodle celebrates a comics great

Google has celebrated the 107th anniversary of Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland with one of the search engine's most elaborate doodles ever.

The doodle recreates the adventures of the main fictional character from the illustrator's comic strips, which first appeared on 15 October 1905 in the New York Herald.

Widely regarded as one of the great figures in the comics form, McCay's bold and stylistic innovations in the early part of the 20th century redefined what the medium could do and set a standard followed by Walt Disney in decades that followed.

Born in Michigan in either 1869 or 1871 – the date is disputed – McCay received some basic art training while attending business school before going to work in the printing and engraving industry in Chicago. He later moved to Cincinnati, where his first major comic strip series was A Tale of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle, which appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer over more than 40 instalments.

Little Nemo, based on the adventures of a boy of around six-years-old, ran in the New York Herald from 1905 to 1911. The strip, which ran only on Sundays, features Nemo's adventures as he tries to reach the Princess of Slumberland, daughter of King Morpheus, who desires Nemo for a playmate.

McCay was hired by William Randolph Hearst in 1911 and went to work on Hearst's New York American, a morning newspaper, as an editorial cartoonist. He also started to experiment with animated cartoons and creating the classic Gertie the Dinosaur as well as a short Little Nemo film.

McCay died on 26 July 1934 of a cerebral embolism.

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Study reveals secret of increasing followers on Twitter

Clinical study showed by Beevolve Foundation on Twitter about the secret of increasing the number of fans in the right way and natural.

The study analyzed more than 36 million users have written more than 28 billion note, a rate of 794 a note to a person in an average of three years.
The study came as a result of that user base who follow on Twitter directly linked by sent Ngredat.
And has stated that the terms of the user who wrote less than a thousand note, be a has on average between 51-100 observer, while the published more than 10 thousands of its note,
Have had between 1001-5000 observer. It is estimated that the user who wrote more than 15 thousand note that a number of Mtabaah between 100 thousand and one million follow-on average within this domain.
The study took into consideration demographic factors as well as the favorite keywords and use Twitter applications preferences and favorite platform such as smart phones.
It considered that the average user in Twitter will be English speaking woman and 28-year-old and has about 208 observer.
The most frequently used keywords in Peep personal Bio: Family, entertainment, technology, education, publishing.
The conclusion was for the public social network Twitter is often a young man and a young and about 73% of users are aged between 15 and 25 years old.

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Facebook and Twitter more tempting than sex or smoking a cigarette

Concluded a U.S. study conducted by the University of Chicago that found on social networking sites Twitter and Facebook by sending tweets or publish photos or make comments is more seductive than sex or smoking a cigarette for some people.

 

Seems to be found on the website "Facebook" or "Twitter" is more tempting than sex or smoking a cigarette, according to a study published Friday.
This study has considered that access to social networking sites by sending tweets or publish photos or make comments is more seductive than sex or smoking a cigarette.
Was conducted by researchers from the University of Chicago this week-long study in Germany.
The values ​​and inspires Hoffman on this study in the "Los Angeles Times" that "it is difficult to resist the temptation of these means of communication because it is available widely and it is inexpensive."
The study included people between the ages of eighteen and eighty-fifth regularly used their smart phones to inform researchers in every time you feel a desire to see the social networking site.
The participants also had to express their desires other, such as sex or smoking a cigarette or a drink.
It turns out that the desire to see the social networking site are more willing to make it difficult to resist.
This study showed also that the work is a great addiction, as the participants were able to curb their desires in sexual relations or shopping, but it was harder for them not to meet the call to action.

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