Posted Jun 11, 2013 by Ingrid Lunden (@ingridlunden) After months of speculation, the fate of Waze, the social-mapping-location-data startup, is finally decided: Google is buying the company, giving the search giant a social boost to its already-strong mapping and mobile businesses.
People don't blink when they're asleep. In a 24 hour day, most(?) people sleep for eight hours, so 15,360 would be a lot closer for an entire day. Also, anyone who uses a computer blinks a lot less than normal.
How many frames per second can the human eye really see? 30 fps? 60 fps? If you've ever debated framerates, the cognitive researchers we spoke to have some complex answers for you. I spend far too many of my first tender minutes in a new game with a framerate counter running in the corner of my screen.