A recent study links intelligence test results with browser usage — and the results don’t look good for users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, especially its older versions.

The study, titled “Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Browser Usage” by Canadian company AptiQuant, compiled IQ test scores of 101,326 individuals older than the age of 16 and divided them into groups according to the browser they use.

The results are fascinating. Users of Internet Explorer 6 have an average IQ score barely more than 80; Firefox and Chrome users fare much better, with average IQ scores of around 110, while Opera and Camino users have an average IQ score more than 120.

It’s also interesting to note that average IQ scores of IE6 users were significantly higher in 2006, and that the IQ scores get better with newer versions of IE.

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I was reading this article about the GENIUS and Living Legend Steve Jobs and it really took my attention to a point that I already order the book at AMAZON and I will submit my review as soon I’ll finish the book. Meanwhile here is the article post by Fast Company.

“Apple is a $30 billion company yet we’ve got less than 30 major products. I don’t know if that’s ever been done before“

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A new map showing how the digital era is changing our minds and in particular about how new digital objects and environments are re-wiring our brains. Best viewed by people aged 35+ with full-time jobs and teenage kids.

This is a great idea for Advertising on Facebook. Now imagine you doing the same  thing but the opposite. Let’s say that somehow you make, all the people you like, to  donate YOU a nickel? the mathematics are very simple, 1’000.000 people will be  $100,000 dollars!! that’s good for me to pay everything and still have a nice  change for extras (like a super MAC PRO completely loaded which is about 11K).  Think about it!