In the 1950s pawnbrokers were America’s number one source of credit. Since then, the prestige of the neighborhood pawnbroker has plummeted. However, this year with the reality television series “Pawn Stars” as well as Groupon-backed Pawngo.com, pawn shops are back and bigger than ever. This infographic looks at pawn shops in America.
Let’s face facts: a headache can stop you dead in your tracks. It can keep you from doing the things that you love. This infographic from The Mount Sinai Hospital provides information about the various type of headaches one can get and 8 easy remedies to help stop one and keep you going.
Did you know that worldwide about 1.2 million people die in automobile-related accidents each year? There were 33,963 last year in the United States alone. That’s 1/4 of all accidental deaths per year. Learn this and other alarming facts about automobile accidents in this infographic.
With the increase in smart phone usage as well as mobile devices such as tablets, paying for things via those mobile devices is becoming more commonplace. Just as Internet commerce changes the way we shop and the way companies conduct business, using mobile devices to pay for things is bringing in a whole new era of change and transformation.
I’m not much of a fame player at all but that very likely puts me in the minority which is evidenced in this infographic from Prism Casino. Herein lies statics on some of the most popular games and general gaming statistics that may shock you.
Unless you’ve been hiding out in a cave or on a very extended vacation, you’ve no doubt heard about two bills that are circulating congress – SOPA (short for “Stop Online Piracy Act”) and PIPA (short for “Protect IP Act”) and all the controversy surrounding them. What you may not understand is exactly what these bills stand for and how they might impact the Internet as we know it today. This infographic explains SOPA and PIPA in a very simplistic way.
Has the popularity of YouTube made television obsolete? Growth in television advertising has slowed while video streaming revenue continues to sky rocket. This infographic provides some interesting data on the growth of YouTube since its birth in 2005.
Has Hollywood already forgotten the 1950s and the blacklist? This infographic from Matador Network takes a look at the history of movie studios attempts to control the industry and how SOPA is just another tactic they are trying to utilize for that control.
Despite a tough economy that forced consumers to think twice about every purchase, many online retailers experienced an increase in not only sales during the holiday season, but gains in traffic from mobile and tablet shoppers and other key metrics. This infographic gathers all the retail ecommerce spending stats from 2011 into one handy reference tool.
January 19th is the 203rd birthday of the famous writer, Edgar Allan Poe. This infographic includes facts about the writer and the names of some of his best work.
