On the list of more than 2,600 people at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this year, the attendees who caught our eye were the young ones. Call them the Davos 1%, the wunderkinds, or simply the under-30’s. Here they all are:
America’s cheese consumption has tripled over the past 40 years, from under 10 pounds a person in 1970 to nearly 25 pounds in 2010, according to Modern Farmer. Other dairy products, like milk, have gone in the opposite direction.
China is far and away the largest consumer of tea, at 1.6 billion pounds a year. But per person, as illustrated in the map above, the picture is a lot different: Turkey, Ireland, and the United Kingdom are home to the world’s biggest tea drinkers.
Just ask one of the world’s largest margarine makers.
Dr Dre may know a lot about the music industry, but that doesn’t mean he understands the music streaming industry.
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America might be famous for running on coffee, but it doesn’t run on much. Not compared to a handful of other countries, anyway. When it comes to actual coffee consumption per person, the US doesn’t even crack the top 15.
For many drivers, a cell phone is a car crash waiting to happen. Samsung thinks it can change that.
Japanese beverage giant Suntory is acquiring Beam, which makes Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark bourbons, among other spirits, for $16 billion. The two companies control nearly 10% of the global whiskey market, according to International Wine and Spirit Research. Combined, they will obviously be going after a larger share.
As of Jan. 9, Los Angeles-based coffee start-up Tonx, which hand-picks, roasts, and delivers fresh coffee beans to customers’ doorsteps, began accepting a new, and rather unexpected, means of payment: Starbucks gift cards. Simply provide Tonx with a valid gift card number and security code (here), and the company will exchange the balance of your card for an equal amount of credit for Tonx’s subscription coffee delivery service.
On the heels of growing global Scotch whisky demand, the UK is cracking down on the spirit’s growing pool of imitators. Scotch whisky can already legally be called Scotch only if it was made in Scotland and aged in oak casks for at least three years (it’s also spelled “whisky” to distinguish it from other kinds of “whiskey”). Now, to beef up that law, the British government has announced it will create a public register for Scotch producers. Those that agree to have their product checked by UK authorities will be able to sell their spirit with a special label, says a spokesperson for the Scotch Whisky Association.
Here’s how the chart above was created: Using data from PornMD, we looked at the top ten pornography search terms—that is, search terms used on porn search engines only—for each of the eight East Asian nations shown above. Then we filtered out only those terms that pertain to a particular country—including not only terms such as “indonesia” and “pinoy,” but also “japanese massage” and “sora aoi,” the name of a Japanese model and actress. Taking those 55 remaining top-ten search terms, we mapped the pornographic search connections between the eight countries.
Nintendo’s stock has soared on news that China is moving to end its 14-year-old ban on foreign-made video-game consoles. But don’t believe the hype. Nintendo doesn’t have what the country’s gamers are looking for these days.
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Times are tough in Puerto Rico. The financial crisis has left the island buried in $70 billion in debt, and it’s on the verge of seeing its bonds downgraded to junk.
Architecture graduates: Today’s job market isn’t buying what you’re selling.
Are you ready to take medical advice from your phone?
Mount Sinabung, located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, erupted nearly 80 times over the weekend, displacing thousands of people and engulfing an area more than three miles from the mountain’s peak in life-threatening clouds of hot ash and gas. The evacuation zone originally covered a five kilometer (3.1 mile) radius, but has been stretched to seven kilometers, and could be extended further.
Chinese mobile giant Xiaomi isn’t merely expanding its business in China. Users of its customized version of Android smartphone software now total 30 million (three times the number of users it had at the start of the year) and span 58 countries, according to an infographic released by the company. Here’s a snapshot of the map:
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro rarely passes up a chance to lambast his opponents, but rarely has it been this cheap, or icky. Yesterday, in an effort to boost his image and bash his competition’s, Maduro’s government published the vacation destinations (link in Spanish) of politicians, businessmen, and journalists his government considers to be the enemy.
Rovio, the media company behind Angry Birds, is finally joining the world of free apps. The latest version of the game, Angry Birds Go!, which launched last month, is Rovio’s first free-to-play Angry Birds game. But unlike most companies who operate a “freemium” model, charging nothing upfront and instead focusing on getting users to fork over cash for upgrades and add-ons once they’re hooked, Rovio is embracing the model for a different reason.
Dutch newspaper Volkskrant (link in Dutch) took a clever comedic swing at French president Francois Hollande this week. In a collage published on Dec. 31, Hollande is seen standing awkwardly, hand outstretched, on nine separate occasions.
The road to the US can be a dangerous one—especially when that road runs through Mexico.
It’s barely been a month since Uruguay moved to legalize marijuana, and yet the effects of the decision are already being felt well outside of its borders.
