Oscar Pistorius – The 100 Most Influential People in the World – TIME

See on Scoop.it – internetbillboards What’s possible in athletics? Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter from South Africa, and his effort to compete against able-bodied runners in the 400-m and 4×400-m sprint events at the 2012 London Olympics, make the answer clear: absolutely anything. Even when the running establishment — convinced his blades provided an advantage [...]

Why Mobile Ads in Emerging Markets are the Future [INFOGRAPHIC]

Via Scoop.it – Mobile Media Curated There are 5.3 billion mobile subscribers around the world, meaning 77% of the world’s population uses a phone. The majority of those users — 3.8 billion or 73% of the group — live in emerging economies. Yet mobile advertising dollars spent around the world do not begin to compete [...]

Amazing Photos by Michael Poliza

Via Scoop.it – Social Media Curated Let us show amazing photos created by German photographer Michael Poliza. Michael Poliza is a photographer based in Cape Town and a pioneer in the use of digital photography for illustrated books. Looking at one of Michael Poliza’s photographs, you would never say that he has only been a [...]

The war cemetery in Ancona, Le Marche

People in Ancona call it the American cemetery, but in fact there’s not one american soldier buried in it.. The World War II cemetery of Ancona is a place few people know, despite its amazing location, just in the outskirts of the town, facing Monte Conero and not far from the Stadio Del Conero and [...]

An Anglophone guide: How to Pronounce Different Wines

Via Scoop.it – Wines and People With the number of wines coming from different regions of the world, Spain, France and Germany through to Australia, Chile and South Africa, it’s not surprising there are a lot of names that we struggle with. So when you’re trying to sort your Beaujolais from your Gewürztraminer our handy [...]