Today somebody asked me a simple question. What you want from Instablogs? What is Instablogs’ core mission? A thousand answers came to my mind instantly. We serve news real fast, covering almost entire planet. Have a very colorful and vibrant...

We have launched the new version of Instablogs few months ago, and we are overwhelmed by the great response. We are one of the most colorful communities on the internet. You will find people from all corner of the world, from New Zealand to Canada,...

About 45 feet beneath the ocean’s surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches. The Neptune Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea. They...

Misplaced fears about terror, privacy and child protection are preventing amateur photographers from enjoying their hobby, say campaigners. Phil Smith thought ex-EastEnder Letitia Dean turning on the Christmas lights in Ipswich would make a good snap...

Matthew Hockenberry and Ernesto Arroyo of Creative Synthesis, a non-profit organisation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have created evolutionary software that alters colours, fonts and hyperlinks of pages in response to what seems to grab the attention of...

Great tips to make your site run 10 times faster. How to make your site run faster == Database layer 1. Switch all database writes to offline processing 2. Minimize number of database read access to the bare minimum. No more than two queries per...

After establishing its supremacy in the blogosphere, the Instablogs Networks, Asia’s largest blog network, has achieved another first by launching the country’s maiden global online newspaper. Combining together blogging, citizen journalism,...

The cartograms below show the world through the eyes of editors-in-chief, in 2007. Countries swell as they receive more media attention; others shrink as we forget them. These maps allow you to grasp several media trends at a glance. First, traditional...

An infestation of rats is creating severe food shortages in the impoverished Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh, close to the borders of India and Burma. Sangram, a rat catcher in the remote Bangladeshi village of Theihkyong, has never been...

She is thought to be among hundreds of African children living in the UK and sent back to DR Congo or Angola after being accused of witchcraft. The issue came to light in the summer of 2005, when a court in London heard the case of a young girl who was...