Capitalizing on the idea that people generally tend to find the interests of their friends, well, interesting, the ability to share what one has just read, watched, or listened to allowed for an organic, and explosive, increase in not only the amount of content one consumed, but also the breadth of it.

FORBES: Search, Social, And Recommendation-Engines

From March through May, troops in vehicles found 64 percent of improvised explosive devices before they blew up, an 11 percentage-point increase over the previous quarter.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: UAVs and the Boston Marathon