Cool links

Editor’s note: Missing the daily links? They became “weekly links.” After a year, keeping up the daily pace started to take its toll. The longer gap between posts brings another advantage: a focus on cool links, leaving aside the news items — which I used to include in the daily posts to add more substance. After all, when I created this section the goal was to share and celebrate the good things that pop up on the web. Let’s get back to basics. *** Taken. This page lists and explains all the data that any website collects from your device the moment you access it. Night and Day. A world map showing in real time where it is day and where it is night. There are controls to adjust the map in the upper right corner of the page. Killed by Apple. It’s not just Google that has a killing streak with products and services. (Although Apple’s “lifespan” seems a bit longer on average.) The Thirty Under Thirty Fraud Watch. A site that tracks and explains every Forbes “30 Under 30” honoree caught…