Generational differences extend beyond gift preferences, supernatural proclivities, and musical taste, it seems. According to data pulled by SurveyMonkey, these differences can also extend to perception of events in the tech world. A brief comparison of what attracted the attention of of the 18-29 year old demographic, versus the nation as a whole, revealed some interesting similarities and differences in what attracted attention.

While nationwide, 26 percent of consumers felt the iPhone 5 was the most important achievement in hardware, the 18-29 year old demographic put their top two votes into the Samsung Galaxy S III and then the Google Glass Project, with the iPhone 5 taking the bronze. Everyone agreed, however, that the Surface’s performance was underwhelming.

As for the big stories of the year, Facebook’s IPO generated the most buzz across the board. Forty-two percent said that they spent the most time reading about Facebooks IPO, while twentysomethings split their interest equally between Facebook’s IPO and the Instagram acquisition. Apple’s various struggles with maps was also popular with folks of all ages.

Young or old, everyone loves juicy gossip. John McAfee’s arrest in South America was universally thought to be the the most intriguing news about a notable figure in the tech community, followed by Mark Zuckerburg’s wedding and Marissa Mayer’s pregnancy.

Will O’Brien, the general manager of Big Fish Unlimited, showed off the Grim Tales: The Bride game on the cloud service. The game requires 732 megabytes of storage, but O’Brien was able to begin playing within seconds. He also showed how he could log on with the same account on an Samsung Galaxy tablet and play the same game.

Big Fish will bring 1,000 of its 2,500 casual games to the cloud service, and all of them will start within four seconds, even if they consume multiple gigabytes of storage on a PC. For the most part, developers won’t have to make changes to their source code.

Paul Thelen (pictured at top), the chief executive of Big Fish, said the cloud service will offer all the benefits of cloud computing: the ability to log in from any device, a universal experience across platforms, and the ability to play high-quality casual games across a web connection.

“This technology allows you to play a huge variety of games on multiple platforms,” Thelen said. “It’s the future of games.”

The service went live today.

Big Fish Unlimited will also stream to Roku boxes in the fourth quarter of this year, O’Brien said. Big Fish Unlimited will be available for $7.99 a month for a premium catalog of games, with full-screen play and no ads. You can also play for free, with up to 20 games in a rotation. Those games will be ad supported and play in a smaller screen.

At launch, the catalog will start with 100 games from 42 developers. Games from 200 more developers are undergoing testing. Thelen said the team putting together Big Fish Unlimited consists of more than 100 people.

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