Tag Archives: international internet

Facebook Timeline Is Here

After the initial announcement of Facebook’s new feature “Timeline” at Facebook’s f8 Conference, in early September, users have been awaiting when their profile pages will yet again be restructured. This rollout is starting in New Zealand, and will supposedly be…

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London Riots Organized Online

Two Britons were given jail time this week for organizing the London riots. And how did they organize such chaos? They used Facebook. While this is both a surprising and an obvious answer, this has caused many to recognize the…

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Hackers Strike Again

What do the CIA, Sony, the U.S. Senate, Nintendo, and the Syrian Ministry of Defense all have in common? Well, their websites have all been hacked in the past few months. The group responsible for the majority of the attacks,…

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How Cloud Computing Works

Cloud computing is the natural evolution of the services that are provided by the Internet. The ability to use the cloud network as a service is something that is still in development, but it remains as one of the most…

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Around the Globe: Internet Regulation

Several events within the past year show us that Internet usage is a privilege, not a right. Citizens of Egypt, for example, were completely denied Internet access during a series of protests in early 2011. Not only did this cut…

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Internet: Human Rights Necessity

In a move establishing historical global precedent, the UN and the EU have both recently announced that Internet access is a fundamental human right, that cannot be denied under any circumstances. The organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)…

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Top Level Domain Names

What is the value of having a top level domain name? The most common TLD is .com. People usually perceive sites that have a “dot com” domain ending to be the most authoritative, as it is usually a sign of…

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Facebook Reunites Pets With Their Lost Humans After Australia Floods

Thanks to some clever Facebookers, many pets have been reunited with their lost humans after Australia’s devastating floods earlier this year. The floods caused massive evacuations and billions of dollars’ worth of damage (an insurance company’s nightmare), leaving many people…

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Google’s Panda Update 2.2

We recently wrote a post about Google’s panda update. Over the past several weeks, SEO practitioners and webmasters alike have been complaining that Google has done evil with the panda update. Sure, it got rid of a lot of low-quality…

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Social Media Helps Find Missing Children

Social media marketing services are proving to be a powerful tool to save lives and find missing children worldwide. Thanks to computers, cellular devices, Wi-Fi, iPads, and anything else with an internet connection, a missing child’s information and picture can…

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