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16 May 2012
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Tag Archives: Internet
23 Oct 2010
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Anachronistic Internet ads
I found these pretty awesome anachronistic Internet ads on a Chris Wild’s great blog, How to be a Retronaut in the UK. Go over to see more.
24 Jun 2010
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Apple’s Safari 5 ad fail
Via Paul Thurrot… Apple has now fixed this, but their original advertising page for Safari 5 didn’t display correctly in any browser. Including Apple’s. Here’s how it looked originally in Safari 4 (Windows). We tested it on the iPad and … Continue reading
23 Nov 2009
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The history of the Internet in a nutshell
Here from Six Revisions is the History of the Internet in a Nutshell…
30 Oct 2009
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Happy 40th birthday, Internet
On October 29, 1969 Professor Leonard Kleinrock sent a message letter-by-letter from a UCLA computer to another computer at Stanford. Kleinrock was sending over “login” but after just two letters the system crashed. The networking of these two computers was the … Continue reading
22 Sep 2009
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Rupert’s answer to YouTube?
Facebook is beating up on MySpace bad. Already Facebook has more users worldwide, but MySpace still betters Facebook in users in the U.S. What to do? The Wall Street Journal reported that Ol’Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., said he … Continue reading
18 Sep 2009
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Festival of Dangerous Ideas
This looks fun. Too bad its so far away in Sydney, Australia. What is a dangerous idea? This is a question that will be explored at our inaugural Festival of Dangerous Ideas, co-presented by the St James Ethics Centre, at … Continue reading
31 Aug 2009
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What Facebook Quizzes Know About You
Here is a good heads up story in the New York Times. The Northern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has put together a campaign to raise awareness of privacy issues surrounding Facebook applications, in particular quizzes. … Continue reading
7 Jul 2009
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The broken Internet advertising model
The Independent has a very interesting piece on the failure of Internet advertising to deliver profitability for web properties. He uses YouTube as a prime example. This is a very enlightening piece on some serious monetization challenges facing the industry … Continue reading
26 Jun 2009
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Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him
There have been a number of stories circulating about the volume of internet traffic triggered by Michael Jackson’s death yesterday. There was that moment of confusion where TMZ then Drudge and others were reporting that MJ had died, but the … Continue reading
