Category: Internet
“Like” – a social media mantra
Mantras are used in eastern religion to aid concentration and quiet the mind. If you’re in need of some daily social media focus start by practicing the “like” mantra. “L” is for Listen. No one enjoys having a conversation with someone who doesn’t listen. It’s similar to talking to a brick wall and can be […]
Read More | Share60 seconds on the Web
Here are some great statistics put together by www.go-globe.com (Web Design company). Every 60 seconds on the web this is happening (in regards to social media): – 320+ new Twitter accounts created – 98,000+ Tweets – 100 new LinkedIn accounts created – 1 new Article published by Associated Content (Yahoo owned company) – 6,600+ new […]
Read More | Share.xxx Domains are coming!
The ICANN Board (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has approved .xxx domains to be released later in the year. This is considered a top level domain and will be used by pornographic websites and a company called ICM Registry will have these domains for sale. This an interesting move and one I think […]
Read More | ShareThe Social Media Effect: It’s Role in Social Change and Social Responsibility
Social Media allows those of ‘like mind’ to band together no matter how far apart they are in distance, and create a collaborative effort to create social change
Read More | ShareLooking back on AOL, when online goes offline
This past week, US internet giant AOL gained worldwide exposure for their $315 million buyout of blog conglomerate Huffington Post. Hearing the news while living in the ‘land down under’, I realised that prior to this event, many Australians wouldn’t have known what AOL was (with the exception of some who caught the 1998 Meg […]
Read More | ShareAttack of the Google bomb
There was a time not long ago when a Google search for “Holocaust” revealed top results indicating that it didn’t happen. In 1999, a search using the Google search engine for “more evil than Satan himself” would have led to the Microsoft homepage. Leading up to the Iraq war, an online hunt for “weapons of […]
Read More | ShareSTATS of the Internet!
We all know the internet is big, and growing by the second. It is estimated that 5 new sites are being created every second. Here is some more info on the modern day internet- Google estimates the internet is now about 5 million terabytes of data (5 billion GB) Google has only indexed .004% of […]
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