The US used to be the center of the online world. The United States pioneered the World Wide Web, and until recently the majority of Web traffic around the world was routed through the United States. Among other benefits, this gave the US a distinct intelligence gathering advantage, making it easy to monitor the communications of individuals in other countries.
More and More Web Traffic Bypassing the US
Web 2.0 Becomes an Essential Part of Campaigning for Public Office
If the 2008 presidential primaries have taught us anything, it is that mainstream politics has not only embraced the Internet as a way to get a message across, but now consider it an essential part of operating a political campaign.
Have You Been “Rick Rolled” Yet?
Evidently, this collection of “tubes” that we call the Internet has gone Rick Astley crazy lately. “Rick rolling” is an Internet fad that just doesn’t want to die. In case you haven’t had the “pleasure” of being Rick rolled yet, here’s how it works: someone will post a link on a blog, message board or web site under false pretenses. The text will tell you that the link goes to a funny news story, a YouTube video or something of interest. However, when you click on the link, your browser window it is immediately resized and loads the music video for Rick Astley’s 1980s-era hit “Never Gonna’ Give You Up.”
Netscape Browser Discontinued: Web 1.0 is Officially History
Remember back in the day, in the early to mid-90s when the Internet was this strange and exotic thing that most people were either afraid of and/or had never used? Back then THE web browser of choice was Netscape. Even today, in remote corners of the globe there are Netscape Web browser users, though they are dwindling in numbers with every day that passes.
Online Talent Contest - Show the World Your Skills and Win!
YouTube.com has certainly led us to scrawling for our video cams and try showing the world what we can do. Though how silly it is, we just can’t get enough in watching people goof of online that we wanted to do something goofy ourselves. Even the site has contests wherein you can easily upload your video and earn some money in the process.
Couchsurfing.com - Around The World In A Couch
Some people want to travel around the world visiting great spots while staying in the finest hotels, dining in the best restaurants and visiting places with the help of paid tourist guides. After all, we really don’t know anyone in the place and for security reasons we might find ourselves in a very awkward situations in another country if we don’t get to the secured areas. After all it’s vacation right? That means all we need to do is just sit down and relax while the rest of the world get’s up and do their daily chores everyday.
The New World of Pagecasting
The advent of Web 2.0 has paved the way of different types of user uploaded content. There are now blogs that work like a diary or even for business purposes, and there are also podcasts where users place their views online not in words but in voice. Vidcast is also a form of podcasting but instead of voice, it’s now like a show that’s being uploaded to popular content based websites such as youtube.com. There are even sites that offer free live webcasts. Anyone can now go online and rant for free, no one will stop them. All they need is a computer mic, webcam and headset’s and they are good to go.
Pump Up Your Online Community Profile
For years MySpace and Friendster has become the playground for millions. We all go online for an hour or two everyday just to take a look at pictures and the latest news of our friends even though we see them everyday. Sometimes, we just take a look around and see who’s interesting and we try to be friendly with them. If we’re lucky, we can even get invites.
Google’s Not So Search Engine Products
Google is primarily known as a search engine. For years, it has become a forefront of everything that you need to know about something. Google has even become an informal verb where you “Google” someone or something for information. If you “Google” someone, that basically means you looked into the internet to get certain information about that someone or something.
The Future of the World Wide Web: Semantic Web
Although by some standards the World Wide Web is a new technology, it is rapidly evolving and growing. Many World Wide Web experts and engineers, including Tim Berners-Lee (the inventor of the Internet), believe that semantic web is the next big step. Web 2.0 was the most recent Internet generation and its capabilities are still yet to be fully seen. This newer generation of Internet use makes the Internet a computer platform and offers online applications that you can use from any computer. Web 2.0 has also seen the rise of social networking web sites like MySpace and Digg which feature user generated content. Time Berners-Lee has never fully backed the idea of Web 2.0 since some of these capabilities have been present since the creating of the Internet.
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