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Best internet entrepreneurs of 2012

Best internet entrepreneurs of 2012

2010 saw the launch of what are now two major social media websites - Pinterest and Instagram. These two companies,...

Data footprints by generations

Data footprints by generations

Over the first few thousand years of our existence (up until 2003), humankind generated 5 billion GB of data. Today,...

How algorithms have changed the world

How algorithms have changed the world

If you consider yourself even remotely interested in technology, you've heard the term “algorithm." An algorithm is defined as a...

Web content consumption through the years

Web content consumption through the years

There is something on the web for everyone and with internet usage almost doubling what it was five years ago,...

Social gifting is on the rise

Social gifting is on the rise

Thinking about giving a gift this year? Watch out – it should come as no surprise that while the amount...

In Germany, you’re not expected to be able to live without internet access

In Germany, you’re not expected to be able to live without internet access

The internet is officially an "essential" part of life in Germany according to a court ruling Thursday. According to Reuters:...

With socialism failing in France, they look to internet tax to balance their load

With socialism failing in France, they look to internet tax to balance their load

The French were not able to maintain their 75% tax on the super rich, so now they're aiming for the...

The rise of a socially connected internet [Infographic]

The rise of a socially connected internet [Infographic]

  In the turn of the Millennium Internet growth has truly risen, although it has clearly been rising in the...

UseNeXT software review: a way to access important files and data

UseNeXT software review: a way to access important files and data

The usenet provider UseNeXT is nothing new to the tech geeks or the internet users. Basically, it is a gateway...

How to boost your wifi connection with a beer can

How to boost your wifi connection with a beer can

Whether you're working hard or hardly working, the Internet is needed for a lot of what you do—from researching for...

An Internet search done the Mad Men way

An Internet search done the Mad Men way

The majority of us know what technology was like several decades ago, and perhaps some of us experienced it firsthand....

Grumpy Cat gif attack

Grumpy Cat gif attack

Grumpy Cat has been seen on almost if not all of our devices that we have connected to the Internet....

The biggest privacy and censorship threat since the dawn of the digital age is upon us

The biggest privacy and censorship threat since the dawn of the digital age is upon us

To those without the technological expertise to fully understand what this all means, it could seem as a harmless measure...

Would the Instabridge app be successful in North America?

Would the Instabridge app be successful in North America?

In today’s digital world, advancements in technology are constantly being developed and new gadgets are being placed on the market...

Facebook psychology – Is addiction affecting our minds?

Facebook psychology – Is addiction affecting our minds?

Is Facebook affecting the way our minds function?  It's a safe bet to say that the vast majority of those...

The presidential battle in the mobile app world

The presidential battle in the mobile app world

Today's world in America is one dominated by the mobilization of technology. So it's only fitting that even the Presidential...

Hurricane Sandy controlling the East Coast of North America

Hurricane Sandy controlling the East Coast of North America

As of this morning reports from NOAA  - The National Hurricane Center - has stated that what many are calling...

Is there a science to picking an Internet service provider in San Francisco?

Is there a science to picking an Internet service provider in San Francisco?

The internet has become part and parcel of our daily lives; an addiction of sorts. Whether we want to shop,...

MythBusters meme procreates

MythBusters meme procreates

Who doesn’t love the television show MythBusters? This show takes science and technology and smashes them together like two Tonka...

The more honest approach for the Internet Explorer commercial

The more honest approach for the Internet Explorer commercial

Say what you want but when forced to use Internet Explorer it tends to hurt those of us who actually...