Technology’s so great. All this communication capability can put you in touch with your friends and family, no matter where in the world they are. Which blows a giant hole through most of the movie and TV plots written up until, say, the late 1990s. What’s your favorite storyline that would never exist in a world with cell phones and internet?
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Before the internet? Don’t kid yourself. It wasn’t more fulfilling or engaging; you didn’t have more time to read and think and play. You just sat around in your underwear watching daytime TV instead.
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Earlier this month, word surfaced that Facebook would be acquiring Titan Aerospace, maker of drones, to help bring Internet access to under-connected areas around the world. Today, Mark Zuckerberg announced … Continue reading
In its quest to get the whole world online, Facebook’s Internet.org project has included partnerships with companies like Samsung and Nokia, as well as with NASA. Now it seems that rumors about Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook drone dreams are true, and the social network giant is planning on internet-delivering drones, satellites, and even lasers. Here’s our first look at how that might take shape.
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Twitter was recently banned in Turkey over failure to remove certain content, something that resulted in a backlash and, as of yesterday, legal ruling that it must be reversed. It … Continue reading
Not content with its radical—and controversial—overhaul, Twitter is also experimenting with replacing its Retweet function with a Share button. The world is truly turning on its head.
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In their decade long run, Last.fm has seen many ups and downs. In late 2012 the popular Internet radio service was cutting back its scale and turned to paid-only subscriptions. … Continue reading
The recent Twitter ban in Turkey has been temporarily lifted as a court ruled it illegal. The BBC reports it was expected the ban would be lifted shortly after the … Continue reading
Remember the Million Dollar Homepage? Eight years later, it’s still alive, but as with all things internet, it’s not quite as healthy as it once was. In fact, 22 percent of the links it contains are now dead.
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Internet trolls, bullies, and other ne’er-do-wells could face longer jail sentences in the United Kingdom, if an amendment on the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill passes Parliament. Presently, Internet trolls … Continue reading
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