HIST 390-001 The Digital Past Fall 2013

The time has come and our loyal reader know already our traditional Advents Calendar. For the people who don't know, every year we had in December each day, until the 24th (Christmas Eve in Germany), a post with specials, tips, tricks, plugins, tutorials and so on. Since it is quite a lot work to accomplish 24 high quality posts, we asked some of the finest WordPress Experts in Germany if they would like to contribute some ideas and great posts to it every day. http://wpengineer.com/2652/every-day-a-post-of-wordpress-tipps-and-tricks-until-christmas/

This article has 7 essential tips for WordPress beginners.

Really helpful tips on how to learn to use Prezi.

Some interesting information on Dropbox, cloud storage.

This is a short yet interesting article of Cyber Monday being an instigator for an increase of cyber crime. Reading it before shopping online may make you choose carefully on which site you want to order from on Cyber Monday.

The Supreme Court will not throw out New York state's tax on Internet purchases.

Article by Fox news gives us a glimpse into the future of gaming

Article by CBS news explains how schools in California are replacing textbooks for tablets

This article the the NY Times explains how the Obama administration is making sure everyone has access/knowledge to a computer

This article by the NY times back in 2010 explains how China's censorship on the internet, mainly google is creating a wide variety of issues.

An article that talks about how Yelp has incorporated SeatMe directly into the Yelp experience so users can now book restaurant and bar reservations from the venue's Yelp listing.

This is the Wikipedia page that has all of the unusual wikipedia articles information on it. I found a lot of this information to be very interesting and unique. Enjoy.

if you had Google Chrome, now you can use the voice search on it.

This is a detailed definition of the UUCP that was used to connect to the US from South Korea as a dial-up connection.

Just in case you lose Internet connection while doing research for an essay, here's how you can download all of Wikipedia's content

An app that lets you use facial recognition rather than a numerical code to get into your phone.

In lieu of Turkey Day and Black Friday coming up... This article talks about how the internet has influenced and acted as a catalyst for Black Friday and cyber Monday sales...and the answer to the title is Amazon!

"Deep in the underbelly of the Internet is a hidden corner known as the "Manosphere"- a collection of websites, Facebook pages and chat rooms where men vent their rage and spew anti-women rhetoric. Protected by the anonymity of the Internet, men feel free to post hateful and violent comments." Follow up to presentation today, really got me thinking

Here is just an interesting timeline of video game consoles. It does not reference open source issues, but shows the companies that produces each console and when each console was discontinued.