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Nicholas Feduska

How has the internet impacted the world? - 0 views

  • The internet has unmistakable advantages - it is the provider of hundreds of new jobs and it makes buisness life alot easier. communication, entertainment, information resources, online shopping... The list is endless.
  • A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. These viruses will usually harm your computer in some way - slowing it down or deleting files.
  • So the World Wide Web has negative effects but the positive definitely out weighs them.
Maisie Drew-Flanagan

History of the Web - World Wide Web Foundation - 0 views

  • invented the World Wide Web in 1989, about 20 years after the first connection was established over what is today known as the Internet.
Maisie Drew-Flanagan

Mobile Asia holds key to Facebook's future growth - 0 views

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    -The growing importance of mobile internet access - more than 10 million people are using the "Facebook for Every Phone" app specifically for non-smartphone users - the Nokia Asha 501 feature phone now comes preloaded with Facebook - India will reach 153.4 million Facebook users this year surpasing the US
Maisie Drew-Flanagan

Facebook battles to stay young and cool - 0 views

  • Sixteen-year-old Owen Fairchild doesn't hang out at Facebook as much as he did when he was just a kid.
  • It is not that he and his friends are abandoning the social network.

  • They are spreading their love to rival networks like Twitter, Pinterest, SnapChat, Instagram and blogging platform Tumblr.
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  • I think Facebook is still very popular even though some people might be losing interest,
  • as grown to 1.23 billion active users worldwide.
  • Facebook,
Maisie Drew-Flanagan

Robots get their own world wide web - The Times of India - 0 views

  • A world wide web for robots to learn from each other and share tips and information has been developed.
  • RoboEarth
  • The eventual aim is that both robots and humans will be able to upload information to the cloudbased database, which would act as a kind of common brain for machines. RoboEarth's database stores knowledge generated by humans — and robots — in a machine-readable format.
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  • developed by research scientists from Philips and five European universities including Eindhoven.
  • Four robots will use the system to complete a series of tasks, including serving drinks to patients in the mocked-up hospital room.
  • experience of other robots, paving the way for rapid advances in machine cognition and behaviour, and ultimately, for more subtle and sophisticated human-machine interaction, RoboEarth said on its website.
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    RoboEarth
Maisie Drew-Flanagan

A Look at How the Internet Has Advanced Since the 90's - 0 views

  • late 90's the Internet was really taking off and with it multiplayer online games were starting to draw in crowds
  • technology has improved dramatically and maybe we take it for granted now
  • Computers will always need updating and within a few months of upgrading there will be a host of programs, games and software that will demand more than your current system spec offers
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    How the internet has advanced
Maisie Drew-Flanagan

Internet Is Taking Over Your Free Time - Business Insider - 0 views

  • ute you spend making cat memes represents 0.05 minutes you could have spent socializing, 0.27 minutes you could have spent on work, 0.04 minutes of relaxing and thinking and 0.12 minutes less of sleep.
  • nternet leisure time happens during the work-day, between 9 am to 5 pm, but it peaks during the post-dinner period at around 10 pm. 
Maisie Drew-Flanagan

Yes, the Internet Is Taking Up Time You Used To Spend With Actual People - Emily Badger... - 0 views

  • the more people sit at home, alone, in front of a glowing screen, the less time we have to form the kind of social bonds with neighbors, friends and organizations that help strengthen communities.
  • oject suggests that people who are active online actually have larger social networks and are
  • more likely than non-Internet users to participate in social groups
Maisie Drew-Flanagan

The History of the Internet - 0 views

  • The Internet is a worldwide system of interconnected computer networks that use the TCP/IP set of network protocols to reach billions of users. The Internet began as a U.S Department of Defense network to link scientists and university professors around the world.
  • global data communications system that links millions of private, public, academic and business networks
  • nternet and World Wide Web are not one and the same.
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  • ernet is a vast hardware and software infrastructure that enables computer interconnectivity
  • eb, on the other hand, is a massive hypermedia database - a myriad collection of documents and other resources interconnected by hyperlinks
  • Communication has also been made easier with the Internet opening up easier ways to not only keep in touch with the people you know, but to meet new people and network as well. The Internet and programs like Skype have made the international phone industry almost obsolete by providing everyone with Internet access the ability to talk to people all around the world for free instead of paying to talk via landlines. Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn have also contributed to a social revolution that allows people to share their lives and everyday actions and thoughts with millions.
  • completely new marketplace that did not exist before
  • Internet2 research groups are developing and implementing new technologies such as Ipv6, multicasting and quality of service (QoS) that will enable revolutionary Internet applications.
  • Internet development continues to push the boundaries of what's possible, the existing Internet is also being enhanced to provide higher transmission speeds, increased security and different levels of service.
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    Past, Present, and Future
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