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Mon, 21 May 2012 02:11:28 -0700

The Internet at the Dawn of Facebook
Back in 2004, the "World Wide Web" was dominated by Microsoft, AOL, and Jeeves.Facebook launched in 2004. Today, it has more users than the entire Internet had in 2004 . Before Facebook roamed ...

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:20:17 -0700

A Primer: Where Facebook Stands in Internet History
The World Wide Web (aka ? the Internet) was at first just a large number of disconnected sites.   In terms of world history, think of it as similar to the time when it was still popular to believe the Earth was flat.  Pockets of civilization existed all over the world, but they were completely isolated from each other.

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:45:23 -0700

Leveson lost in the big wide world of the web
Mail Online editor Martin Clarke's grilling by Leveson and lead silks exposed the legal eagles' painful lack of knowledge about web publishing My most personally disheartening moment of Leveson so far? Forget Rebekah, Rupert and the rest. Try Wednesday afternoon as Martin Clarke, the supremo at Mail Online, tried to explain his success to the lord justice and sundry silks. You may not like Mail ...

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:06:46 -0700

The iPad as a tool of orangutan liberation
Churning through the World Wide Web you come across tons of "cute iPad" stories -- this one from the Associated Press, with a very slight twist on a story that actually surfaced in January: apes using iPads.

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:45:31 -0700