Internet

Ahhh, the good ol' Interweb. Sub-topics include search engines, social media, and WWW.

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How to Browse the Web Anonymously

May 16, 2012

Have you ever wanted to watch a video and been stymied by a "this video is not available in your region" warning? Or maybe you've tried to...

The Caffeinated Panda: Understanding Google Search Updates

May 07, 2012

Google is a strong influencing factor for online business success. This holds true even in the face of stiff competition from social media sites that have...

Tech in the House: CISPA Faces Congress

April 23, 2012

UPDATE (April 26, 2012): CISPA passes the House: 248 to 168 Politico reported that the House passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act...

What You Should Know About Your Privacy Online

April 16, 2012

Every day it seems like we lose a little more anonymity. Everywhere we go, people want a taste of our private information. Whether you're checking in at...

Multiplexing: An Intro to How it Works

April 03, 2012

Let’s say you send an email from your PC to a friend in another city. Your email leaves your house and joins up with other messages being transmitted in...

Is Facebook Messenger A New Way to Message?

March 29, 2012

Facebook Messenger is a nifty communication tool for Facebook users. Like the site’s previous instant messaging tools, it allows users to get...

Jedi Strategies for Social Media Management

March 15, 2012

Whether you call it social media management (SMM) or social media marketing (also SMM), many businesses are very interested in having it. Creating and...

Web Analytics: Terms You Need To Know

March 08, 2012

There's an old saying in advertising: "Half of all advertising is wasted. You just never know which half." Traditionally, it's been hard for...

The Carbon Footprint of a Web Search: Who's Green?

February 22, 2012

The term "carbon footprint" is ubiquitous these days, and you're likely to see it mentioned in relation to everything from vehicles to the...

Malicious Software: Worms Trojans and Bots Oh My!

February 07, 2012

Dealing with malicious software, better known as malware, is a reality that we all face any time we connect to the Internet. Nobody wants to open up their...

The Pioneers of the World Wide Web

February 02, 2012

Many people correctly place the credit for the creation of the World Wide Web with Tim Berners-Lee, and rightly so. However, Berners-Lee himself refers to...

Creative Disruption: The Advance of the Internet

January 30, 2012

Digital technology has come a long way in the last 30 years. Here, longtime author and journalist John F. McMullen covers a brief history of the...

Technology and Music: From Records to Digital Recordings

January 26, 2012

The music industry has undergone a major overhaul in the last 50 years - particularly the last 20. Here, longtime author and journalist John F. McMullen...

A Timeline of the Development of the Internet and World Wide Web

January 25, 2012

A This is our attempt to capture the evolution of the Internet and the Web in a timeline. If you think we’ve missed an important event, contact us. (To...

An Intro To Bitcoin: Can A Virtual Currency Work?

January 17, 2012

When the U.S. mortgage market collapsed in 2005, it was sign of more problems to come as many countries in Europe began to suffer from the effects of...