Two eras of the internet: pull and push. The evolution of the internet is an extremely complex topic.
Sometimes it is helpful to find broad patterns that make it easier to understand. One simplifying pattern comes from the two types of actions internet users take: pull and push. Pull is when you are seeking information, usually an answer to a question. Silicon Valley vs Misère Valley, les laissés-pour-compte de Google & Co. - L'Obs. De notre envoyée spéciale "This is America", semble dire la bannière étoilée ondulant dans la brise automnale, plantée tout en haut d'un arbre.
Perchée dans les cimes, une espèce de cabane en bois, la "demeure" la plus luxueuse de "The Jungle", l'un des plus gros camps de SDF des Etats-Unis, situé à San José, dans la richissime Silicon Valley. Elle a été construite par Troy ex-charpentier qui s'est retrouvé dans la rue il y a deux ans. Elle est vide depuis deux mois. Il paraît que Troy a trouvé un logement. Deux mondes parallèles Le camp ressemble à la vision apocalyptique et désolée d'un monde après destruction atomique, tout droit sorti d'un roman de science-fiction.
Mapping creates jobs and drives global economic growth. Twenty years ago, we used paper maps and printed guides to help us navigate the world.
Today, the most advanced digital mapping technologies—satellite imagery, GPS devices, location data and of course Google Maps—are much more accessible. This sea change in mapping technology is improving our lives and helping businesses realize untold efficiencies. The transformation of the maps we use everyday is driven by a growing industry that creates jobs and economic growth globally. To present a clearer picture of the importance of the geo services industry, we commissioned studies from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Oxera. What we found is that maps make a big economic splash around the world. In summary, the global geo services industry is valued at up to $270 billion per year and pays out $90 billion in wages. Click the image for a larger version. Internet 2012 in numbers. Posted in Tech blog on January 16th, 2013 by Pingdom There is so much happening on the Internet during a year that it’s impossible to capture it all in a blog post, but we’re going to give it a shot anyway.
How many emails were sent during 2012? How many domains are there? What’s the most popular web browser? How many Internet users are there? To bring you these answers, we’ve gone to the ends of the web – wherever that is – and back again, and compiled a list of truly fascinating facts about the year that was.
Email Web pages, websites, and web hosting Web servers. The Word "Hacker" April 2004 To the popular press, "hacker" means someone who breaks into computers.
Among programmers it means a good programmer. But the two meanings are connected. To programmers, "hacker" connotes mastery in the most literal sense: someone who can make a computer do what he wants—whether the computer wants to or not. Hacker Culture: The Key To Future Prosperity? Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Dan Abelon, Founder of SpeedDate.
Dan blogs about global startup issues at WorldStartups.org. One of the most exciting trends of the early 21st century has been the explosion of hacker culture around the world. By hackers, I don’t mean people who pose security threats to computer networks. 4Chan Hacks "Taylor Swift Sing on Your Campus" Contest. Superstorm Sandy wreaks havoc on internet infrastructure — Cloud Computing News. Airbnb, Coursera and Uber: The rise of the disruption economy. The Web Isn’t a Democracy, It’s a Meritocracy. By Nathaniel Mott On March 28, 2012 I wouldn’t have this job if it weren’t for the Web.
Not only would PandoDaily fail to exist, but a kid like me living out in the middle of nowhere would never have had a shot at getting in touch with the right people to make something like this happen. Where before I would have had to pick up and move to another city, now I can work from home and count some of the best writers in this industry as my coworkers (and boss). Méchant Internet.
50 Cent ramps his own stock on Twitter. Move over Warren Buffett, there's a new stockpicker in town – and he has just made $10m (£6.4m) almost overnight.
After rapper 50 Cent unveiled a new brand of headphones bearing his name last week, the former drug dealer, whose album Get Rich or Die Tryin' went multi-platinum, used Twitter to tell his 3.8m followers to buy stock in the marketing company – a business he partly owns. H & H Imports has "one of the 15 products this year.
If you get in technically I work for you. BIG MONEY," he tweeted. 50 Cent, aka Curtis Jackson, added that the "stock went from 5cent to 10 in one day.
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