Category Archives: Web

Ever wondered how the Internet travels across the Oceans? Check this interactive map

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Stefano

Travelling around the seven seas may seem too inadequate these days. The guys at TeleGeography charted the Internet undersea cable courses with incredible detail – and depicting the whole map as an Indiana Jones journal! Image source: TeleGeography According to … Continue reading →

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Happy #InternautDay: World Wide Web turns 25!

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Stefano

Happy 25th birthday World Wide Web! Well, actually, as reported here, Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted on March 9th 1991 a draft of WWW/HTTP to his boss, Mike Sendall, who was not really excited about it… On August 6th the very … Continue reading →

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Enter HIP – Human IP address: the Internet of Human Beings

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Stefano

A recent Forbes story has sparkled speculations about IP addresses being assigned to each and every human being. Besides the Science-Fiction scenario, it seems logical to assign to all living human beings an IP address hence bypassing any further IDs, … Continue reading →

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A pocketful of early Internet Service Providers greeting packs from 1994.

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Stefano

Digging in my vintage-computer mess, I found this pack from Xmas 1994 – labelled Software ETC.   I barely reminded that a long-time friend, Claudio, brought me this stuff from a trip in the USA – where early Internet was … Continue reading →

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10 digital marketing key data about 2013 that will be useful in 2014

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Stefano

From SmartInsights come 10 statistics that show key trends in digital marketing, 10 key questions, 10 quick answers and some more to think about. Here’s my pick of three. Which social networks should we focus on? Which social networks encourage … Continue reading →

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Today’s Google Doodle celebrates Doctor Who 50th anniversary with character-based game.

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Stefano

Believe it or not, Doctor Who has been traveling around on TV for half a century, since it was first aired in 1963. 50 years means obviously nothing to a Time Lord as the Doctor… Today Google celebrates the 50th … Continue reading →

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SEO is dead, long live good content curation and Social PR – says Forbes

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Stefano

Ken Krogue on Forbes just posted an article that will for sure ignite polemic flaming on the ‘Net. He reports Adam Torkildson, one of the top SEO consultants in Utah and one of the best in the country told him … Continue reading →

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Infographic: the whole social media world seen as a prism

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Stefano

ethority.de a German social media consultancy, comes this prism breaking out the social media world into sub-categories. I think it’s great and does a great job of sorting out all social players each by its business area. [Via ethority.de]

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Social media audience and conventional news: where and how people get and spread the word

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Stefano

The current issue of the Economist features an article aptly titled The people formerly known as the audience. So, what is the future of media, especially news? Where do all news come from (or will)? Surveys in Britain and America … Continue reading →

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Google’s Schmidt on Facebook, management failures and regret

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Stefano

Remember Google’s motto “don’t be evil”? Former CEO Eric Schmidt statements may push Big G’s trend towards sanctity a bit further. Remember Buzz, what about Orkut? (besides being popular in South America…) Google leadership and commitment in search market may … Continue reading →

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