Internet Will Not Be Free by 2012

From email subscribers to online marketing and even search engines, all are going to be packaged. Thats what the future of internet holds.

Cannot decide whether to call it a good news or a bad on now, but as the buzz says, internet will soon transform into television like medium. Very website you wish to visit will be available within a small package like module which to which, you can subscribe monthly. The news also indicates that all small and medium sized websites will soon merge into the bigger ones, who will then transform into the few leaders, who shall be providing all required facilities to the visitors.

As a matter of fact all major internet providers have already begun making arrangements and agreements in order to switch to the mode by 2012. not knowing the real intention why this step has been taken, and what good is it going to do to the industry, we can only suggest that the internet is indeed an essential platform for everyone today, and losing its freedom, will make it extremely unreachable and irrational for the rest of the world to connect to their favourite mode of interaction.

This piece of news is said to be confidential and in extreme hush-hush mode until now, but coming to know of their intentions now, it would be good if we already push ourselves into action and prevent any such thing from happening.
Source: http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality

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What has the World been Searching for? ... Latest Yahoo Report Reveals

Search engine giant, Yahoo, has come up with an exciting report on search trends based on its users' search queries. The year 2007 witnessed millions of web users making billions of searches on Yahoo, and this report enlists the most popular searches in various categories.

According to the report, YouTube, Wikipedia and Facebook have grabbed the top three spots in the tech list. The next three spots were taken by Apple's products and services, followed by gaming consoles. Interestingly, there have been a huge number of searches on environmental issues like global warming, solar energy, recycling, etc. This trend shows that people are getting increasingly concerned about issues that are directly not related to their lives.

Most consumers were keen to search for product recalls. Ranging from government reports to specific manufacturer recall lists, these searches actually show that users trust the web and feel that they can exercise greater control through this medium.

Above all, the Yahoo report reveals that the global populace has been using search engines like never before. From personal to global issues, people are interested in anything and everything, and they prefer using search engines to seek desired information.

Internet Bullying is the Latest Cause of Concern

Step aside Internet spies and hackers... the Bullies are on their way! Parents and schools in the US are having a tough time in battling a menace called Internet bullying. Kids are using the World Wide Web to send hateful text messages, abusive emails and spread cyber gossip. And the worst part is, all this happens from the supposedly 'secure' environment of their homes.

An increasing number of children insist that they had never been bullied before, and are therefore finding it exceedingly difficult to cope up with the situation. Experts assert that the solution does not lie in banning of the Internet. Instead, parents and teachers should come together and help kids out of such situations.

When it comes to the number of kids harassed online, the latest report shows a 50 percent increase in the 10 to 17 age bracket. It also states that more than 64 percent of the victims have not faced any kind of physical or verbal aggression otherwise.

The biggest reason behind the 'success' of Internet bullying is the anonymity factor of the web. You can easily create pseudo names or email ids and use them to harass others, without risking the revelation of your true identity.

Schools in the US are taking this matter seriously and plan to come up with strategies that can keep a check on these activities. Certain cyber-building policies will also be formulated in this regard.

With the Internet getting murkier with each passing day, you never know what you will have to counter the next time round.

Moments that Changed the Web Forever - IV

I know I cannot continue with this topic forever... it might have gotten a tad bit boring. So, for the last post in this series, I shall talk about the four most impacting moments in the Internet's history.

Internet Browsers – October, 1969
Way back in the year 1969, the concept of Internet was being pondered upon by Professor Len Kleinrock. The idea took off when he tried to use a dedicated phone line to link a mainframe computer at UCLA to one at the Stanford Research Institute. He managed to transfer two alphabets before the system crashed. The second attempt, however, bore results, and the concept of Internet browsers came into being.

Google – September, 1998
This can be easily described as a historic 'invention' in the online world. Stanford University students Sergey Brin and Larry Page met in the year 1995, and within a year, started working on the concept of links influencing search engine rankings. In September 1998, they opened the first Google office in a garage, and changed the web forever. Google was the company that brought in the idea of profit sharing through search engines. Today, it is considered to be one of the most influential web entities in the world.

Netscape – August, 1995
Netscape was the pioneering effort in the field of Internet browsers. After going public with its shares in 1995, it actually went on to prove that the web is a great place for all kinds of marketing activities. The legacy has been carried forward by a number of web entities, many of which even went defunct in the process. But, Netscape continues to stand tall and make new strides in the online marketplace.

The World Wide Web – December, 1990
What can be bigger than the Web itself? The greatest moment in the history of the web is the moment of its creation. In the year 1990, the world got its Christmas present in the form of the world's first web server. The brains behind this operation were that of Tim Berners Lee and Robert Cailliau of the CERN research lab in Geneva. The first-ever content posted on the web was the CERN phone directory.

Today, the World Wide Web impacts almost every aspect of our lives, both personal and professional. And yes, this blog is very much a part of the same web!

One Big, Happy Internet Family

When we talk of the World Wide Web, the use of names like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft is inevitable. These three giant corporations are easily the most ubiquitous of the millions of entities entangled in this web. They are growing, and how! Whether it is a web portal, or software technologies, these companies have made acquisitions left, right and centre.

Shelving out billions every year, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have made sure that no other company manages to topple them from the top three positions they have held on to for ages now. Don't believe me? Check out this list of prominent acquisitions made by these three companies in the last decade.

Google
Founded by Stanford University students Larry Page and Sergey Brin in the year 1998.

• Picasa (2004)
• Stake in AOL (2005)
• YouTube (2006)
• Postini (2007)
• FeedBurner (2007)
  

Yahoo
Founded by Stanford University students Jerry Yang and David Filo in the year 1994.

• GeoCities (1999)
• Overture (2003)
• del.icio.us (2005)
• Flickr (2005)
• BuzzTracker (2007)
  

Microsoft
Founded by Harvard graduate Bill Gates in the year 1978.

• Vermeer Technologies (1996)
• Hotmail (1997)
• DesktopStandard Corporation (2006)
• Parlano (2007)
• Jellyfish.com (2007)
  

Apart from these acquisitions, these companies have, time and again, developed or founded their own web applications for users worldwide. It won't be an understatement to say that every second website or web programme available on the web is a part of this one big, happy Internet family!