Posts in The Future of the Internet

By Matt Guzio, Posted in The Future of the Internet

Text message spam has been a problem recently with people who own smart phones or just normal cell phones; many have been wondering how they can stop this from getting any worse. Receiving daily text messages from a service can be quite annoying especially if the user did not sign up for those updates. Not only can these messages become bothersome, sometimes smart phone users get text messages from services that contain malware or other content that could potentially infect your phone causing it to work slo... read more.

• February 19, 2013
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By Natalie Contreras, Posted in The Future of the Internet

Mimeisthai will surely open your eyes to the whereabouts of today's technology. TED is a worldwide group of conferences, all non-profit, that meet up to share ideas and to promote innovation under the motto "Idea's Worth Spreading". TEDXSydney met at Clemenger BBDO in Sydney Australia where they set up Mimesithai. But what is Mimeisthai? Mimeisthai picks up on trending (verbal) topics within a room full of humans and visualizes them for you. No need to log on and Tweet about it, Mimesithai is alread... read more.

• June 27, 2012
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By Adam Smith, Posted in The Future of the Internet

Social media has been a wonderful platform for connecting friends and family in a casual atmosphere for many years now. As the prevalence of this technology has increased among many age groups, social media has since been useful in more serious circumstances. It was just six months ago that the New York Police Department created a social media unit to fight crime, sometimes before it ever begins. For example, when rioters start to plan their mischievous acts via Twitter or Facebook, NYPD will be able to re... read more.

• February 08, 2012
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in The Future of the Internet

Back in October of this year, comScore released an article that coined the name "digital omnivore," a term used to describe Internet users who are actively participating in the evolution of how we consume content on the Web. Imagine a type of Darwinian image of man's ascent; take this common depiction and add man with a clunky computer, man on a slightly smaller computer, man with his first laptop, followed by a smart phone and maybe end with man on his iPad 2. Changes across our digital landscape are af... read more.

• December 30, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in The Future of the Internet

One of the greatest parts of the holiday season is the joyful music that plays starting around Thanksgiving all the way until Christmas Day. I think holiday tunes help create a hopeful soundtrack for the holiday season, as they bring people together singing in unison, the traditional lyrics to songs that remind us of our youth, happier times and the reason for the holiday. All around the world people are celebrating, and thanks to the Internet and one church’s mission to unite the musically inclined... read more.

• December 23, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in The Future of the Internet

The ING NYC Marathon kicks off this weekend and over 40,000 people will partake in the 26.2 mile run that covers all five of NYC's boroughs. The NYC Marathon is part of the World Marathon Majors, bringing Olympians and the average runner together on one course, for one day, every year. Since 1970, runners have signed up to take the 26.2 mile challenge in NYC, dedicating the average 18 weeks of training to prepare the body to face the impending runners "wall." Over the years, technology has played a large r... read more.

• November 01, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in The Future of the Internet

Voters "like" politicians who are using social media. Whether you support President Obama's political platform or not, the 2008 candidate not only stole the show as one of the youngest and first African-American presidents to be elected, but he also set the precedent for political campaigning which will require all future candidates to jump on the social media bandwagon.President Obama leveraged social media in such a way that now, in 2011 when the primary elections are just around the corner, any activity... read more.

• October 26, 2011
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By Mary Manzo, Posted in The Future of the Internet

Ten months ago the US Federal Communications Commission imposed a new set of rules, "Preserving the Open Internet," that was finally published last Friday and is set to take effect on November 20 of this year. Though these rules were created with consumer protection concerns in mind, both private companies and public advocacy groups are now suing the FCC for their new rules. Is a truly free and universal Internet only attained without any government regulation or controls? At the same time, private-sector... read more.

• September 29, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in The Future of the Internet

Over the summer, the band OK Go, Pilobolus choreographers and Google revealed a dynamic music experience that gave users a taste of HTML5's impressive capabilities with All is not Lost. The ongoing production of revising the current HTML standard, HTML4, will give users more options with website design and user interaction, which is illustrated by the All is not Lost HTML5 music experience. The newest revision of HTML is in the works and developers are working hard to see that the new hypertext markup lang... read more.

• September 16, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in The Future of the Internet

Online Education on the Rise Online education is an enterprise that offers accredited programs for students of all kinds. For the student who wants to "earn while you learn," (hattos.com) online degree programs are beneficial and convenient. The New York Times explains in the article entitled "Online Enterprises Gain Foothold as Path to a College Degree." "As Wikipedia upended the encyclopedia industry and iTunes changes the music business, these businesses have the potential to change higher education." ... read more.

• August 26, 2011
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