Steve Jobs probably didn’t have India in mind when in 2010 he made his ambitious claim about the arrival of post-PC era. Though Jobs was hoping the iPad — or the tablet category, in general — would replace bulky desktops … Read More
July 28 marks the 10,000th day since the birth of the world wide web. Happy birthday! You don’t look a day over 9,999. It all started back on March 12, 1989, when Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal for an information … Read More
1996 Image: web.archive.org Verizon’s $4.83 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s core business, announced today, marks the end of Yahoo’s 22-year run as an independent company. In January 1994, Stanford University graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo created a hierarchically-organized directory … Read More
China’s top internet regulator ordered major online companies including Sina Corp. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. to stop original news reporting, the latest effort by the government to tighten its grip over the country’s web and information industries. The Cyberspace Administration of … Read More
Everything that glitters is Internet gold. Thanks to YouTube and social media, beauty trends for men and women go viral at incredible speeds. One need only look at 2015’s galaxy hair, a trend that was birthed on the Interwebs and soon … Read More
It’s not uncommon for me to power through work, cram in a run and cook dinner before realizing I haven’t really connected with anyone that day. I’m up to date with my Instagram feed and exchange banter with coworkers in … Read More
The end of an era is coming: As of June 1, Internet will no longer be capitalized. No, there’s no law mandating the change, and the Internet will still be a thing, you’ll just start to notice a difference in … Read More