What's happening online is so lively that it's hard to compare it to anything at all. It's like Wall Street at opening time, like New York's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for marathon time. So much happens on it every minute that technology can barely keep up. Namely, the Internet is an insatiable animal that is hungry for data, and with the advent of smart mobile devices, it is being fed by even more hands. Let's see what happens on it in 60 seconds.
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Do you still remember what the web looked like in the 1990s? We present to you various design trends that were once common on the web, such as Comic Sans, click counters, and animated GIFs, which are still used today, but in a different way.
This year, the Day of Safe Internet Use will be celebrated on February 10, 2015, this time with the slogan "Together for a friendlier Internet!". The main purpose of this special day is to promote the safe and responsible use of technology, especially among children and young people.
Sometimes there comes a day when there is not much work or it is simply raining outside and it is nicer to stay warm in the house and surf the web. Probably, each of us has at one time or another searched for interesting sites on the Internet or simply discovered new ideas.
Phone pinching is currently the most bizarre trend on the web. What is every smartphone owner's worst obsession? That his precious device falls on the floor. People who have succumbed to this new online obsession are challenging fate themselves by holding their smartphones by the edge with their fingertips high above the ground and where a fall would be fatal (above Niagara Falls would be an extreme but not unique example ). Check out a compilation of successful and failed attempts at phone pinching, every phone owner's worst nightmare.
Every minute we have the opportunity to learn something new. And Factoclock's informative online clock offers you exactly that. Every minute it serves up a new interesting fact that you probably didn't know before, and thus makes sure that you go to bed richer for new knowledge every day.
Today, like water and Wi-Fi pavement, Wi-Fi is a logical answer to the world's number one problem - the lack of a Wi-Fi connection at every turn. We can hardly imagine a world without a wireless Internet connection. Wi-Fi access points therefore accompany us at every step. Well, not quite on every one. However, you cannot catch him while walking. Or is it? In Buckinghamshire, England, they "opened" the world's first Wi-Fi sidewalks on a pilot basis!
Apple and the letter 'i' have been inseparable for two decades. Have you always wondered what the meaning of the letter 'i' in the name of Apple products is? This letter first appeared in 1998, when Steve Jobs introduced a new generation of iMac personal computers. Find out what it means below.
The use of the Internet has become something so everyday that we practically cannot imagine life without it. Nevertheless, only a few users know its interesting facts. And it's about time that changed. Learn interesting facts about the Internet that you definitely don't know yet!
Are you interested in when the first tweet was published, when the first spam was sent, when the first photo was uploaded, when the first transaction was made, when the first blog was published? Take a look at the interesting infographic that reveals when the Internet lost its "innocence" with e-mail, blogs, Facebook posts...
Online shopping is becoming more and more popular, but sometimes it can end badly. Are you also skeptical when it comes to shopping online? But maybe we should be! As with anything, but especially online shopping, you have to pay attention to the fine print, otherwise the purchase may not meet your expectations and you may end up buying a cat in a cage, as happened to these people in which we definitely don't want to be the skin!
What happens on the internet every 60 seconds? The Internet is a lively place! Are you curious about what happens there in one minute? The data from the latest research will shock you! Did you know that we tweet more than 400,000 times every minute and that over 300 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube every minute? Other statistics are no less staggering.