2016 is behind us and it's time to look back. In addition to heartbreaking losses, 2016 also brought us many new things. Read who are the people who became famous with the help of the Internet in 2016 and what they are doing to impress the world.
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Christmas is just around the corner and children are already eagerly waiting for the presents under the Christmas tree. Parents usually scare their children in the days leading up to Christmas that they will not get presents if they are naughty and that they should behave themselves because Santa Claus is watching them or they will be blacklisted. Good behavior today also means responsible web surfing. Kaspersky Lab has revealed which children were the most naughty in this area in 2016.
Do you remember how it was when we had to look for information in books? The younger generation probably can't even imagine it, but that's what life was like before the Internet. Did you know that we Slovenians entered the digital age 25 years ago, when we got our first Internet connection, after which data flowed at a snail's pace? Everything else is history. Life after the Internet is no longer the same. We do many things much differently today than before. What a very different, endearing way they outline these illustrations.
North Korea is the most hermetically sealed, most isolated and most secretive country in the world. This is also evidenced by the findings of the security engineer of the Uber mobile application, Matthew Bryant, who after an error in North Korea's web system (an error occurred in the configuration of the servers) was able to get hold of the list of all websites with a North Korean domain (.kp). He was surprised to find that North Koreans can only access 28 websites!
What is the most popular browser in Slovenia in 2016? The latest research by the company iPROM showed that Slovenians are still using the browser less and less, which was once a powerful leader and today is only a pale shadow of its former self. Its services are used by only a quarter of Slovenian internet users.
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.
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!
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...
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!
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.
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!
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.