The internet became unavailable across Syria just after 13:00 EST yesterday. A tentative report from the BBC suggests that the country’s citizens can now access the internet once again, though there is still a lack of explanation about what caused the blackout in the first place. The news that the internet had been cut in the country led to fears about the safety of its populace, who have been locked in civil war for more...
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The first website appeared on the World Wide Web on April 30 1993. That day marked the official opening of the technology, developed by a British scientist, Tim Berners Lee, working at physics institute CERN. The page has been returned to the internet by CERN to mark the anniversary, though there is one notable improvement. First Website Limitations Anyone who used the internet in the mid-nineties will surely be aware of the limitations that...
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Balyasny Asset Management’s, BAM, funds lagged the benchmark S&P 500 index by a wide margin. The Atlas Global (AGI) and Atlas Fundamental Trading (AFT) returned -0.29 and +1.4 percent respectively in the first quarter. BAM manages in excess of $3.7 billion, out of which $1.5 billion are under the Atlas Global Fund while Atlas Fundamental Trading manages $160 million. Both funds have almost no correlation to the S&P 500 index which is also exemplified...
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A cyber-attack from the web hosting firm CyberBunker slowed down the Internet for millions of users all over the world. The unprecedented attack was the result of spam-fighting group Spamhaus’ temporary addition of the firm to an email blacklist used by spam filters. CyberBunker offers services to any website that isn’t “child porn and anything related to terrorism.” That description of its services means that sometimes it ends up being linked to behavior that...
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It doesn’t take a tremendous amount of imagination to determine what you do in an “internet minute.” You need only get yourself a stopwatch and figure it out for yourself. Today, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) released an info-graphic that showed what occurs in the same minute worldwide. Your average minute involves the transfer of nearly 640,000 gigabytes of information through a network of connected devices that equals the world’s population. In that same minute in...
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Iran’s government has blocked access to Gmail and the Websites of its opposition through virtual private networks according to an Associate Press story. Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are illegal in the Middle Eastern nation, though they have been used by many to keep their internet usage away form the eyes of security officials. The country accelerated its campaign to block the tool after a series of protests in recent years demonstrated that its attempts...
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The Internet, social media in particular, has become one of the most powerful tools for expressing opinions around the world. The ability to reach millions of readers and organize activist campaigns has made the Internet a favorite medium for protesters. The Arab Spring was greatly empowered by social media and online activism. The result was a series of powerful revolutions, civil wars, and protests movements that swept several governments out of power, and challenged...
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It was an interesting year for technology IPOs in 2012, but for most of those companies going public, it was a better year than last. According to Mashable, 59% of Internet companies that went public had their stocks trading above their IPO price as of midday last Wednesday. In addition, almost half (47%) were trading higher than the price of their first trades. This compares to 2011 data that had 42% of the Internet companies...
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China’s legislature has approved an online information rule to protect the privacy of internet users in the country. The country’s top legislature adopted the rules to increase the protection of personal information online and uphold the public interest. According to the new, rule internet users are required to identify themselves to service providers when signing web access agreement. The decision was taken by lawmakers at the closing meeting of a five day session of the...
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The International Telecommunications (ITU), an agency of the United Nations responsible for ensuring the growth and sustainable development of information and telecommunications network, globally organizes the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. The conference will be attended by 192 member states and 535 sector members to review and update the existing International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs), a treaty established during the 1988 World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (WATTC-88). It was designed to...
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Most Popular Social Media Platforms For Teens [INFOGRAPH]
Social Media Platforms For Teens……We produced this infographic exploring the recent trends for teenagers related to Facebook and Social Media. We all hear anecdotally about the movement of teens to other (often mobile-centric) Social Media platforms. Teens and Social Media infographic 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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