internet

Amazon’s Kindle Touch: 3G Minus Most of the Internet

Well there went the Kindle Touch 3G’s appeal straight out the window: Amazon now admits that while its upcoming touch-based Kindle will indeed be 3G-enabled, the places it’ll be allowed to visit along the information superhighway are actually not so super.

Where can the Kindle Touch go? Try the Kindle Store, no surprise, and—wait …

The Future of Local Internet Is…Edible?

“Hyperlocal” has been a buzzword for quite some time, based around the idea that the Internet should be talking to you about your neighborhood in particular, and not just some homogenous “out there.” But according to a new Pew Institute study, there’s one thing in particular users want from their hyperlocal surfing: food.

While …

Americans Spend over 53 Billion Minutes per Month on Facebook

So that’s exactly how much time I spend on Facebook per day at work? Kidding. Cumulatively, Americans spend more time on Facebook than on any other website. In the month of May alone, Nielsen estimates that the whole population spent a total of 53.5 billion minutes on the social network. That’s also about the equivalent of 100,000 …

Google, OpenDNS Make the Internet Faster, Starting Today

Does the Internet feel any different today? A little less sluggish, perhaps?

Admittedly, you may think that the net is pretty zippy as is, but that’s entirely dependent on the location of your domain name server at any given browsing time—something a new partnership of multiple companies called the Global Internet Speedup Initiative …

More Evidence That Slacking Off on the Web Is Good for Work

Go ahead and watch that funny cat video your co-worker sent. Chances are you’ll both be more productive afterward.

A new study found that browsing the Internet refreshes tired workers, more so than checking e-mail, sending text messages or making phone calls. Don J.Q. Chen and Vivien K.G Lim, of the National University of Singapore, …

As Rebels Close In On Gaddafi, Libya’s Internet Flickers Back to Life

Late Saturday, somewhere in Libya, a blinking light on a wireless router began to pulsate. It was the first time that most of Libya’s citizens were being connected to the rest of the world since Internet access had been killed in March. Over the weekend, data connections began to trickle in and out as the rebels gained on Tripoli.

Far …

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