Internet Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/internet/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:48:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-WBP-FAVICON_7-32x32.jpg Internet Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/internet/ 32 32 Explaining New Media to My Dad https://old.wordsbyapro.com/explaining-new-media-to-my-dad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=explaining-new-media-to-my-dad Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:46:20 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1542 More than a few times over the past year, in the midst of going down an Internet rabbit hole, I’ve wondered what my dad would make of all this. A world of information at my fingertips; searches that beget endless questions. He still had dial-up when he died. The pixelated outer space sound would ping […]

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]]> The Wild World of Social Media Fame and Failure https://old.wordsbyapro.com/the-wild-world-of-social-media-fame-and-failure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wild-world-of-social-media-fame-and-failure Thu, 12 Nov 2015 05:02:58 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1456 Exposure, attention and the inevitable backlash associated with social media in a digital age is now a never-ending public obsession. Social sharing of every kind, be it through YouTube channels, online gaming or Instagram marketing, has contributed to the rise (and fall) of many online heroes and villains, and it will likely continue to do […]

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]]> Is Connectivity a Right? Gates and Zuckerberg Aim for Universal Internet access by 2020 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/is-connectivity-a-right-gates-and-zuckerberg-aim-for-universal-internet-access-by-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-connectivity-a-right-gates-and-zuckerberg-aim-for-universal-internet-access-by-2020 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:39:36 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1403 Recently, movers and pushers like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates signed a declaration shooting for universal Internet access by the year 2020. Zuckerberg went so far as to call connectivity a human right, and a White House report categorized broadband Internet as a core utility much like electricity and water. As the people of the […]

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