Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia needs to be assigned an Internet domain name in the Cyrillic script in an effort to promote Russian as an international language.The Kremlin is worried that Russian, once the main language in the Soviet Union is being used less because of local languages and the influence of English.Medvedev said that 300 million people worldwide used Russian media and that a Cyrillic domain name would play an important role in raising the importance of Russian as a language.
Steve Jobs Will Break The Internet Today
Don’t expect the Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco to bring Twitter to a screeching halt this time. Twitter founder Biz Stone says the microblogging application is backed up and ready for a pounding.
Akamai: US Home To Attacks, Slow Internet
The content delivery network tapped its resources to produce the first of what will be an ongoing look at the Internet on a quarterly basis.
Internet Advertising Doing Quite Well
Internet advertising revenues reached a total of $21.2 billion last year! That’s billion. That is according to IAB, who published PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Internet Advertising Report earlier this month. That is also 26% higher than the previous year.
Google Analytics Eats The Internet
The popularity of Google’s free analytics service brought in a crushing wave of interest when it debuted. That wave flowed into dozens of the top 500 sites in the world.
Selling Out Our Control Of The Internet
I apologize for the liberal quoting of Matt Cutts comments over on sphinn, but I think it’s important to understand the ramifications of something like this:
PicLens – New Way To Browse For Pictures On The Internet
Well I’ve been using PicLens for a few months now, and I’m a bit late with this post, but if you haven’t installed PicLens yet for browsing photos on the web you are missing one of the most beautiful ways to view photography on the internet yet.The screenshot above does not do justice to the visual experience. PicLens is hands down the best I have ever seen photos look online.
NY Lawmakers Approve Internet Tax
A new bill called the "Amazon Tax" has been approved by New York Legislators and is now awaiting the approval of New York governor David Patterson.If Patterson signs the bill into law it will require online retailers, such as Amazon to collect sales tax on items shipped to New York. The bill is estimated to generate $50 million in tax revenue for the state.
The Internet Can Be A Distraction
Four weeks ago I had 5,250 emails in my inbox. Today? 10. What’s the difference? I’ve been on lots of airplanes in the past month. Why is that important? Because in airplanes there’s no Internet. Nothing to distract you. I find I can answer about 10x more email in a plane than I can on the ground when the Internet is there to distract me. That taught me an important lesson.
Virginia Schools To Teach Internet Safety
In an effort to prepare children and teens for the potential stranger danger on the Internet, Virginia is the first state to make Internet safety classes for all grade levels.It’s hard being first and one might imagine all 49 pairs of eyes (assuming one set of eyes per state, of course) will be on Virginia to see how educators implement the program, the messages used, and the methods by which the program is evaluated.