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New Facebook Data Center

By on Monday, January 25th, 2016 | No Comments

Facebook has anounced on January 24, 2016 that they will build a new data center in Europe. It will be located at  Clonee, County Meath, Ireland and it will use cutting-edge technology, making it one of the most advanced, efficient and sustainable data centers in the world. As Facebook subscribers and world-wide traffic grows, its data center […]

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Wikipedia’s Birthday

By on Sunday, January 17th, 2016 | No Comments

On January 15, 2016 the Wikipedia celebrates fifteen years of existance. The great mayority of Internet users use this excellent information source, available in over 42 languages, as the starting point for their online research. The English Wikipedia today has more than 5,057,447 articles for free online viewing.

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2015 Q2 India Internet Users

By on Saturday, September 26th, 2015 | No Comments

According to the report published by the Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the Internet users in India have grown 17% in the initial 6 months of this year, adding 52 million new users, and reaching 354 million users for June 30, 2015. This extraordinary increase originates in the number of the mobile Internet users […]

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State of Broadband 2014 Report

By on Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 | No Comments

The Broadband Commission For Digital Development has published its State of Broadband 2014 Report, dated September 21, 2014. The 110 page report (pdf format) contains interesting insights about the Internet and presents seven Annexes with charts and tables regarding Broadband Policies,  fixed and mobile broadband penetration, households and individuals worldwide using the Internet, based on […]

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Internet Spanish Speakers

By on Saturday, September 20th, 2014 | No Comments

Spanish Speakers in the Internet amounted to 222,406,379 persons at year-end 2013, and represent 7.9% of the total Internet users in the world. Spanish is the third language in importance in the Internet, after English which is first and Chinese (Mandarin) that is second, according to Internet World Stats. The largest Spanish speaking country in […]

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632 Million Internet Users in China

By on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 | No Comments

Internet users in China are up 2.3 percent totaling 632 million on June 30, 2014, from 618 million at year-end of 2013, according to CNNIC statistics report. China is part of the five BRICS countries, together with Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa. This group of countries are considered the five mayor emerging economies in the world.

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2030 the End of Extreme Poverty

By on Monday, April 14th, 2014 | No Comments

There are many initiatives in the Internet which are based on the use of the Internet as a tool for ending world extreme poverty. The World Bank and the United Nations are sponsoring them. World Bank Video

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Country Codes – ISO 3166

By on Thursday, February 6th, 2014 | No Comments

ISO 3166 is the International Standard for country codes and also includes codes for their subdivisions. Using the official two letter code instead of using each country’s name (which will change depending on the language being used) saves time and avoids errors. The ISO 3166 code is a combination of letters and/or numbers that are understood all […]

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Internet Users in 2020

By on Monday, April 15th, 2013 | 3 Comments

Only seven years from now it will be 2020, a very intertesting year because it will be the end of the twenty-tens and the start of the twenty-twenties. The big question is how many people will be online at that time?  Eric Schmidt has boldly predicted that everyone in the world will be online by 2020. This has […]

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SEO Help for Ranking New Websites

By on Saturday, April 6th, 2013 | 1 Comment

SEO Help for Ranking New Websites is a video from Google webmaster tools that contains valueble tips and advice that will clarify the does and don’t for successful websites. Good SEO should be included into all website designs. Good content plus good search engine optimization are the key ingredients for success with your website. Every […]

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