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HTML5 has changed the internet but the world's now ready for HTML6
HTML5 has changed the internet but the world’s now ready for HTML6 Since the dawn of the World Wide Web in 1989, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) has evolved exponentially in the last two decades. The foundation for HTML 5 was laid back in 2004 as the aged HTML4 was struggling for relevancy amongst developers. HTML4 was standardised in 1997 and the world had begun to expect more from web technology.
Free WiFi is connecting minds, hearts and souls in South Africa: the Project Isizwe example
Free WiFi is connecting minds, hearts and souls in South Africa: the Project Isizwe example According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the internet can be defined as: That’s true, partly. As we advance into the 21st century, the internet as we know it, has transitioned into something else entirely. The internet is now malleable and can be sculpted into anything you imagine it to be.
The Dark Web and cyber crime
The Dark Web. The term was recently nominated for word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries, only to be beaten by an emoji, yes you heard that right. AN EMOJI. Jokes aside, the dark web is not an urban myth as some believe, but frighteningly real. Not to be confused with the deep web, the dark web forms a part of the world wide web where content is not indexed by search engines and is stored on secret servers and overlay networks.
Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, others join to fast track clean energy innovation
Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, others join to fast track clean energy innovation By Jacques Coetzee: Staff Reporter on 30 November, 2015 Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft’s Bill Gates — alongside a group of 26 other powerful business leaders — have launched an initiative which seeks to fast track innovation around clean energy.
2015: the year SA social media embraced Black Friday
Amongst a certain sector of the social media community at least, 2015 will be remembered as the year Black Friday truly took off in South Africa. According to data collected from the Social Studio media monitoring platform that was analysed by digital customer engagement agency, 25AM, mentions of Black Friday among South African social media users increased by more than 300% compared with 2014, with Checkers, Dionwired and Pick ’n Pay ranking as the most talked-about brands on the day.
Instagram introduces multiple accounts feature, then takes it down
Instagram introduces multiple accounts feature, then takes it down We here at Memeburn are always having this conversation, about how it is time for Instagram to support multiple accounts. This conversation is always categorised by angry rants every time we have to upload a photo or video on Instagram and have to go through the inconvenience of diving into the dustbin to retrieve passwords and usernames. It appears that we will never have to go through such trauma.
Amazon rolls out Jeremy Clarkson for Amazon Prime Air promo
Amazon wants you to know that it’s still seriously invested in drone delivery services. How invested? Well it’s rolled out former Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson to do a promo video showing off how Amazon Prime Air will work in the near future. As Clarkson — who signed with Amazon after being axed from the BBC — explains, the ecommerce giant has developed a new delivery drone prototype which combines vertical takeoff with through-the-air flying ability.
Is the Dark Web really the cesspit of the internet?
Is the Dark Web really the cesspit of the internet? The Dark Web. The term was recently nominated for word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries, only to be beaten by an emoji, yes you heard that right. AN EMOJI. Jokes aside, the dark web is not an urban myth as some believe, but frighteningly real. Not to be confused with the deep web, the dark web forms a part of the world wide web where content is not indexed by search engines and is stored on secret servers and overlay networks.
What actions can we take to bridge the digital divide?
What actions can we take to bridge the digital divide? Every day we wake up in the morning and take a glance at our smartphone devices to monitor social feeds and happenings around the globe. Throughout the day we will interact with connected devices such as computers, tablets, and wearable technologies that will ultimately make us more knowledgeable than the day before.
#FeesMustFall: 43 powerful photos from South Africa's student protests
University students at at least three of South Africa’s major universities are currently engaged in mass protests around academic fees, with social media spreading their grievances to a much wider audience. The protests, which kicked off at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) late last week, have spread to Rhodes University, and the University of Cape Town. While each student body has unique demands, much of the unrest is around academic fee increases.
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