Social Media, Connectivity & Communications

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is funding the development of a technical plan for controlling the top level domains, like .com and .org

Since 9/11, some security experts have pushed the idea that peer-to-peer alert systems that rely on openness and the crowd can save lives, particularly when centralized communications and decision-making break down.

Microsoft said Thursday it will build on existing efforts to bridge the digital divide worldwide and announced several new ventures, including a $3 software package for governments that subsidize student computers.

No wonder the system is broken.

Technology is meant to make life easier for those who take advantage of it, but an advantage for some is a disadvantage for others. No one can deny that the Internet has made life easier, but the findings of a recent global United Nations report found that only 3 percent of Web sites are accessible to persons with disabilities.

Road warriors, fasten your seat belts. It’s time to turn your car into a Wi-Fi hotspot.

"The real stuff that slows people down is internal spam."

That’s the idea researchers are exploring — really

It is the largest user-contributed mesh network in the world today

The goal is to "encourage those peoples to join the public powers in the environmental management of the country," Francisco Costa of the Environment Ministry said in a statement. "The government intends to strengthen the Forest People’s Network, a digital web for monitoring, protection and education."