Date: 23/06/11 Icann launches facility to ease DNSSec adoption
Internet oversight body Icann has joined forces with internet exchange firm Packet Clearing House to launch the first of three facilities designed to boost the adoption of DNSSec among country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs). Launched in association with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, the facility will allow regions to benefit from DNSSec without needing to invest millions in building and managing the infrastructure for their relevant ccTLD, said Icann.
Date: 23/06/11 Azerbaijan launches standard time on internet
The standard time will be applied throughout scientific research work and in communications, transport, medicine and other fields. Standard time determined by the initial state time and frequency standard started to function on official website
Date: 23/06/11 Internet providers cut international channel renting costs by 60%
Primary Internet Service Provider - Delta Telecom Company - reduces the cost of leasing int'l channels for the country’s Internet service providers. Delta Telecom’s new fees for renting out international communication channels are set at a fixed price of 30 manat
Date: 22/06/11 Google Notches One Billion Unique Visitors Per Month
Google’s websites had more than a billion unique visitors in May, the first time an Internet company has hit that benchmark, according to comScore data released Tuesday. Over the past year, Google’s unique visitors per month have increased 8.4% to just over one billion.
Date: 21/06/11 IBM launches new social networking platform for enterprises
IBM will today launch a social networking platform that allows organisations to track and monitor social data in real time.The company said that users of the technology, called Connections Software, will not have to wait days for analysis. The technology can be immediately discovered, analysed and tagged to meet compliance regulations.
Date: 20/06/11 Icann increases web domain suffixes
A global internet body has voted to allow the creation of new website domain suffixes, the biggest change for the online world in years. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) plans to dramatically increase the number of domain endings from the current 22.
Date: 20/06/11 Facebook Seeks Bigger Role in Software for Mobile Apps
Facebook Inc. is angling to play a bigger role in shaping the way software gets developed for mobile devices. The social network, which has turned its popular website into a platform for developing games and other add-on programs, so far hasn't wielded the same influence on mobile gadgets like Apple Inc.'s hit iPhone and iPad. But there are signs the company is trying to change that situation.
Date: 17/06/11 One Third of Millionaires Use Social Media
According to a survey of millionaires from Fidelity Investments, 85% of respondents use text-messaging, smartphone applications and social media. One third use social media professionally, with 28% using LinkedIn.
Date: 14/06/11 Facebook growth slows in stalkerbase heartlands
Around six million Facebook users in the US recently unplugged their lives from the dominant social network. According to data garnered by Inside Facebook Gold, the Mark Zuckerberg-run company saw its base significantly slip Stateside from 155.2 million users at the beginning of May to 149.4 million by the end of last month. Similarly, Facebook's users' headcount in Canada was down 1.52 million to 16.6 million, while the UK, Norway and Russia each saw losses of more than 100,000 users by the end of May.
Date: 14/06/11 UN declares web access as human right
The United Nations earlier this month released a report declaring the internet access a basic human right where disconnecting people from the Internet may be a violation of human rights and international law. “Each State should develop a concrete and effective policy, in consultation with individuals from all sections of society, including the private sector and relevant government ministries, to make the Internet widely available, accessible and affordable to all segments of population,” the document stressed.
Date: 14/06/11 US launches computer programme for poor kids
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced early this month announced a programme to offer low-income families discounted computers and affordable Internet services in an effort to narrow the digital divide. The city government together with Comcast Corp.,
Date: 13/06/11 Australia gives incentives for the use of telehealth
Nicola Roxon, Australia’s Minister for Health and Ageing, announced incentives available from July 1 for telehealth videoconferencing with patients in rural, regional and outer metropolitan areas, to provide more equitable access to health specialists.
Date: 13/06/11 UNESCO puts sustainable learning online
Last month, UNESCO opened for registration a global online education programme for 16–18 year-old students to learn about sustainability issues and solutions through the internet. While registration was opened on 23 May 2011, the online platform—www.gymp.org—will be fully operational only in September 2011.
Date: 31/05/11 24% of U.S. Adults have made phone calls on the Internet
The number of adults in the U.S. who make phone calls over the Internet has risen exponentially in recent years
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