Many pages on the internet have become unusable - often for reasons that are related to advertising. After all, running a web page costs money and ads bring money. However, there is a growing number of web pages that are pure plain-text. No images, no ads. Just plain-text. Plain Text Sports is one of these...
Tag: internet
A bit about PURLs
A persistent uniform resource locator (PURL) is a special type of URL that is used to redirect to the location of the requested web resource.
Why a decentralized Internet is important for Businesses
The Internet’s first two decades, roughly from the 1980s to the early 2000s, was built on open protocols and managed by the community. This allowed people and organizations to grow their Internet presence while knowing that the rules would not change in the future. This first Internet era saw the creation of huge web platforms...
Mary Meeker’s Internet Trend Report
Mary Meeker delivered her annual Internet Trend Report. Her 333-page slideshow is an overview of basically every important trend from last year and an outlook for the next year. Some interesting facts: 51% (=3.8 billion) of the world’s population are Internet users 2.4 billion are interactive gamers Smartphones are the primary internet access point Users...
