Who Turned OFF The Internet?

TweetDeck

Welcome to all of our ABT readers,

In 1989 before the age of the Internet and Social Media or Web 2.0 as it is sometimes called, the students in China used fax machines for communication tools. Back in that day they met either death or prison for their efforts to engage freedom of speech.

Now the people of Egypt are using the Internet and Social Media to communicate. Considering that the United States have been friends with Egypt's "regime" for many years and the President's Press Secretary stated publicly that the use of the Internet and Social Media is considered a basic right and freedom. (watch the video)



We only have one question and that question is: Who turned OFF the Internet?

What is happening in Northern Africa today is being called the "First 21st Century Revolution" and that it is moving so fast that it is hard to follow.

Officials and news networks around the globe are using IT tools like "TweetDeck" to intercept  and make sense of the communications streams.

This is the sort of world event that will wake up the entire population of the earth to the raw power of Web 2.0 tools that are so freely available to many of the earth's people today.

We have entered the 21st Century, Web 2.0 is a reality. Can you imagine "A Brighter Tomorrow"?

We will post again soon,

Communication...Step Number Two

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Welcome to part two of the three part series.

Here we look at the future of communications in North America.

The Elements include Audio, Video and Data.

This becomes a rather complex topic which has been commonly referred to as convergence. This fifty five minute lecture by Prof Braunstine talks about a number of the issues that have been and continue to be a challenge to communication convergence in North America.



We are now seeing the advance of IP (internet protocal) technology which is changing the way all three of these elements are being delivered from source to end user.

As well we are seeing the distribution of broadband services into the rural areas becoming a high priority of National governments as well as those of States and provinces.

Therefore the next five to ten years may well provide communication opportunities heretofore unheard of in remote communities at costs that will be affordable to all people.

As an example I have included a link to the folowing webcast.

Boosting Productivity Through Virtual Collaboration

Click here to view this event:

This along with the smart power grid mentioned in the last post will provide two of the three main pillars of our future economic well being.

In our next post we will talk about transportation.