CERN is where Sir Tim Berners-Lee first developed the theory of HTML and the Web as a working prototype.
Today's mobile smartphones can do a lot more things other than make and receive calls. Here are eight sites you can use for tracing a mobile phone location on the Web.
The last ten years or so have seen some amazing Web-based companies come and go (and sometimes come our way again!). Here's a quick rundown of the last few years in Web startups, as well as a look at where we might be going: Web Startups: A Look Back and Forward.
Speaking of Web innovators:
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You might have noticed something a little bit different about your Google search results lately. For more about what's going on, I invite you to read Google's Knowledge Graph, an in-depth look at how your search results are just a little bit more intuitive.
After you've read the article, and you've had a chance to see the Graph in action, come back and vote in our poll:
Most of us go online and shop at our favorite shopping sites without even a second thought. We give out our credit card numbers and other sensitive financial and personal information, click "send", and wait with anticipation for our product to arrive in the mail. However, even though the vast majority of shopping sites are indeed perfectly safe and secure, it's just common sense to keep your eyes peeled for a few things in your online shopping experience that will clue you in as to whether the site is safe to shop at or not. Read more in this article titled Five Tips for Shopping Safely Online.
You are able to be on the Web today searching for multimedia, books, and music because one savvy scientist saw a problem and decided to fix it. Read about Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web.
More about the beginnings of the Web
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