Reddit, the self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet,” has finally earned a place at the social network table.
The online community, which allows people to submit content and vote it up or down based on interest, is used by 6 percent of U.S. Internet users, according to the Pew Research Center.
via Pew: 6 Percent of American Adults Use Reddit | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.
For full discussion and charts see: 6% of Online Adults are reddit Users | Pew Internet
Project Loon will use these solar-powered giant devices hovering 12 miles above the ground to beam down Internet to places where they can’t lay cable.
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Random House, the home of 50 Shades of Grey and The Da Vinci Code, has extended part of its publishing empire into the world of games with The Black Crown Project, a story-based online game based on a suitcase by first-time author Rob Sherman.
via 50 Web-Compliant Shades: With Black Crown, Random House Gets Into Games – Forbes.
I enjoy immersive RPG, puzzle and mystery games. This project is creative and looks interesting. I think the website could use some work…some of the text is too small/fuzzy. It has the feel of the cold war…typewritten messages, gas masks, stained green backgrounds, the content decidedly weird, dreary and at times gruesome/offensive. I think this game would attract those who like the Bioshock and Metal Gear Solid series (n.b. it is a story-based game NOT a FPS game) but it’s not for me.
From the website: “The experience is free-to-play, with opportunities for eager users to make micropayments to unlock story strands, expedite the narrative and acquire items and status within the world.”
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The article is an interview with the author who challenges our obsession with digital culture.
“Kodak employed 140,000 people. Instagram, 13. A digital visionary says the Web kills jobs, wealth — even democracy.”
“His book continues his war on digital utopianism and his assertion of humanist and individualistic values in a hive-mind world. But Lanier still sees potential in digital technology: He just wants it reoriented away from its main role so far, which involves “spying” on citizens, creating a winner-take-all society, eroding professions and, in exchange, throwing bonbons to the crowd.”
via Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class – Salon.com.
At this point, people probably associate the internet with wasting time more than they do with saving it. But as we get ever-lazier, we’re figuring out to use the internet to do things like connect garage doors to the internet, set temperature levels on fridges, do timed shut-downs on wireless routers and basically make it possible to control every element of domestic life from a phone app. All of these devices need to be on the internet to operate and Shodan – a privately developed search engine – has been busy sniffing them out.
via Is Shodan Really the World’s Most Dangerous Search Engine? | VICE UK.
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