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3 visions for the future of the Internet

InfoWorld

The Internet may be the greatest creation of modern technology, and it is a work in progress. At the heart of its ongoing development are three different visions of what the Internet might become. In this article, we'll explore the three ideas guiding the technological and architectural future of the Internet: Web 3.0,

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BrandPost: How Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM) provides visibility into the end user experience

InfoWorld

At the same time, however, frustrated employees are filing trouble tickets over slow internet, customers are dropping out in the middle of online transactions because pages aren’t loading fast enough, and the brand is taking a beating on social media, with one post after another complaining about a poor customer experience.

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Ethical Social Media: Oxymoron or Attainable Goal?

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

For this generation, social media has generated a vast set of new ethical challenges, which is unsurprising when you consider the degree of its influence. Social media has been linked to health risks in individuals and political violence in societies.

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River, the latest venture from Wander founder Jeremy Fisher, launches with $10.4 million in funding

TechCrunch

River is meant to rethink the way we consume content across the internet. The app pulls stories and content from across the entire internet, including from publishers, Twitter and other social media, etc. adults get their news either “often” or “sometimes” from social media.

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3 Cybersecurity Technologies You Should Know

The Crazy Programmer

Modern-day internet users need to ensure they are protected, and companies should also set cybersecurity protocols to help keep their systems secure from threats. The majority of cyber-attacks actually use phishing or social engineering, where users are tricked into revealing personal information.

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The tech behind Artifact, the newly launched news aggregator from Instagram’s co-founders

TechCrunch

The launch was a surprise to many consumers, who wondered why the team behind one of the world’s most iconic social apps would return to startups to focus on one of the toughest areas instead: news. Machine learning is the “future of social” Image Credits: Usis / Getty Images Deciding on their next act took time.

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Matter raises $7 million Series A to build a better reading app

TechCrunch

A startup called Matter , which aims to build a better reading app for today’s internet, is launching out of private beta testing and announcing the close of its $7 million Series A, led by GV (formerly Google Ventures.) At the outset, one of Matter’s larger goals was to help people make better decisions about what to read.

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