2010 is expected to be the year that social media will go mainstream for businesses. Social Media Integration is an evolutionary process for companies and clients. The stages can be summarised as follows:
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Robin Dunbar is a British anthropologist who recently introduced his theory of Dunbar’s Number. This theory explains the limit to the number of people you can realistically be friends with. The number is apparently 150, and Dunbar says this is the only amount of friends your brain is able to handle and this also applies to popular social network, Facebook.
Mobile analytics, Flurry deducted that the Apple Tablet does exist and that about 50 test examples are being stored at Apple’s head office. They also think that the Apple Tablet will primarily be a unit for gaming. Flurry runs on thousands of applications around the globe and is able to measure data such as operating systems and locations. They also concluded that the 50 devices are using the not yet released iPhone OS 3.2 software which have all been geographically located on Apples main Cupertino campus. The Apple Tablet is said to be released on 27 January even though the company traced the devices since October last year. About 200 of the applications that Flurry is able to track were downloaded onto these devices. Of about 75% of the applications downloaded 150 fall into the gaming category with entertainment and lifestyle applications being the next most popular.
The Chinese government has been accused of cyberattacks against Google which breached Googles’ security. The Minister of Industry and Information Technology denied these allegations 11 days after Google threatened to pull out of China unless they allowed them to run their search engine uncensored. The spokesperson said that Chinas policy on Internet safety is transparent and consistent. Another interview with Chinas State Council says that the government regulation of the Internet is legitimate and should not have any external influences. It is obvious that China would deny these allegations although it has taken more than a week to make a statement.
The internet was founded in the days when the US Department of Defence initiated a research project into the foundation of the World Wide Web which has evolved tremendously. Everyday more and more gadgets are being launched to make the use of the internet easier. This article takes a look into the future of what the internet will further evolve into.
