10 Real Facts About Internet You Probably Never Knew
The Internet was born forty years ago, in a lab on the school of California, Los Angeles. At present it wraps the complete planet and points in the everyday hobbies of greater than 1.5 billion men and women. Of course, it's easy to take the Internet for granted and forget that it's very much a work in growth. Here are some of the unknown information about Internet and its usage.
1. China has treatment camps for Internet addicts.
2. 30,000 web sites are hacked every day.
3. There's high speed Internet on the way up to Mount Everest.
4. When Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia, its Internet domain name went from .yu to .me
5. Researchers are debating on adding Internet addiction to the list of mental disorders.
6. Over 100,000 new dot com domains are registered on the web every day.
7. 9 million adults in Britain have never used the Internet
8. 50% of Internet users will quit waiting for a video to load after 10 seconds.
9. China has more Internet users on mobile devices than on PCs
10. The "Fi" in "WiFi" doesn't mean anything. The creators just called it that because it rhymed with "HiFi
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What you need to know about internet addiction | Dr. Kimberly Young
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. We are all a bit too connected to our smartphones and web-connected devices. Dr. Young helps identify warning signs of Internet addiction and what we can do to manage technology in our daily lives. She also asks "How young is too young?" for screen time, warning parents about the dangers of technology use in children as young as two. She offers strategies for how we can build "Screen Smart" schools, and introduces her new 3-6-9-12 Parenting Guidelines for managing tech use at home.
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