#web25

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Happy Anniversary, World Wide Web.

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, the World Wide Web has been alive and kicking for 26 years. What a ride it’s been. Happy anniversary, WWW! Here’s a look back at the milestones over the last 25 years.

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Email remains the most important digital tool for workers. Just 7% of online job holders say the internet makes them less productive at work, but 36% say they spend more time working because of the internet and cell phones.

Other surprises from today's NEW #web25 report: Email still rules for online job holders, and they still prefer landlines at work.

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Are privacy and personal data rights “dead” in the digital age or merely in transition?

More than 2,500 technology experts and analysts were nearly evenly divided when they were asked the question, “Will policy makers and technology innovators create a secure, popularly accepted and trusted privacy-rights infrastructure by 2025?” 

Your thoughts?

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Information overload? Nah. Americans feel better informed thanks to the internet, says our NEW #web25 report.

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I correctly answered 11 of 12 questions on the @pewresearch Web IQ Quiz. Test yourself:

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What does URL stand for?

Go.

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Are cyber attacks likely to increase in the next decade? 61% of experts canvassed say yes, a major cyber attack will occur by 2025. 39% say no.

By 2025, will a major cyber attack have caused widespread harm to a nation’s security and capacity to defend itself and its people? Your thoughts?

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Karen Landis, user experience team leader for Belk.com, says the gigabit age will redefine what a "thought" actually is.

Good thing or bad thing?