Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Why we should support Wikipedia
November 19th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Dear Roger, A year ago, you gave £XX to keep Wikipedia online for hundreds of millions of readers. We are deeply grateful for your support, and we need your help again this year. Please renew your donation today. We are the small non-profit that runs one of the top websites in the world. The others […]
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Sooner or later, the Internet changes everything
November 9th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
This is the title of my latest column on Internet matters. I look briefly at three sectors: one sector where the changes as a result of the Net have already been dramatic (mail); another where the changes are still in progress (e-commerce); and a third where the changes are not yet too significant (broadcasting). You can read […]
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Now I’m zooming down the information superhighway as my broadband speed is boosted by a factor of 10
October 2nd, 2015 by Roger Darlington
I’ve never worried too much about my broadband speed since all I do is e-mail and web browsing. So I was pretty content with my download speed of up to 2.74 Mbps and upload speed of up to 0.76 Mbps. But recently my son and his family relocated to Nairobi, so I’ve started to use […]
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Over half the world still offline
September 28th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
A report from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) suggests that 57% of the world’s population remain offline. The annual “State of Broadband” report from the UN agency suggests that the number of people online over the world has grown to 3.2 billion, up from 2.9 billion last year, but that some 4 billion still do […]
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Why we need a DOT EVERYONE (4)
March 31st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
In my three previous postings, I have highlighted the Richard Dimbleby Lecture delivered this week by Martha Lane Fox which called for the creation of a new body to promote digital inclusion and debate Internet issues. Somebody who heard the speech live is Lord (Jim) Knight who chairs the Tinder Foundation on whose Board I […]
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Why we need a DOT EVERYONE (3)
March 31st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
In my previous posting, I provided a link to the full text of the Richard Dimbleby Lecture given this week by Martha Lane Fox. If you don’t have time to read the speech. you can read a summary of her views in this column in today’s “Guardian” newspaper. She begins her piece: “Britain could be […]
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Why we need a DOT EVERYONE (2)
March 31st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
In my previous posting, I linked to a preview by Martha Lane Fox of her planned Richard Dimbleby Lecture. The speech was delivered at the Science Museum and broadcast on the BBC. It contains much food for though and one big idea: the creation of a new institution called DOT EVERYONE. You can read the […]
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Why we need a DOT EVERYONE (1)
March 30th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Martha Lane Fox, formerly the Government’s Champion for Digital Inclusion and now CEO of Go ON UK, is giving the Annual Richard Dimbleby Lecture this evening. She will call for the establishment of a new public body to debate Internet issues which she has dubbed DOT EVERYONE and she has provided a blog preview of […]
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What do you know about the Internet of things?
February 25th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
My latest IT column provides a short introduction to this fascinating subject. Check it out here.
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Why the modern world is bad for your brain
January 18th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
“Our brains are busier than ever before. We’re assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumour, all posing as information. Trying to figure out what you need to know and what you can ignore is exhausting. At the same time, we are all doing more. Thirty years ago, travel agents made our airline and rail […]
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