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  • The Growing Influence in Social Media

    Social Media

    Social media is growing exponentially and becomes a popular culture today. Social media is increasingly playing an important role in our lives, such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

  • Introducing Instagram for Android

    Instagram for Android

    The mobile internet world was caught by surprise by an announcement from the creators of Instagram, an extremely popular photo sharing app for iPhone.

  • When Silicon Valley Talks About Addiction

    Silicon Valley

    Technology today is seen to be an answer to many questions. As it grow more and more popular, it is becoming too powerful for many people that it starts to be addictive.

  • Social Media in the Olympics

    Social Media Olympics illustration

    The popularity explosion of social media networks offer huge opportunities to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) where millions of fans around the world on Facebook and Twitter will give their reactions to the game.

  • Behind Kaskus and Domain Names

    Kaskus logo

    Kaskus has stumbled into a problem with its Domain Name Server (DNS) since May 26, 2012. This made the biggest online community forum in Indonesia cannot be accessed for more than several times, decreasing its traffic drastically to 70 percent.

  • YouTube to Indonesia

    YouTube Indonesia

    Google has continued its push to localize YouTube across the world where it can get closer to its users and viewers. On Thursday, June 14, 2012, YouTube launched its dedicated local video site in Indonesia.

  • The Extra Second That Crashes the Web

    Leap second illustration

    On Saturday, at midnight Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), as June turned into July 2012, an extra second was added by the Earth’s official time keepers: the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS).