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Why Google Fiber? Moat-widening Endeavor & Future of Computing.

Tech Zulu Event

Computers still need web browsers to power HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and many other core web technologies. The first half of the value chain is far more capital-intensive, so they weren’t able to move into those layers until the company grew and matured. Operating system (OS) – computers need an OS to provide a user interface.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. Don’t Stop Believing. Social Networking in Web 1.0: GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo!