Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform that is used to generate Internet-based applications, video, animated and interactive content for the web. From a user’s point-of-view, Flash websites can offer a rich visual and interactive interface, where creativity is less bound by the limitations of code. However, the rise of HTML5 and the latest browsers’ compatibility thereof has been the catalyst of Flash’s demise.
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Google Plus: The writing is on the wall
Just a few short months ago, the Internet was abuzz with anticipation of Google + launching. The Pier2Pier team, of course we were among the first kids on the block to see what all the hype was about. Initially, much like a trendy nightclub, nobody could get an invite, and naturally then everyone wanted to join.
In obtaining 25 million users in one month, Google + quickly secured its place in cyber history by becoming one of the fastest growing websites. So why then is my newsfeed as dead as my childhood dream of growing up to be an Egyptologist?
Selfish Sharing
Social networking is big – everyone knows this. In fact, if Facebook were a country, it would be the world’s third largest, even though it is still not accessible in China. As it stands today, Facebook receives more weekly traffic than Google in the U.S. The hunger for information was previously considered the driving force behind the growth of online traffic, and maybe also the need for us to converse with others, but it seems that social media have tapped into a far stronger need – that of sharing.
