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Couldn’t explain it better myself!

How many internet brands and services can you spot?

If the internet was a 50s Broadway musical, it would feature eHarmony, Pandora, Evite, Twitter, and anything else that rhymes well enough for a song. OK, to really enjoy this, you have to be old enough to be familiar with West Side Story AND young enough to know your way around the internet.

What’s on the internet today? Same thing as every day! Parry Grip gives his usual treatment to the overwhelming number of such videos.

A browser is a search engine??? Really? It’s pretty hard to believe that in 2009, of all the people who were interviewed for this video, less than 8% actually knew what a browser was. I tell you folks, this is truly a sad day for the geek nation. It seems that we’ve got a lot of work on our hands to educate the infidels.

This ad promoting the Comcast’s high-speed internet access is absolutely brilliant.

This video dates back to 1969 and presents what could be described as an early idea of the Internet. I just love the reaction of the guy at 0:46 right after the narrator says: “What the wife selects on her console will be paid for by her husband at his counterpart console.” Society has certainly changed a lot since then hasn’t it?

Which wireless network caught your eye?

I love seeing web based notices like this in the real world…

Google gives a tour of their data center at a presentation in Mountain View, California, held earlier this month. Just check out the vast amount of technology used.