The Internet: Out of the Ashes

Michael Kubin

This article traces the history of the web from 1995 to the present time and makes predictions about its future.

E-Business

The Internet: Out of the Ashes

Michael Kubin, Evaliant Media Resources

The web is the most life-changing invention since television. Exaggeration? Not really.

In the past few years the internet has soared in usage, is available in well over half of US households, and is still growing rapidly. The web has caused major changes in the way we receive information, in how we entertain ourselves, in how we communicate, in how we shop.It fomented a speculative bubble of enormous proportions and survived and continues to thrive, well after the bubble burst. But in spite of...

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