Dotcom World-38: ONLINE DATING WEBSITE CREATES HISTORY

ONLINE DATING WEBSITE CREATES HISTORY

From the millions of people that may have met one another on Match.com, it is reported that one million babies have been born.

Courtesy: The Times of India, Chennai, Oct 16, 2014

Dotcom World-37: INTERNET SEES THE EXTINCTION OF FOUR LETTER DOTCOM DOMAINS

INTERNET SEES THE EXTINCTION OF FOUR LETTER DOTCOM DOMAINS

Every possible combination of four-letter domain names has been registered as of December 2013.  The 4,56,976 combinations that can be made ranging from AAAA to ZZZZ have all been used up.  The three-character domains have been used up since 1997.

Courtesy: The Times of India, Chennai, Oct 16, 2014

Dotcom World-36: The first registered domain name

The first registered domain name: 

SYMBOLICS.COM

Symbolics was a company that’s pioneered computer development.  It also made significant advances in software technology, and offered one of the premier software development environments of the 1980s and 1990s.

Courtesy: The Times of India, Chennai, Oct 16, 2014

Dotcom World-35: THE INTERNET TURNS 8472 DAYS OLD (as of Ocst 16, 2014)

THE INTERNET TURNS 8472 DAYS OLD

Although it has been 16,480 days (about 45 years) since the day the Internet technology was made, this year marks the 25^th anniversary of the Internet as we know it, the World Wide Web.

Courtesy: The Times of India, Chennai, Oct 16, 2014

Gratefful thanks to The Times of India

HAPPY  DIWALI  TO  ALL  OF YOU  -  

Suri and Family

Digital World-22: TRANSFER MONEY VIA TWITTER NOW

TRANSFER MONEY VIA TWITTER NOW

FRENCH BANK OKs TRANSACTIONS UP TO 500 EURO

For more details:

News item by Mark Scott in The Times of India, Chennai, dated Oct 16, 2014, page 15

Quotes for the Digital Age-1:

This is the age of total digitalisation; everything is online always.''Uh huh, and that's why our politicians are pure and clean, and the world works so well, is it? Because everybody knows everything and there's no hiding place ― Peter F. Hamilton

Computer World-21: HOW TO MAKE SYMBOLS WITH KEYBOARD

HOW TO MAKE SYMBOLS WITH KEYBOARD

Alt + 0153..... ™... trademark symbol

Alt + 0169.... ©.... copyright symbol

Alt + 0174..... ®....registered trademark symbol

Alt + 0176 ...°......degre­e symbol

Alt + 0177 ...±......plus-or­-minus sign

Alt + 0182 ...¶.......paragraph mark

Alt + 0190 ...¾.....fractio­n, three-fourths

Alt + 0215 ....×.....multi­plication sign

Alt + 0162...¢.......the cent sign

Alt + 0161.....¡......upside down exclamation point

Alt + 0191.....¿..... ­upside down question mark

Alt + 1................smiley face

Alt + 2 ......☻.......bla­ck smiley face

Alt + 15.....☼........su­n

Alt + 12......♀.......female sign

Alt + 11.....♂........m­ale sign

Alt + 6.......♠........s­pade

Alt + 5.......♣........­Club

Alt + 3................ ­Heart

Alt + 4.......♦...... ..­Diamond

Alt + 13......♪........e­ighth note

Alt + 14......♫........­beamed eighth note

Alt + 8721.... ∑.... ..N-ary summation (auto sum)

Alt + 251.....√........s­quare root check mark

Alt + 8236.....∞..... ­.infinity

Alt + 24.......↑..... ..­up arrow

Alt + 25......↓...... ..­down arrow

Alt + 26.....→.........ri­ght arrow

Alt + 27......←........l­eft arrow

Alt + 18.....↕..........u­p/down arrow

Alt + 29......↔....... left right arrow