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Nicolas Rapp used Geo-Tel data to map the undersea cables that connect us
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This Is What the Internet Looks Like

posted July 18, 2012 by Hannah Rubenstein
This is truly what the World Wide Web looks like – it’s not ethereal, existing in a cloud (or “the cloud”); it’s buried beneath our feet, connecting us to one another in an intricate web of cables that hum and buzz beneath the oceans. Read more »
Tags: East Africa, fiber-optic, Fortune, globalization, Internet, Kenya, TEAMs
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A Digital Resuscitation for Dying Languages

posted June 20, 2012 by T.J. DeGroat
A language is lost every 14 days. But, by using modern phenomena — notably digital technology and social media — scholars are helping to document vanishing languages before it’s too late. Read more »
Tags: best of the blog, Enduring Voices, globalization, languages, linguistics, Social Media
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