men: finances and politics

men search farther and wider for information including financial information and political views

mundane tasks

men and women equally use the web to do mundane tasks such as but tickets and pay bills

gender in technology

men are more interested in technology than women. men are more tech savvy than women

women more connected to the use of email

women are more zealous online communicators an use email in a more robust way.

women have a tendency to be more involved with communication technologies. you see that in networking sites like facebook. so im not surprised women utilize email more than men. they are also more likely to use email to write friends

less disparity among internet users

recent studies show that women are catching up to men in overall use of the internet.

christainaity.com a bridging website

many religious sites are bonding sites. however, christianity.com attempts to reach non-believers as well. so with that as one of their goals, it is a bridging site.

cnn.com a bridging site

cnn, a popular site to find the latest in news can be considered a bridging site. though news is for the people as a whole, a lot of news is controversial and brings many people of different cultures and ways of life to one site to share the same information.

bogging... blogspot.com a bridging website

blogspot.com is, in my opinion, a good bridging site. because blogs in general are meant to share information and generate discussions, and or debates on various topics. people of different backgrounds and cultures can post comments on certain things and share a completely different view point.

christianity.com

christianity.com is a good christian bonding website. there are bible tools, study and sermon resources, devotionals, games and articles. you can even tune in to the Christian radio and listen to your favorite gospel music

facebook

facebook is both a bonding and a bridging site. the way in which i use it is bonding, however. in lieu of branching out, meeting new people, networking etc. i just make sure im constantly communicating with people i already know.

rivals.com a bonding site?

rivals.com is one of my favorite bonding websites. as a sports junky, especially when it comes to basketball, rivals gives me the chance to stay updated on all the latest sports on every level. i sporadically check out the high school updates to see who Americas future stars are, or i check out the college level athletes to see my peers as i am a college athlete.

leader in the fight for net neutrality: FCC exposes Comcast:

internet and cable company, Comcast slowed down certain kinds of peer to peer traffic on is network. after being discovered, people were outraged by such practices. the FCC publicly exposed them and was influential enough to force Comcast to change their policy.

lack of internet in paraguay

the SouthAmerican country, Paraguay has a population of roughly 7 million and just 600,000 are internet users according to internetworldstats.com. this is a fairly low number.

an increased demand in broadband internet

according to internetworldstats.com via computer industry almanac broadband(high speed) internet users worldwide is estimated to rise to 500 million by 2010. it was just 67 million in 2002.

internet in africa

according to diligent research done by internetworldstats.com, during the last 9 years(2000-2009), Africa has the fastest growing internet usage growth. since 2000, the the African user growth has augmented by 1,360%

standard internet vs brodband

according to internetworldstats.com, the increasing user rate for standard internet increases much faster than broadband internet in underdeveloped nations. in simpler terms, for less technologically advanced nations, it is more important to simply be linked to the internet, as oppoes to it being highspeed

north america, leaders of the internet wold

According to internetworldstats.com NorthAmerica is the leading nation in internet usage (per capita). In other words, a higher percentage of Americans use the internet than any other continent in the world.