The Internet never sleeps.  Is it possible to even fathom the idea of any given moment without someone in the world being connected to the Internet for one reason or another?  It wasn’t that long ago that the Internet wasn’t even a thing, but anymore it’s something that we can’t do without.  Let’s take a look at “A Day in the Life of the Internet”:

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1984 is a classic novel written by George Orwell.  Published in 1949, the story centers around a dystopian society and its all-seeing “Big Brother.”  Essentially it is a cautionary tale about a totalitarian government that closely monitored each and every action of its citizens.

The actual year of 1984 has now come and gone, but with today’s technological advances and the nature of the Internet, in general, is it possible that we are approaching a Big Brother-type of monitoring of our on-line actions? We cannot answer this question, but we can provide you with the following infographic that outlines the nature of privacy and the Internet in 2013:

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What is web hosting?  Simply put, web hosting is a service providing the availability of space on a server connected to the Internet.  Ostensibly, this server space is used for hosting websites, although there are potentially numerous other reasons that one may want to employ the services of a web host.

There are many different types of web hosting available today.  This infographic endeavors to explain these different types of web hosting:

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Please have a seat.  You’re already sitting?  Well… good then.  Before we proceed, we want to make it clear that you’re in a safe environment and that we all care about you very much.

We’ve gathered here to talk about Internet usage.  Who’s using it, what are they using it for, and is it being over-used?  Here is your Internet Intervention:

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