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Tim Berners-Lee has launched #ForTheWeb campaign to defend free and open internet
•Berners-Lee said the full terms of the contract would be agreed in the coming months, with the objective to finalise it in May 2019
Inventor of Web, Tim Berners-Lee says Facebook, Google may need to be broken up
•Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Facebook have a combined market capitalization of $3.7 trillion.
The inventor of the world wide web claims that it can be 'weaponised' unless dominant firms are regulated: Report
Tech2 News Staff •The inventor of the world wide web blames the concentration of power as the reason for the lack of innovation stating how dominant platforms don't give room and create "barriers for competitors", instantly acquiring startups who challenge them.
Tim Berners-Lee: Data privacy, fake news and political advertising are the bane of the World Wide Web
Tech2 News Staff •28 years, later, what does Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the world wide web, think of his creation? Here's what he has to say.
India Ranks 33rd On The Berners-Lee Internet Index
Fp Archives •The Berners-Lee report measures the economic, social and political impact of the Internet, based on criteria ranging from the proportion of people online to the amount of useful content available.
WWW Inventor Favours Mobiles To Widen Web Access
Fp Archives •Tim Berners-Lee says entrepreneurs can build an economy using websites which work well on mobile phones.
Happy Internaut Day! Let's celebrate the occasion with some mind-blowing facts about the World Wide Web
Tech2 News Staff •Happy World Internaut day! 23 August has been celebrated as World Internaut Day since the creation of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee and his associates in 1991.
Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web and now he wants to reinvent it
Tech2 News Staff •Sir Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web somewhere around 1990 while working as a scientist for CERN. At the time, his idea was simply to create a tool for scientists to gather and share information. Little did he expect that it would be the life-changing juggernaut that it is today. He now bemoans that lack of foresight and wishes he could start over.
Say 'no' to Facebook's Internet.org, says creator of world wide web Tim Berners-Lee
Tech2 News Staff •Facebook's Internet.org continues to face massive backlash! Turns out, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web said 'just say no' to Facebook's Internet.org or 'Free Basics'.
The World Wide Web turns 24; here's what you should know
Nashdavid •There is a fine line between the Internet and World Wide Web. Today, in 1991, the World Wide Web was born! And to understand it more closely, we need to take a closer look at the origin of a project at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).