The BBC has a new series called Superpower – Exploring the Power of the Internet. Each episode explores a different aspect of how the world has changed with internet speed, and how we’ll likely never be the same.
The first episode is called On/Off, and in it they connect one remote Nigerian community by putting them online, while taking a South Korean family offline. South Korea is one of the most connected countries in the world, so that promises to be interesting.
In Blogworld, they explore the lives, stories and news from the best bloggers around the world. Virtual Revolution talks about how the web has reshaped our lives. Digital Giants talks to Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales as well as other key players who share their visions for the future of the web. SuperPower Nation finds out what the world is talking about in a unique, multilingual, interactive program. The Power of the Web looks at how disabled people from around the world share their experiences and become empowered by the web.
From their website, they invite you to share a video about how you see the world, follow them on Twitter, or interact in other ways, including a click on a link to see what the world’s top 100 websites are with their interactive graphic, as measured by the Nielsen company. You probably won’t be surprised that:
Searches are dominated by Google, MSN/Windows Live/Bing, and Yahoo
Retail: Ebay, Amazon
Social Network: Facebook dominates
Wikipedia dominates the Reference category
Video = YouTube
Blogging = Blogger, followed by WordPress and then Six Apart
Financial = PayPal
Travel = Trip Advisor
You can also check out their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BBCSuperPowerseason to explore their various stories.
Tags: Internet Speed