Feb 4, 2009
Roughly 500 of the 3,000 people in San Francisco’s Bay area who owned computers in 1981 signed up in a test of getting proto-online newspapers. The World Wide Web did not start until 1992.
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the
International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
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