Google Tsunami Alert
The magnitude of the 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan today (and subsequent tsunami) not only hit the rolling news fare of BBC, CNN etc but also google.com which added the following Tsuanmi alert:
Tsunami Alert for New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and others. Waves expected over the next few hours, caused by 8.9 earthquake in Japan.
The end of the internet as we know it (and I feel fine)
Internet buzzwords tend to sneak up on me in the middle of the night like a pod-alien in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. From then onwards, I begin liberally using the new phrase to friends, work colleagues and associates as though it has always been part of my vocabulary.
Most recently, I was overwhelmed by a serious case of ‘digital media’ (often just digital for short), which has now seemlessly deposed the previous incumbent buzzwords (Online, New Media) as catch-alls to describe the broad sweep of internet-related activities.