This morning, thousands of companies and millions of websites have switched on the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6.

Google, Facebook and Yahoo, are switching (as expected), as well as ISPs in more than 100 countries, Cisco, Akamai, Comcast and more are also switching.

Heres what you need to know:

It's necessary, because we're running out of space. The last blocks of 4.3 billion IP addresses enabled by the current Internet Protocol - IPv4 - were assigned in February 2011. Asia Pacific has already run out of room. Europe will run out of room this year. The U.S will run out of room next year.

The Internet of things depends on it. IPv6 provides more than 340 trillion, trillion, trillion addresses - Which is essentially an "unlimited number, "

This "holiday had to happen. For a while, we have known that we were going to run out of IP addresses but a few were willing to make the first move.

The internet will not break. 

The new addresses are not virgin territory anymore. If you were hoping to somehow avoid distributed denial of service attacks with the switch. Then think again...

This is no hype; this is serious! Vint Cerf the Internet's Godfather says "it's not a technical freedom that's at stake - its a matter of avoiding state censorship, too.

You can test your iPv6 connectivity here.

Akamai· Breaking News· Cisco· Comcast· Facebook· Google· Internet· IPv6· News· Running out of IP addresses· Worldwide· Yahoo

IPv6 Rolling Out Today! Here's what you need to know

This morning, thousands of companies and millions of websites have switched on the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6.

Google, Facebook and Yahoo, are switching (as expected), as well as ISPs in more than 100 countries, Cisco, Akamai, Comcast and more are also switching.

Heres what you need to know:

It's necessary, because we're running out of space. The last blocks of 4.3 billion IP addresses enabled by the current Internet Protocol - IPv4 - were assigned in February 2011. Asia Pacific has already run out of room. Europe will run out of room this year. The U.S will run out of room next year.

The Internet of things depends on it. IPv6 provides more than 340 trillion, trillion, trillion addresses - Which is essentially an "unlimited number, "

This "holiday had to happen. For a while, we have known that we were going to run out of IP addresses but a few were willing to make the first move.

The internet will not break. 

The new addresses are not virgin territory anymore. If you were hoping to somehow avoid distributed denial of service attacks with the switch. Then think again...

This is no hype; this is serious! Vint Cerf the Internet's Godfather says "it's not a technical freedom that's at stake - its a matter of avoiding state censorship, too.

You can test your iPv6 connectivity here.

Yahoo has launched a new search software which offeres results as a swipeable string of webpage previews rather than a list of links.

The service is being released as a an app for Apple's iPads and iPhones, and also a plug-in for all web browsers.

This new app may help Yahoo fightback from is declining popularity of its search tools. Adverts are not included in the results which means that Yahoo will not be making money off this app.

Also in the app:

• A list of trending search topics when the service is activated.
•  The ability to deduce which page previews are wanted and display them before the full query has been typed in. (Like Google Chromes Url bar)
• Different devices can share bookmarks, partly-completed searches and customised home page.
• Social sharing options have also been added, Twitter, Interest and email.  Surprisingly no Facebook or Google+.

Yahoo's special products management director Ethan Batraski Blogged:

"By supercharging the browser with a visually rich experience and seamlessly connecting that experience across all of your device, we are delivering an experience that will change the game"

He also added:

"We decided to remove all the noise so you can focus on what you really want."

The app at the moment is only available in the US, but will become available to France, the UK, and other markets by the end of the year.

 

Apps· iPad· iPhone· Yahoo

Yahoo Launches Visual Search App

Yahoo has launched a new search software which offeres results as a swipeable string of webpage previews rather than a list of links.

The service is being released as a an app for Apple's iPads and iPhones, and also a plug-in for all web browsers.

This new app may help Yahoo fightback from is declining popularity of its search tools. Adverts are not included in the results which means that Yahoo will not be making money off this app.

Also in the app:

• A list of trending search topics when the service is activated.
•  The ability to deduce which page previews are wanted and display them before the full query has been typed in. (Like Google Chromes Url bar)
• Different devices can share bookmarks, partly-completed searches and customised home page.
• Social sharing options have also been added, Twitter, Interest and email.  Surprisingly no Facebook or Google+.

Yahoo's special products management director Ethan Batraski Blogged:

"By supercharging the browser with a visually rich experience and seamlessly connecting that experience across all of your device, we are delivering an experience that will change the game"

He also added:

"We decided to remove all the noise so you can focus on what you really want."

The app at the moment is only available in the US, but will become available to France, the UK, and other markets by the end of the year.