1984, 243, 269

2001: A Space Odyssey, 367

20th century, xii, xliii, 89, 101, 128, 188, 246, 249, 259, 273, 417, 490, 493, 499

21st century, xxvi, 4, 17, 46, 57, 96, 111, 174, 197, 200, 218, 227, 273, 379, 499, 504, 533

24/7, 24, 475, 478, 485, 495, 498, 503, 508, 509, 511, 514, 515, 519, 521

30 Days, 118

3-D, xxxii, xxxvii, 22, 24, 176, 203, 298, 299, 301, 304, 309, 312, 313, 314, 321, 322, 324, 326, 329, 333, 338, 339, 343, 350, 351, 352, 354, 356, 358, 386, 408, 454, 534

3G (high speed wireless and phone connections), 22, 70, 71

4-Hour Work Week, The, 489

43 Folders, 489

8aweek, 489

9/11 (September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks), 284

ABC, 484

accelerometer, 368, 380–381

accountability, 101, 238, 260, 295

activists, xi, xxii, 95, 97, 180, 235, 525, 540

advertising and advertisements, xii, 149, 150, 151, 166, 172, 190, 195, 201, 208, 209, 215, 221, 243, 247, 250, 253, 256, 326, 440

adware, 256, 437

affordable access to Internet, 4, 9, 10, 15, 16, 31, 440, 464

aggregate, 246, 252, 261, 327, 434

Africa, xxxiii, 3, 9, 14, 20, 51, 71, 83, 105, 115, 153, 203, 254, 300, 438, 481

air typing, xxvii, xxix, xxxviii, 363, 365, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 381, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 394, 395, 397, 399, 400, 401, 405, 407, 408, 535

Akamai, 437

AKARI, 430

Alltel, 22

Al-Qaeda, 120, 123, 125

alternate reality and realities, 316

always-on connections, 234, 439, 466–467, 482, 489, 497

Amazon.com, 152, 162, 166, 210, 214, 384, 479, 540

ambient technology, 328, 378

America Online (AOL), 156, 446, 483

Android (smartphone OS), 11, 22, 327

anonymity, xxvi, 81, 82, 101, 113, 118, 169, 227, 231, 235, 237, 239, 245, 250, 257, 258, 260, 261, 264, 273, 279, 283, 285, 287, 294, 349, 437, 533

antisocial behavior, 340

Apple, x, xxxiv, 21, 22, 52, 65, 147, 166, 214, 380, 391, 394, 397, 408, 419