friend of a friend (FOAF), 342

friends (friendship), vi, xiii, xxvi, 11, 29, 59–60, 71–72, 107–148, 181–233, 293, 336, 338–340, 385, 388, 426

Friendster, 339

fundamentalism (fundamentalists), 215

Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It The, 79

games, gaming. See computer games

Garfield, Bob, 240

Garlik, 331

Gates, Bill, 368

geeks, 87, 379, 412

General Social Survey, 270

Generation Me, 229

Generation X, 197, 199, 216, 221–222, 256, 280

Generation YSee also Millennials, 181–233

Generation Z, 226

generational, 143, 194–195, 231

generative technologies (non-generative), 79

genetics, 45, 55, 191, 366, 369, 379

geography, 7, 109, 119, 121, 327, 349, 381

GeoNames, 331

Giant Global Graph, 343

Gibson, William, 388

global village, 270

global-positioning systems (GPS), 105, 145, 320

globalization, 121

Gmail, 72–73, 83, 417

Goldman, William, 391

Google, v, xi, xiv, xxii, xxv, 1–68, 72, 78–80, 82–83, 85, 87, 93–95, 93–95

Google (continued)

, 119, 133, 139, 151–152, 154, 171, 176, 179, 189, 195, 198, 241, 247, 273, 294–295, 302–303, 306, 312, 319, 326–327, 337, 344, 347–350, 353, 357, 360, 368–369, 381–382, 384–385, 387–388, 392, 399, 403–404, 406–407, 415–417, 424, 426–427

Google Books, 174, 409

Google Chrome OS, 74, 86

Google Docs, xxv, 70–71, 76, 84, 92, 100, 105

Google Earth, 258

Google Gears, 106

Google Latitude, 211

Googling (verb), 418

gossip, 45, 142, 232

Gov 2.0, 249

grassroots, 78, 243, 253, 288, 337

grid (electric), 18, 425

grid (and off-grid, Internet), 281

Guitar Hero, 380

Gutenberg, Johannes, 7, 10, 168, 176

hacker (hacked, hacking), 145, 191, 303, 314, 324, 384, 421, 427

handheld devices, 59, 77, 79, 96, 102–103, 376, 390

haptic, 159

hardware, 74, 79, 86, 92, 95, 99, 103–104, 290, 294, 344, 351, 385, 390, 398

Harmonics, 380

hashtagSee also tag, 154, 331, 350, 355

health (health care), 23, 25–26, 134, 191, 197, 206, 243, 259, 270, 378, 383, 385, 400, 415, 431