Mobile Internet flourishes with Michael Jackson's death

Damian Koh | Jun 29, 2009

Network traffic overview when news of Jackson's death hit the Web. (Credit: Akamai)

When news of pop music legend Michael Jackson's death hit the Web last week, it brought the Internet down to its knees. People wanted to read the latest news. They wanted to share it. And they reacted to it. So much that microblogging sites such as Twitter simply collapsed under the weight of the Internet.

People are not only following the unfolding of events from their PCs, but are also keeping tabs on headlines off their mobile phones. Does it take the death of someone to realize how reliant on interconnectedness we all are? Share what you think. Has the mobile Internet benefitted you, or has this interconnected world become a burden bombarding you with information all the time?

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