Let inventiveness again lead the country to new plateaus of high growth and to new solutions for the problem of bringing everyone into the Internet age.

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One of the claims she makes is that in the age of Internet-dating women have assumed a new kind of power.

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Similarly, in the new Internet age that we live in, the media can offer the nation a better understanding of the plight of immigrants who are living in this country and the kinds of problems that legislation can redress.

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But what is also striking is that both he and the Bank of England's brainy financial stability director Andy Haldane have been waxing lyrical about the long-term potential of new-age internet-based lenders - what are known as peer-to-peer lenders - to significantly reduce our dependence on traditional banks.

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He added it was likely new laws would be needed to maintain privacy and freedom of expression in the internet age.

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Does CouchSurfing represent something new, then, or is it simply an Internet-enabled version of the age-old practice of crashing with the friend of a friend of a neighbor of a third cousin of someone you sat next to on a bus?

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As industries evolve and adapt in the age of the internet, musicians, artists, writers and all sorts of other creative types are finding new ways to adapt and flourish.

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