Umberto Segnini:

The internet came alive like never before as people around the world logged on to follow the stunning news of Michael Jackson’s death.
The story created such a surge in online traffic that Google returned an ‘error message’ for searches of the singer’s name as it assumed it was under attack.
And just seconds after the story [...]

Things are changing. That’s for sure. And in the case of internet we are now facing a relatively new trend on how the content is displayed for us.  The information is being distributed and presented in real-time streams instead of Web pages. Even if it is only in a early stage, the change is palpable. [...]