World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has unveiled his plans for a 'New Internet' that would decentralize the system and take power back from current kings including Google, Facebook and Amazon. With Inrupt, users can create their own 'personal online data store' - or POD - to house anything from contact lists to calendar items to music libraries. With Inrupt, users can create their own 'personal online data store' - or POD - to house anything from contact lists to calendar items to music libraries. 'I’m incredibly optimistic for this next era of the web,' Berners-Lee said. Berners-Lee established the World Wide Web Consortium in 1994, cementing himself among the top influencers in the technology industryThe Inrupt site will serve as a widely-accessible entry point to the tech legend's already-established open-source platform Solid.

Source: Daily Mail September 30, 2018 00:22 UTC