There are few tools in the entire history of the world that have the range of a computer. Various social networking sites were instrumental in encouraging the Egyptian people to overthrow the oppressive Hosni Mubarak and helping them spread their message. Stocks crash, weapons are sold, governments are overthrown and re-formed at the will of the men behind the computers.
The pen has evolved into a keyboard and is even more mightier now than it has ever been.
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