Sunday 17 June 2012

The Internet



How much information is in circulation on the internet (in gigabytes)?
Over 5 billion gigabytes.

What proportion of the world’s population can now go online? 
6,930,055,154 of the worlds population   

The number of people who could access the internet in 1995?
16million users 0.4% of the population

The number of people who can access the internet in today?
2,280 million users 32.7% of the world population
http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm




How has the internet changed the nature of information?
http://zanderh18.tripod.com/id2.html
http://mrinfrastructure.com/the-nature-of-it/nature-of-it
It’s almost like technology is our parent because we have become so dependant.

We’ve seen the industry evolve from sysadmins being a bunch of doctoral and master’s students to kids graduating from high school knowing how to program in a number of languages with a CCNA certification
The interconnectedness of today’s market means that everyone wants access to everything, NOW.
The internet has allowed us to start working from any location which makes life much more convinient and easier.

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/749/ar98/pdf/economy.pdf
it took  35 years for radio to reach 50 million listeners. Television needed 13 years to reach that same number of people. In comparison, it took the Internet only four years.

How has the internet changed the way we communicate?

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/749/ar98/pdf/economy.pdf

The Internet has reached farther and faster than any previous
communication technology. For example, it took  35 years for
radio to reach 50 million listeners. Television needed 13 years to
reach that same number of people. In comparison, it took the
Internet only four years.

http://willlonghini.com/post/3992576836/how-technology-has-changed-the-way-we-communicate
Technology allows us to stay connected to everyone we know, ones we don’t, and some that we don’t expect to interact with again.


One criticism that has been brought up about the use of technology in developing relationships is that people can hide behind the technology wall. One may be more comfortable interacting with another through text messages, instead of face-to-face.


How has internet changed privacy?
http://neweranews.org/blog/has-facebook-changed-our-views-on-privacy

"When I got started in my dorm room at Harvard, the question a lot of people asked was 'why would I want to put any information on the Internet at all? Why would I want to have a website?"
Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook.

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-3445_162-7323148.html
Today our private lives are no longer so private. 


"When we talk about a right to privacy, what we are really talking about is the right to control information we consider to be private,"


How has the internet changed businesses?


http://briangosur.hubpages.com/hub/The-Internet-Has-Completely-Changed-The-Way-We-Do-Business
The ability to connect with anyone anywhere in the world with a simple click of the mouse has given corporations a chance to grow and spread to every corner of the earth; and small businesses that would never have had a chance to succeeded,


No matter what your business is, it is difficult to succeed today without internet marketing

http://smallbiztrends.com/2005/06/top-five-ways-internet-has-changed.html

1. Email:
      Because it changed the way small businesses communicate in business

2. Google:
      Because it changed the way small businesses advertise

3. eBay:
    Because it introduced online auction sites where small businesses can now buy and sell for their businesses
4. Amazon.com: Because it introduced small business to e-commerce
5. Online networking (such as LinkedIn.com): Because it enables business owners to share ideas and find business partners all over the country


UK's Broadband Penetration

The UK's internet penetration last year in 2011 was 46 million which is 72% and increased this year to 47 million (74%). However 17% still use dial-up connection.