A world run by internet connectivity for all aspects of life ,from efficient work operations and management to socialnetworking connections , it is no surprise that information is the foundation of our collective future.
That being said,here are some quickly facts about technology that you may surprising.
1) On eBay there is an average of $680 worth of transactions per second.
2) 91% of all adults have their mobile phone within arm's reach every hour of every day.
3) There are 6.2 billion people on the planet and 4 billion of them usimg mobile phone .Only 3.5 billion of them toothbrush.
4) Hewlett Packard, Microsoft , as well as Apple have one not obvious thing in common - they were all started in a garage.
5) 25% of Americans use only a mobile device to use an Internet.
6) There are 271 million subscribers within the United state alone, and numbers are quickly growing.
7) Two hundred and 20 million tons of old computers and other technology devices are trashed in the United States each year.
8) Every minute 100 hour of video are uploaded on YouTube by individual users.
9) 90% of text messages are read within three minutes of being delivered.
10) 30 million individual watch television programming from their mobile phones.
11) The average 21 year old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games ,
sent 250,000 emails , instant messages , and has spent 10,000 hours on a mobile phone alone.
12) The first computer was created by Berkeley Enterprises. Affectionately referred to a Simon, it sold for a pricey $300 in 1950.
13) It has been 40 years since the world's mobile phone call successfully take place.
14) On average,Technology users carry 2.9 devices on them at all times.
15) There are 350 million Snapchat messages sent every day.
16) Since the company inception,there have been 144.7 million individual visitors to facebook,making it the most visited social networking site as of June 2013.
17) Radioshack was one of the first companies to start the personal computer revolution,back in 1970, with its TRS-80.
18) The first mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1963; it consisted of a hard wooden shell and two clunky metal wheels.
19) The first mobile phone sold in the united states - the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X - was designed by Rudy Krolopp in April of 1984.It weighed 2 pounds.
20) Google handles an estimated 1 billion search queries each and every day,releasing almost 200 tons of CO2 per day.
You must be logged in to post a comment.