Only A Third of the World’s Population is Online
Via Statista. Select to embiggen.
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The future is already here, I'm just trying to aggregate it.
21% of Americans spend more on smartphone service plans than groceries
I missed this report is from late last year. It’s hard to believe but even if it’s not totally accurate it’s still directionally true that data-consumptions (especially if you count in-home internet) is becoming our most expensive “utility.”
Just over one in five (21%) spend more on their mobile service plan each month than they do groceries.
In fact, there are a few other basics that Americans spend less on than they do their mobile service plan. A third (33%) spend less on basic utilities such as water, gas and electric than they do their mobile phone, as well as cable TV (57%) and the Internet (71%).
The internet has created more than 3.6 million net jobs in the US alone, while driving more of the economy than agriculture and construction combined.
The Truth of the Digital Economy (via postsocialus)
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US resists control of internet passing to UN agency
Gee, really? Is anyone shocked by this? There’s no way we’re giving up control of the Internet. Sorry, just not going to happen. We’ve done a pretty good job with it so far. I’m actually hopeful that this kind of pressure will help keep laws like SOPA from being passed.
