A look at how the online world is changing
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Mass use on Internet started growing 20 years ago, and withing two decades there are now about two billion people connected to the online world.
Let's take a look at the growth of Internet and how it will evolve in the future.
Source: Business Insider
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Internet story
How old is commercial Internet? 20 years old
How many have access to Internet? Two billion
What's the total global population? About seven billion
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Image: An outsourcing centre in Bangalore.
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Internet access (G 20 countries, including India)
Fixed connection (2005): 230 million
Fixed connection (2010): 300 million
Mobile connection (2010): 700 million
Fixed connection (2015): 520 million
Mobile connection (2015): 2,700 million
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Image: Employees walk and cycle in front of a building dubbed the 'washing machine', a well-known landmark built by Infosys at the Electronics city IT district in Bangalore.
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Global Internet device sales
Tablets: 930,000,000
Smartphones: 850,000,000
Personal computers: 360,000,000
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Projected global Internet device sales
Tablets (2016): 2,700,000,000
Smartphones (2016): 2,300,000,000
Personal computers (2016): 300,000,000
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Monthly active Facebook users: 1 billion
Monthly active Facebook users: 550 million
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Social networks (monthly unique visitors)
Facebook: 160,000
Twitter: 40,000
Linkedin: 38,000
Tumblr: 21,0000
Google+: 20,000
Pinterest: 15,000
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Image: Jenna Sampson, a community relations manager at Twitter, works on the company's rooftop deck in San Francisco.
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Social networks
Average time spent on social networks: 26 minutes per day
Average time spent on portals: 18 minutes per day
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Market value
Market value of Apple: $623 billion
Market value of Google: $250 billion
Market value of Amazon: $150 billion
Market value of Facebook: $50 billion
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Old media vs new media
Market value of old media: $450 billion
Market value of new media: $1,500 billion
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US digital advertising
Google: 55 per cent
Facebook: 11 per cent
Microsoft: 8 per cent
Yahoo: 7 per cent
AOL: 4 per cent
Other: 15 per cent
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Advertising
Offline advertising share (US): 62 per cent
Online advertising share (US): 38 per cent
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Advertising share
TV advertising share (US): 42 per cent
Online advertising share (US): 38 per cent
Print advertising share (US): 9 per cent
Radio advertising share (US): 7 per cent
Outdoor advertising share (US): 4 per cent
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Image: Advertisements for Sharp are seen at an electronics shop in Tokyo.
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