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The document summarizes the growth of technology use in the United States from before 1990 to today. It notes that 93% of Americans use the internet, with 73% having broadband at home and 75% accessing the internet at work or school. Social networks, blogs, emails, instant messaging, and text messaging on cell phones are now very common, with people spending on average 3.5 hours per day on their cell phones, including texting during work, at the movies, and even at the dinner table. The rapid adoption of new communication technologies like the internet, smartphones, and social media has fundamentally changed how people connect and access information.
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- 1. Faster than Light -The Growth of Technology
- 2. Snapshot93% of Americans use the Internet73% of all families have broadband at home75% have access at work or school50% go online from a library or public business center51% go online daily90% share a computer with other family members73% use the computer in a public space at home
- 3. before1990…1934 – first walkie talkie1949 – first pager/beeper1968 – the first video game console was created1971 – email invented1971 – first cell phone
- 4. after1990…The World Wide Web was launched in 1990 The first Blackberry went on the market in 1995palm pilot went on the market in 1996Napster was created in 1999Wikipedia was born and the first iPod was released in 200145% of all teens had a cellphone (2004). By 2005, that number rose to 66%, and two-thirds of those were using text messaging (2006)
- 5. Today..…
- 6. Social networksBlogsFriendster, MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc…E-mails, instant messaging, and text messaging
- 7. Cell phonesPeople with cell phones use them at least three and a half hours a dayText messaging is huge58% who use text messaging do so during work hours52% of people text while at the movies28% text at the dinner table26% check for messages within ten minutes of waking up
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