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5th Nov 2012, 7:25 AM
The current number of Internet users is 2.2 billion. In 2002 there were just 600 million - that's an increase of over 367% in a decade.



Facebook ingests over 500 terabytes of data every day. This includes 2.7 billion likes and 300 million photo uploads daily.



Up to 40% if all accounts & 8% of all messages on social media sites are created by spammers.



Every month Google handles 100 billion searches. That's almost 40.000 every second.



The first webcam was created at the University of Cambridge, UK. They used it to monitor a coffee pot.



The world's first website & web server launched on August 6, 1991. Published by physicist Tim Berners-Leem the address was info.cern.ch.



The most expensive domain name ever sold is Insure.com at $16 million, Sex.com sold for $14 million.



97.8% of Iceland's population use the Internet - the highest in the world. The USA has 78.3%, China 38.4% & North Korea the lowest at 0%.



Philip M. Parker designer an algorithm that makes books from info on the web. The 'world's most prolific author0s has created over 200,000 books.



The weight of all information on the Internet is 0.2 millionths of an ounce. That's the equivalent of the smallest possible grain of sand.



Source of information was found in the video below:


changed: mat (5th Nov 2012, 4:36 PM)
 
 
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3rd Dec 2012, 11:39 PM
Someday we all be using the net. And then the life will become much easier I think!
 
 
 
   
   
 
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