1. It took radio 38 years and television only 13, but the internet reached 50 million users in only 4 years.
Which, of course, has a downside.
2. Latest figures suggest more than 70% of e-mail is spam, a whopping 54 trillion items per year at a cost of £60billion.
3. The first computer mouse was made of wood.
4. Your smartphone has more computing power than the Apollo 11 lunar lander.
5. Octothorpe is the posh name for #.
6. The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
7. The first hard disk was developed by IBM and had the enormous capacity of 5M.
Actually, 7 doesn't sound that interesting, until you see the picture:
8. A Twitter user with a million or more followers is a twillionaire!
9. Google is in the dictionary, as a verb.
And the final irony...
10. Bill Gates house was designed on a Mac!
Which, of course, has a downside.
2. Latest figures suggest more than 70% of e-mail is spam, a whopping 54 trillion items per year at a cost of £60billion.
3. The first computer mouse was made of wood.
4. Your smartphone has more computing power than the Apollo 11 lunar lander.
5. Octothorpe is the posh name for #.
6. The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
7. The first hard disk was developed by IBM and had the enormous capacity of 5M.
Actually, 7 doesn't sound that interesting, until you see the picture:
8. A Twitter user with a million or more followers is a twillionaire!
9. Google is in the dictionary, as a verb.
And the final irony...
10. Bill Gates house was designed on a Mac!
Last edited:
