Sad day is coming for many of us who lived through the internet explosion of the late 90’s and early 2000’s.
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InfoGraphic: Here’s What Happens During One Minute On The Internet
Ever wonder how many e-mails are sent via the web?
MAP: Location of Internet Cables That Carries Internet Traffic Around the World
99% of internet travels in cables that are underwater in the ocean.
Google Soon Will Help You Find Parking Spaces
Sign me up! New technology from Google will locate parking spaces for you. Continue reading →
What consumers spend annually on groceries
Grocery shopping is one mainstay of American society that hasn’t changed much.
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What was the first ever internet “banner ad”?
There is a first for everything and the internet is no different.
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Apple Music Streaming Huge Hit
Via USA Today –
One month after unveiling its new streaming music service, Apple has locked in 11 million trial members, company executives tell USA TODAY.
“We’re thrilled with the numbers so far,” says Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet software and services, adding that of that sum 2 million have opted for the more lucrative family plan at $14.99 a month for up to six people.
Apple Music, which launched June 30, costs $9.99 a month for individual access to 30 million songs as well as human-curation playlists and a live radio station. There is an initial free-trial period of three months. Assuming all the trial memberships are converted into paying customers come October, Apple would already boast half the paid memberships of reigning streaming champ Spotify, which launched nearly a decade ago.
Chart: Why Cable Television is About To Change….Dramatically
Via Wall Street Journal (full article here) –
TV viewership is dropping across all age demographics, of course, as cord-cutting and cord-shaving pick up, and online video grows in popularity.
And younger people have always watched less TV than older groups — that’s why advertisers generally pay a premium to reach them.
Amazon Turns 20
On July 16th Amazon will be celebrating the companies 20th birthday in a big way…..
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Chart Showing Why Newspapers Are Failing
Pick up a newspaper today and it’s awful. The journalists are “Social Justice” evangelicals and the stories are stale. Economics plays into that because ad revenue is heading towards the Internet (blogs, podcasts and online news) and leaving scraps behind for newspapers. This leaves them to hire the undesirables in reporting. Here is a great graph illustrating newspaper demise.
Hoosier Econ 