6. The WEB is finally becoming UNIVERSAL… “1.8 Billion users worldwide – 26% of humanity – ¾ of populations in Western countries & about 10% in Africa” (Source: Internet World Stats) …and still its GROWTH is PHENOMENAL!! 400% globally since 2000 – 1500% in Africa – 900% in Latin America 550% in Asia and even 300% in Europe
7. SOCIAL NETWORKING is changing the web 350 million members, 5 billion minutes / day spent on Facebook, Twitter ‘s monthly growth up to 1400% v 2 out of 3 internet users are on social networks 4th most popular online activity (ahead of email) 10% of time spent on the web – and so on… (Source: Nielsen)
8. INFO FLOW: exponential growth 100M viewed videos on YouTube / day 15M articles on Wikipedia Synchronized GLOBALLY… 534M / month Add This users share articles in 50 languages, 1 article shared on Viadeo generates 5 new readers …in REAL TIME, from ANYWHERE Info is automatically and globally synchronized from anywhere: websites, smartphonesthru API …from ANYONE Any individual produces info that can to be shared, recommended, tweeted, etc.
9. The WEB is OPEN Platforms are open and interoperate thru APIs and web services, information feeds are shared. The next step: Web without websites? CONTENT is no more king The INDIVIDUAL is ! The web is about sharing & engaging “It’s not what you do but who you know” His differences make the difference.. even in a globalized world. Both from a personal & professional point of view
