Web content consumption through the years

There is something on the web for everyone and with internet usage almost doubling what it was five years ago, there has got to be a way to hold all that data. Through innovation and the way content is consumed, there is a way.

To put this into perspective, up until 2003 all the data generated was five billion gigabites; we now create that amount in 10 minutes. So what changed? First of all, people got smarter and saw the future of what the internet could be. We saw the future of sharability; no longer was it confined to hyperlinks in emails. Thus, embed codes and social sharing buttons were born. Devices have grown (shrunk?) and evolved making the web mobile and even more accessible.

Nothing tops music’s rise in the web hierarchy. The average download time for a single song has jumped from 15 minutes to 30 seconds. Syncing has transformed the way we move our music between devices and streaming is one of the most popular ways of enjoying music. Take a look at the infographic below presented by Torchbrowser to see just how far our content consumption has come.

“Technology Consumption” image courtesy of Shutterstock.

‘Gas-powered’ Alarm Clock Beats the System

I really, really hope I never get audited like this.

Surely you know of EnergyStar – if you’re a PC user, you probably see their logo every time you boot up your machine. They’re the guys in charge of setting up guidelines to regulate the power consumption and efficiency of products.

Recently, a bunch of Congressional auditors went to work to test the thoroughness of the EnergyStar program. And they were hella sneaky about it.

…If you can call this sneaky: they submitted a bunch of very-clearly-fake products for approval, including an ‘air purifier’ that consisted of a feather duster glued to a space heater, and a gas-powered alarm clock, pictured above.

Almost all of them were approved without question.

Of course, EnergyStar has immediately thrown press releases vowing to tighten the ropes and, y’know, actually look at products before slapping their label on, but now there’s just one more organization to be suspicious of.

Seriously, I hope I never get audited like that. Some auditor, dressed as a dancing bag of money, luring me around a corner…

…I think someone should manufacture an alarm clock that at least looks like that, though. Come on. It’s awesome.

[Via the New York Times]

Web content consumption through the years

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