Just how rapidly is technology changing?

Yes, this blog is about rapid technological change and its effect on society, media and my beloved hobby of amateur radio.  I also maintain that those who cannot cope with quick change must be living in hell right about now.  I suspect many of those folks just shut down and ignore as much of it as they can manage.

But how quickly are things changing?  eMarketer is out with a report on how some select categories will change over the next year:

• Facebook users:  147 million, up 4%
• Twitter users: 36 million, up 14%
• Smartphone users: 138 million, up 19%
• Mobile Internet users: 144 million, up 18%
• Mobile video viewers: 23% of the population, up 20%
• Smartphone video viewers: 22% of the population (and more than half of smartphone users): up 22%
• Online movie viewers: 27% of the population, up 16%
• Online TV viewers: 35% of the population, up 13%
• Tablet users: 31% of the population, up 42%

I'd say anyone trying to resist that tide is subject to drowning!

Don Keith N4KC

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