Best of the Philippines Pinoy Trivia Making a difference as Philippine internet traffic grows
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Undeniably, the internet, which has seen its traffic grow exponentially, has had a wide-ranging impact on our lives. In terms of Philippine internet traffic statistics, according to internetworldstats.com, in 2011, there were about 29 million internet users (or about a third of the country's population). (Video from youtube.com; posted by LScutchings 03.05.08) With the information superhighway in place, there has been a trend for opening vistas of knowledge to multiply. In the pre-internet era, the main source of knowledge was thru books, the old-fashioned published tools. Nowadays, online media, powered by computers, laptops or notebooks, (eg, , Fujitsu Notebooks or tablets such as iPad, Kindle, and Nook plus social networking media sites. When it comes to the internet, people all over the world, including Filipinos, may be users (consumers) or producers (developers). Whichever course you decide to take as Philippine internet traffic grows, making a difference for a better world than it was before matters as internet traffic and e-commerce have a profound effect on everyone, even to those who do not have internet access. |
