Tech Facts Series 3 of 10

 Facts Related To Technology 

Most internet traffic isn’t from real humans-  About 51% of internet traffic is non-human. Over 30% is from hacking programs, spammers, and phishing.

Most of today’s successful companies started in garages-  HP, Google, and Microsoft all were started in a garage.

Average 21 year old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games-  These days, by 21 you’ll have also sent 250,000 emails and texts, and spent 10,000 hours in a cell phone.

Jiffy is a real measurement-  A jiffy is an actual measurement of time, referring to the length of one cycle of the computer’s system clock – about 10 milliseconds.

Every advertisement for iPhone’s have 9:41 set as the time-  The 41 minute presentation leading up to the reveal of the first iPhone was planned perfectly.

The first photo ever uploaded to the internet was a comedy band- A four piece all-female parody pop group lays claim to being in the first photo to ever be uploaded to the internet.

Until 2010, carrier pigeons were faster than the internet-  When comparing upload speeds, a test was done to fly a carrier pigeon with a USB stick 50 miles to an internet provider, while racing against an internet upload.

There are fake Apple stores in China-  Some of the fake Apple stores are so convincing, that even the employees thought they were working for Apple.

Tech companies often test their products in New Zealand-  New Zealand is such a diverse country with English speaking residents, it’s a great place for testing.

There’s a term for old people who use the internet-  Seniors who are over 50 and use the internet on a regular basis are rare these days. So rare in fact, there’s a term for it – Silver Surfers..

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