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Mobile internet devices 'will outnumber humans this year'
BigFoot87
08-02-2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...tnumber-people

Quote:
“There will be more internet-connected mobile devices such as smartphones and 3G tablets than people in the world before the end of the year, according to new research.

A growing category will be internet-connected monitors for "smart metering", video surveilance, maintenance, building automation, healthcare and consumer electronics – a class of device known as "machine-to-machine" (M2M) systems which communicate directly to other computers over the internet without the mediation of humans.

The forecast by the networking giant Cisco says that the growth in the use of smartphones and tablets will see more than 7bn – the world's current population – in use, with huge growth in use in Asia, the Pacific and Africa.”

They're taking over .......its SkyNet: Phase 1.
wombat18
10-02-2013
Well, it's not that surprising really, is it.

Almost everybody, in the developed world anyway, owns a mobile phone - many people own another one for work as well. Now that tablets are growing in popularity (and becoming more affordable) I suppose it was inevitable.
PrinceGaz
10-02-2013
Originally Posted by BigFoot87:
“http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...tnumber-people



They're taking over .......its SkyNet: Phase 1. ”

They can't do much worse at governing the planet than we have done
Arcana
10-02-2013
Not long now until Skynet becomes self-aware.
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