Mandalyn Martini, a high school math teacher from Layton, Utah, recently shared her story of data loss and recovery. After storing 15 years of priceless family photos and important documents on an external hard drive, she faced a devastating moment when the device stopped working, leaving her unable to access memories including her daughters’ baby pictures.
Internet Minutes Add Up Quickly
What happens in an Internet minute?
A lot!
According to a study released by Intel, there’s an astounding amount of online activity happening on a 24/7 basis.
Social media usage over the past few years has helped spur greater use of the Internet and accounts for a large part of the increased load as more and more people go online to exchange, gather or produce information.
Fast and Furious.
Every 60 seconds on the Internet there are:
- 204 million emails sent
- 20 million photo views
- 6 million Facebook views
- More than 2 million Google search queries
- More than 1 million video views on YouTube
- 100,000 new tweets on Twitter
- 61,141 hours of music accessed via Pandora
It’s going to get busier, too. A lot busier.
Intel forecasts that the number of networked communication devices, which today is equal to the total world’s total population of 7 billion+, will double by 2015.
Here’s a video link with more details.
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