Digital technology & the impact on our lives off consumers and businesses around the world
Hi, I am Mike Regan from Mercatus Media Group UK. I am a freelance digital marketer. Introduction Today I'll be discussing how consumers use technology and its impact on their lives. The internet started as a military communication network. It was used to connect computers through Wide Area Networks so data could easily be shared. In the 1980s & was being developed into the infinite cyberspace that we know today In December 1995 16 Million People had access to the internet today this has increased to 48 Billon and an increase of 62% of the world population. There is a growing demand for people to access the internet. The average household now has 10.3 internet-enabled devices (Aviva 2020) this has increased from 4.1 devices ten years ago, showing that more devices are directly connected. The surge in buying smartwatches and speakers have added to this increase January 2007 Apple had introduced the first iPhone (Business Insider 2019), this made the internet more acces...