Google’s executive chairman has made a bold prediction about the spread of the Internet. Do you think that prediction will come true?
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt predicted that the world’s entire population will be on the Internet by 2020.
“For every person online, there are two who are not,” Schmidt said on Google+ last night. “By the end of the decade, everyone on Earth will be connected.”
Certainly the number of people online is expanding dramatically, in particular with the spread of mobile phones. But the entire world?
That’s a bold claim, given persistent poverty in many parts of the world and the difficulty of bringing even wireless networking to large swaths of thinly populated areas.
Of course, Google stands to gain a lot with the spread of the Net, and it’s working speed that spread with technology such as Android and Google Fiber. Google’s search-ad business generates profits from a service that’s free, a price that’s awfully compelling to people on a tight budget.
Do you think Schmidt is right? Vote in the poll and share your comments.
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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