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.
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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