internet made a lot of things obsolete. a show of hands please for all who remember encyclopedias. among the books you no longer bought were the ones sold in stores. we re trying to create something new. something the world hasn t seen before. first, a book seller then a purveyor of just about everything. actually, all r orders do need to be placed online. thanks to or because of the internet, amazon has moved into our households. how many ounces are in a cup? it s worth noting how the pop lair aty of the name alexa has dropped significantly. by the mid 2000s, smart phones exploded into the marketplace. the first iphone in 2007. just about that time, facebook entered the scene. connecting with friends is something that everyone needs to do and facebook lets everyone all over the world do that. connectivity, we wonder if 50 years ago anyone imagined an america where we spend so much time on screens.
that paved the way to the personal computers, social media and amazon and don t forget that little thing called google. the google search engine has gotten so popular it s given rise to something called googling. that s where you type in the name of a friend to see how many times he or she shows up on the internet. and then there s self-googling where you type in your own name. the power and speed of the internet made a lot of things obsolete. a show of hands for those who remember encyclopedias. connectivity, we wonder if anyone imagined an america that we spent so much time on screens. as much as 12 hours a day including tv. the first electronic connector was samuel morse. his message in 1866, what had god wrought? what indeed? if you heard googling