Just Can’t Ever Get Enough Our insatiable appetite for technology

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In the past, broadband

internet was considered a

luxury that not every household

had

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Now, most households view broadband internet as much as a necessity as phone or TV

In the last 10 years, the number of people using internet worldwide has increased

by 444.8%Taken from Nielsen Online

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The question is,

what exactly are people

consuming on the internet?

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The rise of social networks have obviously played a large role in this…

And people stillget a lot of their newsfrom online sources…

What people really love though, are VIDEOS

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Video sites (youtube.com) are not new to the internet scene, but streaming sites that allow users to view TV shows or movies off the internet have become

explosively popular.

Hulu.com, one of the first ‘official’ streaming sites launched, boasts 30 million monthly users (when asked on October 2010). That’s a lot of people watching TV shows and movies online.

However, Netflix is leading the forefront of ‘on-demand’ delivery of content via the internet.

In a recent study, Netflix accounts for a staggering 29.7% of all downloading network traffic in North America during peak hours.

The biggest draw of streaming TV and movies is the flexibility of being able to watch what you want, when you want.

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In a world where we can have everything right now and whenever we want it, being able to stream resonates with that lifestyle.

This is not surprising, with the internet we have a flood amount of content at our fingertips and we have been accustomed to never being bored.

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The evolution of mobile devices has enabled that full-time immersion that people want

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As of Jan. 22, 2011, the iTunes App Store surpassed over 10 billion apps downloaded

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That does not even include all the Android users and Blackberry users…

Will our consumption be ever satisfied?

Or will technology be forever racing to catch up?

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