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1. Amazon, originally a printed book seller
company, now sells more e-books than printed
books.
2. The first domain name ever registered was
Symbolics.com.
3. 80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked
women.
4. Tim Berners-Lee coined the phrase “World Wide
Web” in 1990.
5. U.S. President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in
January 1997 was the first to be webcast.
6. Google uses an estimated 15 billion kWh of
electricity per year, more than most countries.
However, google generates a lot of their own
power with their solar panels.
7. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college
drop out.
8. Bill Gates house was designed Using a
Macintosh computer.
9. About 1.8 billion people connect to the Internet,
only 450 million of them speak English.
10. In 2012, approximately 17 billion devices
(which includes computers, tablets and mobile)
connected to the Internet.
11. Sweden has the highest percentage of internet
users, they are 75%.
12. Did you know that Email was already around
before the World Wide Web came?
13. Up until the 14th of September, 1995, domain
registration was free.
14. One of the world’s leading computer and
computer peripheral manufacturer Hewlett
Packard was first started in a garage at Palo Alto
in the year 1939.
company, now sells more e-books than printed
books.
2. The first domain name ever registered was
Symbolics.com.
3. 80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked
women.
4. Tim Berners-Lee coined the phrase “World Wide
Web” in 1990.
5. U.S. President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in
January 1997 was the first to be webcast.
6. Google uses an estimated 15 billion kWh of
electricity per year, more than most countries.
However, google generates a lot of their own
power with their solar panels.
7. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college
drop out.
8. Bill Gates house was designed Using a
Macintosh computer.
9. About 1.8 billion people connect to the Internet,
only 450 million of them speak English.
10. In 2012, approximately 17 billion devices
(which includes computers, tablets and mobile)
connected to the Internet.
11. Sweden has the highest percentage of internet
users, they are 75%.
12. Did you know that Email was already around
before the World Wide Web came?
13. Up until the 14th of September, 1995, domain
registration was free.
14. One of the world’s leading computer and
computer peripheral manufacturer Hewlett
Packard was first started in a garage at Palo Alto
in the year 1939.