Looking into the Technology Crystal Ball

Tablet sales expected to hit $55-billion in 2014 compared with $9.5-billion in 2010

Shipments expected to surpass 80 million by 2015

By the end of 2010, 1.2 billion people will have smartphones - Gartner

4G

- U.S. e-book sales expected to hit $1-billion 2010, and $3-billion by 2015

- Now account for 10% of consumer book sales- 7% of online adults read eBooks but of that

group, 41% of their book readership is digital

eBook sales now outstrip real book sales on Amazon.com

17 million Facebook members

3 million Twitter users

17 million YouTube users

57% of online Canadians use social networks at least once a month; 82% of Gen Y consumers use social networks each month

17 Million Canadians…..….are in the workforce

….have a pension plan

….own life insurance

….have access to recycling

….use wireless services

….have a passport

….filed their taxes online in 2008

175 million users globally90 million tweets/day

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