BBS (Bulletin Board System, IRC, ICQ, MSN and chatboxes. In Holland: Hyves.
Grafiek comscore
Instagram: 1.6 billion likes a day. 60 mln photos a day. 200 mln active users.
Snapchat, or Chinese Snapchat (Tencent).
Ten types of innovation, Larry Keeley
Snapchat, Ello, etc.
“Today, half the world’s population has access to the Internet; by 2020, two-thirds will be connected. Likewise, some 13.5 billion devices are connected to the Internet today; by 2020, we expect that number to climb to 50 billion.”
John Chambers & Wim Elfrink (http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/142324/john-chambers-and-wim-elfrink/the-future-of-cities)
No need to go in-app, development by both Apple ios & Android. Options like Google Now: they know where you want to go to and what news you want to read.
HIMYM : http://www.clevescene.com/binary/ad0d/1373825588-smartphoneaddiction.jpg
Restaurants offer dinners 50 percent if you eat without smartphone : http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2013/11/25/1226767/756612-b6f6919a-555a-11e3-b451-c2835887c2f5.jpg
I want to leave you with one final thought: The power of network will deliver. Online or offline, but if you don’t join, you will miss it anyways.