Decade in Data - Forbes

Forbes article on "The Decade in Data" by Oliver J. Chiang offers some 2000 vs 2009 data points for presentations and perspective:

--CONSUMER BROADBAND. Percentage of U.S. households with a broadband connection in 2000: 6.3% vs 2008: 63%

--E-MAIL: Number of e-mails sent per day in 2000: 12 billion vs. 2009: 247 billion

--MOBILE DATA: Revenues from mobile data services in the first half of 2000: $105 million vs. first half of 2009: $19.5 billion

--TEXT MESSAGES: Number of text messages sent in the U.S. per day in June 2000: 400,000 vs. June 2009: 4.5 billion

--DIGITAL CAMERAS: Percentage of U.S. households with at least one digital camera in 2000: 10% vs. 2008: 68.4%

--MP3 PLAYERS: Percentage of U.S. households with at least one MP3 player in 2000: less than 2% vs. 2008: almost 43%

--PAGES INDEXED BY GOOGLE: Number of pages indexed by Google in 2000: 1 billion vs. 2008: 1 trillion

--GOOGLE SEARCHES: Number of Google searches per day in 2001: 10 million vs. 2009: 300 million, estimated

--WIKIPEDIA ENTRIES: Number of total Wikipedia entries in 2001: 20,000 vs. Wikipedia entries in English in 2009: 3.1 million

--BLOGS: Number of blogs in 2000: less than 100,000 vs. 2008: 133 million

--COST OF HARD DISK SPACE: Amount of hard-disk space $300 could buy in 2000: 20 to 30 gigabytes vs. 2009: 2,000 gigabytes (2 terabytes)