10 interesting facts about technology

        

                   1. Google's first post on twitter was on binary.

2. Apple was originally designing an apple-shaped phone

Prior to the original design, Apple designed a phone in the shape of an actual apple where when closed, it would look like the Apple logo.

3. Nokia sells toilet paper.

Before Nokia sold mobile phones, they produced a number of other things, such as; toilet paper, tires, computers and other electronic devices.

 

4. More people have cell phones than toilets

Of the 7.7 billion people in the world, more than 6 billion people have access to a mobile phone. Compared to just 4.5 billion people having access to a toilet.

 

5. Every iPhone ad has a set time of 9:41. 

This is the time when Steve Jobs released his first iPhone in 2007.

6. 35% of the internet uses WordPress.

As of 2020, over 455 million websites use WordPress as their CMS.

 

7. Over 500 hours (videos) are uploaded every minute on YouTube.

As of May 2019, more than 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.

 

8. 1 in 12 million emails (spam emails) gets a response.

For every 12.5 million spam emails sent, only one person responds. Over 14 billion spam emails are sent on a daily basis.

9. The Firefox logo is not a fox. 

It is actually a red panda, the only "fox" in the name.

10. There are approximately 3.5 billion Google Searches per day.

7. 2% of this traffic comes from people searching for the term 'Google'.