I am a physician from India who has been following the technology industry for the past 4 years. Users are gradually moving from desktop applications to internet rich applications. Web 2.0 sites are on the rise. Blogging has reached phenomenal heights.  2003:  1. I browsed from internet cafés on slow dial up connections.    2. My net usage was 20 hours per week. 3. I never heard the words “Blog”, “Digg” and “You tube”.    4. My primary email was Yahoo and secondary one was Hotmail.    5. Primary search engine was Google.    6. I spent 40% of my browsing time on Yahoo, 15% on Google, 15% on MSN networks.     7. Email took about 40% of my net usage.  8. Microsoft was a giant at that time.9. E Donkey was my major P2P application.10. Internet explorer was my major browser.2007:     1. I am surfing internet from my home on broad band connection.    2. My net usage is 100 hours per week.    3. I am maintaining 24 blogs and 1 website. Digg is my primary source for technology news.4. My primary email is Gmail. Yahoo mail is my secondary one.    4. Primary search engine is Google.   5. I am spending 40% of my surfing time on Google, 40% on web 2.0 sites and 10% on Yahoo and MSN networks.  6. Blogging accounts for 40% of my browsing time.7. Google is ruling the internet world.8. Bit comet (Torrents) is the main P2P application.10. Firefox and Maxthon are my main browsers.     … [Read more...]