15 Cool Tech Facts

1.  On eBay, an average of $680 worth of transactions are done every second.
2.  99% of all adults have their mobile phone within arm's reach every hour of every day.
3.  There are approximately 6.8 billion people on the planet out of which 4 billion of them use a mobile  phone. Only 3.5 billion people of them use a toothbrush.
   
4.  Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, as well as Apple have one thing in common – they were  all started in a garage.
5.  25% of Americans use only a mobile device to access the Internet.
6.  Every minute, 100 hours of video are uploaded by individual users on YouTube.
7.  Two hundred and twenty million tons of old computers and other technology devices are trashed  in the US each year.
8.  99% of text messages are read within three minutes of being delivered.
9.  30 individuals watch television programming from their mobile phones.
10.  The average 21 year old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games, sent  text messages,  instant messages, and 250,000 emails, and has spent nearly 10,000 hours on a mobile phone  alone.
11.  The first personal computer was created by Berkeley Enterprises. Affectionately referred to  as Simon, it sold for a pricey $300 in 1950.
12.  40 years ago world’s first mobile phone call successfully took place.
13.  On average, technology users carry 2.9 devices on them at all times.
14.  There are 350 million Snapchat messages sent every day.
15.  Approximately 500 apps added each day to the Windows Phone Store