Sky Views: Technology tortoises beat the hares
Every technology makes its way
When does a technology stop being technology and become a mere thing? Clothes and eye glasses were once technology; so was writing. We hear a lot about the current pace of technological adoption.
One of Silicon Valley's favourite PowerPoint presentations shows a graph, charting how long it took for various platforms to reach 50 million users. I
It took the telephone 75 years from its invention in 1878. Radio needed 38 years; TV 13 years. Then things speed up: the internet takes four years, Facebook takes three and a half, and Angry Birds just 35 days.