Evolution is a process by/ in which a certain something passes/ moves on to a different stage; in the sense of moving from one stage to a more mature/ advanced one. Everything in the world, material or immaterial, living or non- living is bound to grow and hence evolve with time. Given here are a few of such things and their journey of evolution into their present state.
1. Evolution Of Bloggers
Internet forums grew pretty popular as a mode of exchanging info with the fellow browsers and have been transformed into blogs. The individuals that write the blogs are referred to as blogger. Stats show that about 2/3rds of the bloggers are male, 6.75% of bloggers are in UK, 2% of UK net users publish blogs and about 13% of Brits read the blogs.
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2. Evolution Of The Households
The households in the US have evolved in varied segment since 1950s. In 1950s the average new home size was 983 sq ft, average family size was 3 and median household income was $23,738.
Today, in 2000s, the average new home size is 2349 sq ft and median income is $58,976. Not only this, the lifestyles and spending habits of the households have also changed a lot.
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3. The Evolution Of Smart Phones
In 1993 IBM Simon became the first smart phone which was part mobile, part PDA, part pager and part fax machine. Following the lead of BellSouth, other giants like Nokia, Ericsson and Apple launched a number of Smartphone.
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4. The Evolution Of Communication
In 6000BC drums were used as a form of communication in Africa but the communication system has evolved a lot. Egyptians developed the courier service in 200BC and then came postal system, smoke signals, newspaper, pigeon post, telegraph, mobile phone, texting, internet phones and now social media.
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5. Evolution Of The American Couch Potato
In 1921 a kid had an idea which changed lifestyles all over- TV. Today about 88.7% US households have 2 or more TV sets; and an average American spends about 226 minutes per day watching TV which adds to more than 52 days/ year.
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6. Microsoft vs. Apple
The comparison between Apple and Microsoft is pretty obvious. Figures show that in the native internet browser market shares of IE and Safari are 48% and 5% respectively. The apple OS (iOS) has 27% of smart phone market share while windows has only 10%.
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7. The Evolution Of Friends Reunited
Friends reunited was launched in 2000 by a couple in their bedroom, but it soon reached 1million users in 2001. It was bought by ITV in 2005 with 15 million users, went completely free in 2008 and reached 20m users in 2009.
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8. The Evolution Of Motorcycle Safety
Motorcycles were invented in 1883 and following the invention a number of safety measure/ modes were developed. For example speed limits were introduced in 1934 and crash helmets in 1935. In 1973 wearing crash helmets was made compulsory for all.
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9. Evolution of Customer Relationship Management
Customer relationship management is an important strategy for businesses all over. The value of each lost customer is $243 global and $289 in US. Figures show 68% customers leave a company because of unsatisfying treatment, 14% dissatisfying product/ services and 9% for doing business with the completion etc.
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10. The iPhone Evolution
The first official iPhone from Apple was launched in 2007 and was the successor of the Apple Newton (1993) and the Motorola Rokr E1 (2005). The iPhones have evolved in terms of features, hardware, software as well as look since the first.
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11. Evolution of The G
The wireless network is on its fourth generation with the 4G network being used by many individuals all over the globe. The 4G which is a huge advancement over 1G offers a speed of 100,000kbps as against 2.4kbps offered by 1G network, 64kbps by 2G and 2,000 kbps by 3G network.
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12. The Evolution Of Test Sets In Telecom History
The era of POTS (plain old telephone services) began in 1900 when first test sets were created to service POTS. Following it the rotary test sets for line verification in were invented in 1930s.
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13. Evolution Of The Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell gave us the first telephone “the liquid transmitter” in 1876 followed by the Gower-Bell telephone in 1880. Telephones have evolved plenty since with the first “mobile” phone- AEG TelecarCD in 1980 to the super advanced smart phones like iPhone (first came in 2007), the T-Mobile G1 and more.
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14. The Evolution Of The Domesticated Dog
It has been observed that the origin of domestic dog began with domestication of Grey Wolf. Even scientists agree that dogs are direct descendants of Canis Lupus (Grey Wolf). There are three different shapes of dog skulls- doclichocephalic, mesaticaphalic and brachycephalic.
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15. The History And Evolution Of E-mail
By the numbers Yahoo Mail has the greatest share in the top 4 webmail providers with windows mail, Gmail and AOL mail following the lead. It is estimated that about 2 billion emails are sent daily and there are some 1.3 billion email users worldwide.
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16. The Social Evolution Of Gaming
There was a time when video games meant a day at the arcade with friends. But the upcoming new technologies and internet age have turned gaming into a communal and uniquely social experience. About 100 million people play games on social network and 26million play social games on mobile devices.
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17. Evolution Of Music
The total of retail music sales globally have been recorded at 24.2billion US dollars in 2009. Of this the share of digital media was $8,120m in 2009 and $6,906m 2008. There are about 400+ digital music services worldwide that provide music to listeners/ fans all over.
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18. Evolution Of Android
The very first android operating system- Android 1.0 came in September 2008 and was followed by multiple upgrades with the latest coming out in June 2012- the Android 4.1 or as it is called “Jelly Bean”. These OS have multiple features and give the smart phones the edge.
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19. The Fantastic Evolution Of Online Deal Platforms
Online shopping has become very popular only recently but the mechanism has been in action since longer. Online shopping first came into being with the creation of a private shopping club Vente-Privee.Com in 2001. Many other online deals portals/ clubs followed like Hautelook, Glit Groupe, Groupon etc.
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20. The Evolution Of Video Game Genres
The first known computer game was the OXO game that was launched in 1952. But this was only the beginning; many new games in varied genres have come up since then. The list is huge including Spacewar 1961, Sega’s heavyweight champ 1976, Tetris 1985 and Madden NFL 1988.
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