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Mobile Internet usage exploding

Mobile INternet usage is growing at a phenomenal rate. Social networking is driving that growth with a third of young adults regularly accessing Face book and Twiiter from their mobiles. A eport byindustry analyst CCS Insight, based on a UK survey of more than 1`000 adults between 16 and 35 years, offers insights into the mobile Internet habits of this technology-savvy and demanding consumer group.
According to the report, men are twice as likely as women toaccess the Internet through their mobile phone; ;young adults expect mobile content, expecially music and videos, to be free; and BBC iPlayers is the service people would like the most to see on their phones. Paloo Pescatore, report author and head, mobile content CCS Insight, shares, "Forget music downloads and video-social networking is what people want. Media owners and operators will has to find new ways to make money from their assets."

PC sales record negative growth

The total PC sales between April2008 and March 2009, with desktop computers, notebooks and netbooks token together, were 6.79 million units, registering a decline of seven per cent over the previous year - according to Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT). IT consumption in 2008-09 was severely impact, especially in the slowdown in the Indian economy.
Impact on consumption of notebooks was most pronounced as growth plummeted to a negative 17 per cent compared to a high of 114 per cent in the previous year. Scale of desktops declined four per cent. The October -November-December quarter was the most adversely impacted, subsequent to which growth in PC consumption started to show signs of revivial. With business sentiment gradually gaining momentum, PC consumption in fiscal 2009-10 ex expected to cross 7.3 million units, registering a seven per cent growth.