Ever wonder why big web firms like Yahoo and Google are so keen to get into mobile? Yahoo's Geraldine Wilson has shed some light on the trend, with her prediction that "within 10 years, more people will be accessing the Internet from their mobile... than in the home from a PC".
Sounds unrealistic? Not when you think about 'emerging' markets - countries where PC use is nowhere near as high as in the UK and other Western developed countries. Wilson says that in many of those countries, many people's first experience of the internet will be through a phone.
This doesn't mean PC-based internet use is going to decline, of course - even with handsets like the iPhone, it's still not as rich an experience as using a PC and large screen to surf. But it does show you why Yahoo is attaching such importance to its Go for Mobile application, which brings many of its big web services to mobile.
(via MocoNews)
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