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It starts as a promising blog post because it uses the infallible trick to start with a personal anecdote. However, the article then takes us through a story, which would sound outdated for those of you who have been more than 10 years in the telco industry. But we found something interesting in the article, which is worth reading, even though it would sound familiar. The blog post argues than in India Facebook equals Internet, as 80% of users think Facebook is essentially the Internet. One app is more important than the whole Internet? That sounds scary, and we wanted to share our fear with you.
How Developing Countries in Asia Are Leapfrogging Other Developed Nations in the Way They Access the Internet
In the opening chapter of Steven Levy’s book, “In the Plex – How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives,” he writes about joining a team of Google associate product managers (APM), a select group pegged as the company’s future leaders, on a trip to a remote village in India. There was not a single PC in this village and it had just been connected to the power grid a few years back. During one interaction, a Google APM tried to explain what Google and the internet was in the simplest terms to a young villager. Then the villager held up a simple non-smartphone and indicated, “Is this what you mean?” Keep reading the original post here
