Internet as important as food, air and water: survey

Cisco has revealed in a study that one in three college students and young professionals consider the Internet to be as important as fundamental human resources such as air, water, food and shelter. This study is based on the second annual Cisco Connected World Technology Report that examines the relationship between human behaviour, the Internet and networking's pervasiveness in 14 countries across the globe.

In a teleconference held here on Thursday, Mahesh Gupta, Vice-President, Business-Borderless Networks, Cisco (India and SAARC), said about 33 per cent across the globe and 95 per cent Indian college students and young employees admitted that Internet was as important in their lives as water, food, air and shelter. More than half of the respondents globally (55 per cent of college students and 62 per cent of employees) said they could not live without the Internet and cite it as an “integral part of their lives.”

On the social life, people had indicated that Internet was more important to them than dating, going out with friends or listening to music. Mr. Gupta said within certain countries, including India, updating Facebook was ranked as the highest priority than socialising. About 91 per cent of college students and 88 per cent of employees globally had Facebook account. The other interesting factor was that two-thirds of students and more than half of employees (58 per cent) felt that a mobile device (laptop, smartphone or tablets) was the most important technology device in their lives. For young employees, India came second globally when it comes to importance of mobile device usage (71 per cent), behind the U.K (74 per cent), but ahead of Australia (66 per cent), China (62 per cent) and the U.S. (62 per cent).

In India, 68 per cent of young employees preferred to use smartphone and consider it as their most important device.

Keywords: Cisco, internet, Cisco Connected World Technology Report

Dell Vostro 360 All In One Desktop Tech Specs Leaked

Dell Vostro 360 specs have been leaked. Ahead of any official announcements or hints, Dell Vostro specifications appeared on a PDF on Dell support website. Dell Vostro 360 is Dell’s All In One desktop. There’s no information available about the price of this desktop or release date. The features include – Front camera on the top of screen with a privacy cover, camera activity light, microphone, optical drive slot on the side, power button, activity light etc. On the back side, there are multiple ports. Power connector, VGA-Out connector, network connector, line-out connector, 4 USB 2 connectors, 8-in-1 card reader, 2 USB connectors on the side, headphone and microphone jacks, volume and brightness buttons.


Dell Vostro 360 Specs Features Price
Inside the box, there’s Intel H61 Express Chipset with support for Intel Core i3, i5, i7, Pentium Dual Core processor support. The system will support up to 8 MB total cache depending upon the processor type. Intel HD / HD 2000 / HD 3000 Graphics (on-board supported, depending upon the processor). The system will support external NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M GPU for enhanced graphics. Dell Vostro 360 supports maximum 8 GB RAM. Other details are available on the PDF link we mentioned above.