Personal digital reputation management
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According to the report, in 2008, Americans consumed information for about 1.3 trillion hours, an average of 12 hours per day. Consumption totaled 3.6 zettabytes (10 to the 21st power bytes, a million million gigabytes) and 10,845 trillion words, corresponding to 100,500 words and 34 gigabytes for an average person/day. Note: Information at work is not included.
The report defines “information” as "flows of data delivered to people," and measures the bytes, words and hours of consumer information. Not surprisingly, video dominated, with 1.3 zettabytes from television and approximately 2 zettabytes of computer games.
A few highlights from the report:
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