There seems to be a $20 billion opportunity to monetize in Internet and mobile advertising.

15% of the global Internet traffic is now done through mobile.

Over a fifth of all mobile subscribers now use smartphones, up 31% from last year.

In terms of usage and shipments of devices, tablets have shown a stunning growth; they’ve actually exceeded notebooks and desktops since their introduction less than three years ago.

People reach to their smartphones 150 times per day on average. Something to take note of is that people check their alarms 8 times a day, which doesn’t seem to make any sense, but these trends indicates a move towards wearables in the future to make all these tasks more automated.

In China, Internet access via mobile has surpassed accessing the Web via desktop.

In South Korea, search queries using mobile surpassed those using PC.

In China, users spend more time on mobile and Internet than the couch potatoes of the US watching TV.

Eight out of the top ten Internet Properties are from the United States while 81% of the users are outside of the United States.

Americans are surprisingly private compared to other countries. Maybe being an underachiever here isn’t so bad though.

There’s a huge shortage of STEM graduates to fill positions in the US, and the top companies can’t seem to find enough people to hire.

Over 500 million photos are shared per day, and that number is set to double in 2013.