These 10 Numbers That Changed The Technology Industry In Year 2016

29 June 201616 July 2023 Admin Technology, Technology Industry, Year 2016

Here are the most 10 things that changed the world of the Technology Industry

#1. 1billion: WhatsApp users globally, of these 160 million are in India.

#2. $3 billion: The amount Amazon said it would invest in India out of a commitment of $5 billion.

#3. 900 million: Indians who will need to be brought online to make the Prime Minister’s plan to move to digital payments a success.

#4. 8-10%: What IT industry body Nasscom finally cut the industry growth estimate to after months of speculation that the previous 10-12% was unreachable.

#5. 32 lakh: Indian debit cards hacked in one of the largest disclosed security breaches in the country.

#6. $26 billion: The amount that Microsoft paid to buy LinkedIn, one of the largest deals in the year.

#7. Rs 39.8 crore: Paid by Amazon to buy Tata Group’s publishing arm Westland, which publishes books by writers such as Amish Tripathi, Ashwin Sanghi, and Rashmi Bansal.

#8. 1 billion: Yahoo accounts were breached in what has been termed the largest data breach in history.

#9. $7 billion: Valuation of Uber China when it sold to Chinese rival Didi Chuxing.

#10. $5 billion: That’s roughly what it will cost Samsung to recall its Galaxy Note 7 line of phones that tended to burst into flames when charged.