BBC News - Davos 2011: We're all hyper-connected, now what?

Davos delegates have been glued to laptops, tablets and smartphones

We're not just connected now, we're hyper-connected: superfast, always-on, and on the move.

And if the technology and business leaders at the World Economic Forum have got it right, the impact of this development will be far deeper than most of us imagine.

For starters, forget about PCs. For every desktop computer, there are 10 mobile devices. Around the world, mobile phones outnumber toothbrushes two-to-one.

These devices generate data, and this firehose of information is aimed straight at us, and change the way we live, work, learn and make money.

"Hyper-connectivity will change every business model and supply chain; it's at an inflection point this year... and the uptake of connectivity is accelerating ever more," says the boss of one of the companies powering the internet (under [...]

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