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What surprises will Internet bring to us in 2014?

(People's Daily Online)    09:24, January 17, 2014
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Are you a 'phubber' or a computer addict? How much money you spend on online shopping, and how much money you spend on Internet financial products? In the last year, Internet has penetrated into every corner of our life, and each Internet's small change drives huge difference in people’s life.

So what innovations and applications will Internet bring to us in 2014?

4G service opening up

One second can download a song; two minutes can download a movie. In 2014, many undeveloped apps will be wildly launched thanks to the superfast 4G services
The number of Chinese mobile Internet users has reached 652 million in 2013, and its market size has hit 30 billion yuan, which included a 301.64% increase in the market of wearable smart device. Also the sales of smart phones are expected to surpass 450 million. 4G services will embrace more industries in 2014 and become an indispensible buddy in people’s life.

Online financing leading finance sector

Chiense Internet giants Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent all launched online financing services and products last year. Internet is accelerating its pace into financial sector.
In the China third party payment market, China's leading online payment service Alipay has 48.8% market share. Beside of online payment services, Internet finance is also developing more online channels and online services such as remittance, international settlement, micro credit, cash management, asset management,

Big data coming

Big data became a media buzzword in 2013, now is entering a practical stage, and data can be appropriately sifted, analyzed and stored, and as well as adopted into many industries, such as medical, transportation, finance; while, companies are more likely to grasp consumer trend and make money from the information.

New media replacing traditional media

We are living in the digital information age with more people getting news from Internet which has the ability to reach wild audiences. In 2013, Internet advertising’s market share has surpassed traditional media, and 40% newsstands closed last year.

(Editor:WangXin、Gao Yinan)

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