The average global Internet speed is 5 megabits per second, a 14 percent increase from last year. The average speed in the U.S. is 12.6 Mbps, meaning the country has the 16th fastest Web access in the world. The fastest? South Korea, at 20.5 Mbps.
That’s all according to Akamai’s Q3 2015 State Of The Internet report, which offers a plethora of data anyone interested in the Web should check out.
While South Korea leads the world in highest average speed, Singapore offered the highest peak connection speed: 135.4 Mbps.
Defining “broadband” as speeds of 25 Mbps or faster, 5.2 percent of unique IP addresses connecting to Akamai worldwide are broadband. That’s a 6.3 percent increase from last year.
So home Internet is getting faster, all over the planet. But connectivity is increasingly mobile. The report notes a 14 percent increase in mobile traffic.
As a content delivery network (CDN), Akamai hosts images and videos embedded on a wide variety of sites. This means it serves up content, constantly, to people around the world — making the company well positioned to measure Internet speeds.
They do that, and more, in their quarterly report, the latest 60-page incarnation of which you can find here.
Here’s a few more highlights from the report:
So this isn’t all good news. Clearly cyber attacks of all sorts are up. Still, the Web is getting faster — which is good news for everyone.
Mozilla is giving Firefox’s Smart Window two new tricks. If you haven’t tried it yet, Smart Window is an optional AI mode in Firefox with a built-in chat that helps you get things done while you browse. With this update, it can fill out online forms using details from your tabs and keep an eye on websites for you.
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The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.