Colin Lewis: Humans evolve at a glacial pace but technology with value is always in demand

Most people reading this article can remember what they were doing 10 years ago. But 10 years ago, the Apple iPhone had only just launched. It did not really make an impact initially as the cool kit was the Blackberry Pearl. The number of people with broadband in the world was less than 300 million. Now it’s three billion.
Mobile broadband penetration in the UK and US was less than 23%, while today WeChat, the Chinese app that is a mash-up of Twitter, Facebook, Facetime and WhatsApp has 76