
“‘For every person online, there are two who are not,’ Schmidt wrote on his Google+ account. ‘By the end of the decade, everyone on Earth will be connected.’ He followed up with a related thought. ‘Think about how great the internet is with 2B users. Now think about how amazing it will be when 5B come online in a decade. #NewDigitalAge.’ It’s just the sort of big thinking that has led Google to become one of the largest and most innovative tech companies in the world. The rise of the mobile Web is also sure to play a role. In Africa, more people have access to a mobile phone than have access to electricity.”
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/tech/web/eric-schmidt-internet/
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