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To communicate, social network, buy stuff, and search for things, yes. But overwhelmingly to consume content. As BusinessInsider puts it, the Internet, whose killer apps once were limited to e-mail, now is primarily a "content platform." Or, as I'd put it, a place to read stuff.
Which will come as shocking news to blog loyalists. But, heck, a chart makes it look more official.
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David Olive is a business and current affairs columnist at the Star, which he joined in 2001 after stints at the Globe and Mail, National Post and Financial Post.
"If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion."
- George Bernard Shaw
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