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Faster Still And Faster

By The Daily Dish

Mar 3 2009, 1:53 AM ET

Our tech-crazed culture accelerates:

How many years did it take for some of last century's innovations and present ones, to be adopted by 150 million users?

A: 38 years for TV, 14 for cellphone, 7 for the iPod and 5 for Facebook.



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