According to the compilers of the English dictionary, the most popular word of this year is “ selfie”, Which in translation means a photograph of oneself.
Its use has increased significantly, not only among visitors to social networks. According to the estimates of the compilers of the Oxford Dictionary, in comparison with 2012, the use of "selfie" has grown by 17 thousand percent. It was first used in September 2002 on one of the Australian Internet forums. Other popular words this year included “ twerk"-" twerking "- a dance known in hip-hop culture," bitcoin"- the name of the virtual currency and" unlike"-" unliked ". "Word of the Year" is selected by a special program that analyzes content on the Internet.
"Words of the Year" for the last 10 years
Over the past 10 years, the following words have become the "Word of the Year" in the US and UK according to the Oxford Dictionary:
year 2012:
United Kingdom - omnishambles, a combination of two words, which can be translated into Russian as "complete devastation."
USA - GIF(verb), create a GIF graphic file.
2011:
squeezed middle- the phrase has become the "Word of the Year" in both countries and is literally translated into Russian as "condensed in the middle." This expression refers to people with low and middle incomes.
2010 year:
United Kingdom - big society, the British Conservative concept of handing over part of government responsibilities to local organizations and volunteers.
USA - refudiate, meaning refusal to accept something ("refute", to refute + "repudiate", to renounce something).
year 2009:
USA - unfriend, remove someone from your friends on various Internet resources or social networks, “unfriend”.
2008 year:
United Kingdom - credit crunch, credit crunch, economic situation with high interest rates and difficulties in obtaining loans.
USA - hypermiling, vehicle improvements and driving techniques that maximize fuel savings.
2007 year:
United Kingdom - carbon footprint, "Carbon dioxide footprint", the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular person or organization.
USA - locavore, a person who eats only or predominantly local products.
2006 year:
United Kingdom - bovvered which comes from the slang phrase "Am I bovvered?" (I am not bothered), you can translate into Russian as "get", "dig".
USA - carbon-neutral that helps to neutralize carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, for example, through planting trees.
2005 year:
United Kingdom - sudoku, "Sudoku", the name of the popular number puzzle, digital crossword puzzles, often published now in newspapers.
USA - podcast, "Podcast" is a separate audio or video file published on one resource on the Internet.
2004 year:
In both countries - chav, youth from the lower social class, distinguished by defiant behavior and clothing (real or fake) from well-known brands.
Greetings! How do you find out about the current state of the Russian economy? Someone flips through the feed on social networks all day, someone listens to the news.
And you can make it easier: once a day, monitor the dynamics of one of the two most important indices in Russia. The RTS index fell - the economy continues to move downward, the crisis is escalating. Has grown by a couple of points - domestic companies are becoming more expensive, and there is hope for an improvement in the situation.
And even if you do not plan, the main Russian indicator will help you to soberly assess the current situation.
So, the RTS index: dynamics over the past ten years and the reasons for the fall.
The chart above shows the dynamics of the MSCI Russia index, which almost completely repeats the original benchmark.
A few words about RTS and MICEX
Back in 1995, an alternative to the MICEX exchange was created in Moscow - a platform called the Russian Trading System. The key indicator of the site was the RTS index, the online chart of which I will give below. After the merger of the MICEX exchanges with the RTS, the index came under the control of the newly created Moscow Exchange. The main calculations of the index relate to the stock quotes of the 50 largest Russian companies with the largest capitalization.
Unlike the MICEX, the RTS (or RTSI) shows the price of the Russian “giants” not in rubles, but in US dollars.
By the way, other RTS are also traded on the exchange. For example, RTS-2 includes securities of second-tier companies. And RTS Standart reflects the dynamics of the fifteen most liquid stocks on the Russian market.
The main RTS includes shares of Sberbank, LUKOIL, Magnit, Surguneftegaz, NOVATEK, Norilsk Nickel, VTB, Moscow Exchange, ALROSA, RusHydro, AFK Sistema, Aeroflot and others. The composition is periodically reviewed, its current version can be viewed on the exchange website.
The RTS is heavily pegged to the commodity sector. In 2015, oil and gas companies accounted for more than half of the total capitalization. The second significant segment is financial (large banks and financial groups). And much more modest in it is the mining of metals, the consumer sector, telecommunications and mechanical engineering.
How is RTA calculated?
I will not give complex formulas here - I will explain the essence of the calculation.
The index is based on the capitalization of the above 50 companies. It is calculated as the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the current market value. This is exactly how much, according to investors, Sberbank or Gazprom are worth at a particular moment. As of the date of the index formation, the capitalization of the TOP-50 companies was estimated at $ 12.666 billion, which corresponded to 100 points of the RTS.
The index is recalculated online every 15 seconds. And the composition of issuers is reviewed by the Board of Directors of the Russian Trade System once a quarter.
In practice, the calculation, of course, looks much more complicated. The formula takes into account the weight of the company and the adjustment factors by year (for example, the free-float adjustment factor). But the essence of the calculation remains the same.
How has the index value changed over the past 10 years?
For 10 years (from the end of 2006 to the end of 2016), the RTS both took off to the skies and fell painfully. On May 19, 2008, the index was trading at an all-time high of 2498.1 points.
In general, 2008 turned out to be the most volatile year for the Russian market. In the fall, the market recorded two records at once: the maximum growth (+ 22% on the day of September 19) and the maximum fall (-19% on the day on October 6).
From the "May top", the RTS plunged sharply down to 552.88 points by February 2009. In just a few months, the index has fallen in price by five times! “Having pushed off the bottom”, the chart was growing with minor adjustments until April 2011. True, the previous record was never reached - the local maximum was only 2130 points.
It is interesting that the confident downward movement of the market began in the spring of 2011, and not with the arrival of the fresh crisis of 2014, as many think. The Ukrainian conflict, sanctions, and only gave the fall an additional acceleration. For six months (from July to December 2014), the RTS collapsed from 1314 to 825 points. And in the days of exacerbations, it even dropped to 578 points.
Last year, the situation began to level out a little. And at the end of February 2018, the market again came close to the 1000-point mark.
Why is RTS falling and what will happen next?
Even a schoolchild can draw an obvious conclusion on the dynamics of the benchmark of the Russian economy. The logical chain looks like this:
- The RTS includes shares of the largest Russian companies (“state-forming” enterprises).
- The benchmark is calculated in US dollars. This means that it reflects the real value of our "giants" in the international market.
- The index is growing. Russian companies are interesting for foreign and domestic investors. The country's economy is showing positive dynamics.
- The index is falling. Russian business is "getting cheaper", investors' money is being actively withdrawn, and the economy is sliding down.
Interesting fact. Previously, the dynamics of the RTS followed the dynamics of the MICEX. But in recent years, the curves on the charts of the two indices have been moving in different directions. This suggests that today the pressure on the Russian economy is much stronger than in 2008 or 1998.
In 2017, the RTS quotes remained at the same level. For comparison: the famous American Dow Jones index shows throughout the entire period of its existence. After temporary falls, he always climbed and conquered new peaks.
There is hope?
On November 22, during morning trading, the RTS crossed the 1022 point mark - the maximum over the past year and a half. Experts attribute the positive dynamics of the index to the strengthening of the ruble and the rise in world oil prices.
Maybe the crisis will resolve soon?
How to make money on the rise or fall of the index?
There are only two ways to participate in the movement of the index today:
- With the help of the derivatives market, trading the index futures. You can make money both on the rise and fall of the underlying asset
- By purchasing (in this case, you can only earn on the growth of the asset)
- There is also a third one, but it is not entirely “correct”. An analogue of our RTS, MSCI RUSSIA, and an ETF based on it called (ERUS), are traded on Western stock exchanges.
Moreover, for both methods, you will need to open an account with one of the (not to be confused with Forex "kitchens"!).
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Technology is advancing rapidly. In 2018, it is impossible to imagine your life without gadgets, although just 10 years ago, in 2008, almost no one had a smartphone with Internet access. Lifehacker recalls how we lived 10 years ago, and talks about how our everyday life has changed since then.
1. No need to visit a doctor, you can consult online
Russian healthcare is not a pleasant topic of conversation. In 2008, it was difficult to see a doctor. Queues, recording a month in advance and a feeling of melancholy and hopelessness. Let's be honest, after 10 years the situation has not changed much.
But now you can make an appointment with a doctor through the State Service website, or you can even contact a specialist online. He will consult at least in Skype, at least in WhatsApp or Telegram and tell you what to do next. In 2018, you can invite a doctor to your home via a mobile app or call a private ambulance. In general, over the past 10 years it has become easier to get sick, and to be treated is easier.
2. No need to catch a taxi by the road, you can order in the app
Remember how we called a taxi 10 years ago? Voted by the road or called the taxi service. The call was accompanied by waiting for the operator's answer, an unobtrusive melody and messages: "You are the seventh in the queue", "You are in the fifth queue." This could go on for several minutes. If you didn't know the address, you had to frantically look for a sign on the house and explain to the operator where you were.
Now, to call a taxi, you just need to open the application on your smartphone. You can choose a car, see the driver's rating and track on the map where the car is driving. Progress has reached the point that now we just get out of the taxi and don't pay: the money will be debited from the card automatically. At first, it was somehow embarrassing, now it is in the order of things to pay in a taxi with a card.
3. No cash needed, just a smartphone
Bank cards are cool in and of themselves. They make shopping more convenient and keeping money safer. Already in 2008, non-cash payments accounted for two-thirds of all payments, and now - more than 80%.
But in 2018, you don't need any money or cards to pay for a purchase in a store or a restaurant bill. It is enough to have a smartphone or smart watch close at hand. There are suitable terminals almost everywhere: in a bakery, coffee shop and transport.
A year ago, people who pay with a watch or a smartphone were looked at as sorcerers and deceivers. Now the technology has taken root and has become a part of our life.
4. You don't need a fortune to fly an airplane
For 10 years, air tickets have fallen in price so much that flying by plane has ceased to be a luxury. Now you can buy a ticket to St. Petersburg for 999 rubles, to Paris for 4 thousand rubles, and to New York for 9 thousand. It's all about promotions and low-cost airlines.
With the development of the Internet, it became possible to easily monitor prices and learn about carrier promotions. And low-cost airlines offering cut service to passengers are creating competition with regular airlines. All this is so cool that you don't know what to do with it: there are cheap tickets, but there is no time to travel. Although here we have made significant progress, starting to work remotely.
5. You don't need to look through a telescope to see a Tesla flying in space
Over the past 10 years, scientists have learned an incredible amount about the universe. Now astronauts grow fresh greens in space and post photos on Instagram, and colonizing Mars no longer seems such a crazy idea.
Anyone can take a virtual walk around the ISS, and Elon Musk has a lot of fun, sending Tesla into space with a dummy in a spacesuit and Isaac Asimov's books.
You can admire the chic electric car in the spirit of the times: no telescope, only YouTube. In addition, get two bonuses: David Bowie songs and space landscapes.
6. No need to go to the bank to transfer money abroad
Transferring money abroad in 2018 is as easy as calling a taxi, ordering a pizza, or admiring the Earth from space. To do this, you do not need to go to a bank branch, a smartphone or computer is enough. For example, the Western Union company, in cooperation with which we wrote this material, has an online transfer service.
It's simple and fast: go to the site, enter data and transfer money. You can transfer from the card to cash, or you can transfer it directly to the recipient's account. In the first case, the money will be available within a few minutes, in the second - within one or two days, but the commission is less. In some countries, money may be deposited into a bank account on the day of transfer.
You can transfer from card to account in 51 countries of the world (you can see the list of countries and terms of crediting), and from card to cash - to more than 200 countries.
To send money, you only need a passport. Register on the website and transfer up to 100 thousand rubles. You can follow the status of the transaction in your profile, and you can calculate how much the transfer will cost.
People tend to imagine the future in some form and fantasize, a lot of predictions from books that at the time of publication seemed completely fantastic are now quite real. Arthur Clarke invented man-made satellites, Jules Verne predicted the appearance of submarines and space flights, Aldous Huxley predicted the emergence of genetic engineering ... The list goes on and on. In the IT field, a lot can also be predicted, and large companies also have a team of full-time futurologists who are engaged in this. For example, an increase in the speed of data transfer and their volume is quite natural, an increase in the capacity of PCs and mobile devices, the appearance of TVs with the ability to connect to the network and applications were also easy to predict. But there are some facts that 10 years ago would have seemed like fiction. Today we will recall the changes and events that have taken place over the past 10 years, and having said about them in 2004, one could get a portion of general bewilderment (at best).
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1. Nokia left the market
The peak of Nokia's success was in 2007 (then it occupied about 60% of the market, and its revenue was about 40 billion euros), but this is a formality. I think readers will agree that in 2004 Nokia mobile phones were incredibly popular too. It would seem, what could happen to such a giant? At the moment, as you know, the mobile division is sold to Microsoft along with the brand. Actually, there will be no more Nokia smartphones, we have Microsoft Lumia. Now, under the Nokia brand, we will be able to see phones-"dialers" and (!!!) a shell for Android OS Nokia Z Launcher. Let's remind, at one time Nokia made smartphones based on Symbian OS. With the increasing popularity of smartphones with touch screens, more modern and functional operating systems have begun to appear. Nokia has developed and has not become popular updated version of Symbian for touch phones and a bunch of updates for it. Later, there were unsuccessful attempts with the Linux-based Maemo OS (Nokia 770, Nokia N800, N810 and Nokia N900 devices) and MeeGo, on which as many as one N9 smartphone came out (later there was a version for the N900 and a smartphone for developers Nokia N950). Then there was Stephen Elop, a contributor from Microsoft, a course on Windows Phone, the sale of the company and what we see now as a result.
2. Philips leaves the TV market
The Dutch company Philips has been producing televisions since the 30s of the last century, to be precise - in 1928 the company introduced its first television showing a picture of 48 lines, and in 1946 it began broadcasting. Philips was a pioneer in many ways: in 1963 it developed the compact cassette tape, which became the standard, in 1980, together with Sony, it introduced the CD, and in 1995 developed the DVD standard. In the field of TV production, the company also distinguished itself more than once and for a long time produced TVs with excellent picture quality. At the end of January 2013, Philips announced its withdrawal from the consumer electronics market and the sale of this part of the business to the Japanese company Funai. Philips-branded TVs are still produced by the Chinese company TP-Vision, they use some of the developments of Philips. Philips itself made this decision due to colossal losses in this area of business, a restructuring is taking place and the company is concentrating on professional medical equipment and lighting devices. The 85-year history of legendary TVs is over.
3. IBM refuses to manufacture computers
IBM Corporation is one of the creators of personal computers as such (it introduced this concept with the release of the IBM PC in 1981) and for a long time produced the very popular ThinkPad notebooks, which were released under the IBM brand from 1995 to 2005, and ThinkCentre computers. By 2004, sales of IBM computers had dropped to a critical level and the company could not compete with Dell and Hewlett-Packard. The management decided to sell the unprofitable part of their business and concentrate on other areas of activity. As a result, the computer division was sold to Lenovo, already popular in the local Chinese market, but still little known outside of China (previously called Legend). Thus ended the era of the legendary IBM personal computers. ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre computers are still produced by Lenovo today.
4. Sony will stop producing VAIO laptops
Continuing the computer theme, one cannot but recall Sony VAIO, both laptops and desktop computers were produced under this brand, but everyone will remember the brand precisely thanks to the legendary laptops. The first VAIO models were released in 1996 and have long been considered the benchmark for technology and style. They usually differed in small size, weight and autonomy within their category. Their laptops used good hardware and case materials. Of course, VAIOs have never been distinguished by their low cost, to some extent they could be called fashion. In recent years, most of Sony's electronics businesses have been unprofitable, notably VAIO TVs and computers. In February of this year, Sony officially announced that it would cease production of laptops and sell the VAIO PC division to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP). The freshly baked company has already managed to announce the first VAIO product without Sony, but this did not cause much excitement.
5. Phones will become the main tools for photography
In 2004, digital cameras of all classes sold well, since there was simply no alternative to them. Only with their help it was possible to obtain high-resolution and high-quality images. Cameras in mobile phones were then at an early stage of development and could not compete with cameras. At that time, the standard camera resolution in phones was 0.3 megapixels (640x480), in the most advanced phones - 1.2 megapixels. There was no talk at all about high-quality matrices and optics. Now cameras in phones have evolved to such a level that the quality of images is practically not inferior to digital compacts. This made it possible to refuse to carry one more gadget, albeit small, but taking up space in the bag. Of course, DSLRs and mirrorless cameras will not die out yet, but the demand for digital cameras is already extremely low, and most of the pictures are taken with the help of smartphones.
6. Apple will receive most of the revenue from the sale of smartphones
For a long time, Apple produced only computers and laptops and only in the 2000s began to expand its range of products. In 2004, in addition to computer technology, Apple already released portable iPods (the first was released in 2001) and launched the iTunes Store. The company released its first iPhone smartphone in 2007. It quickly gained popularity in the United States, followed by worldwide popularity. At the moment, Apple generates most of its revenue from smartphone sales. According to the latest data, Apple now ranks second in the world in the supply of smartphones after the South Korean Samsung. Back in 2004, very few people could have thought of such a course of events.
7. Tablets will be sold more than laptops
The first attempts to create something similar to what we now call a tablet, was made back in 1968 by the research division of Xerox PARC. The Dynabook prototype was created and remained in prototype state. Since 1993, many companies have made races in this direction and have already created serial models, but ten years ago they were regarded as some kind of unprecedented exotic. Tablets became really popular with the release of the first Apple iPad in 2009 on iOS. Many companies followed, already using other operating systems. At the moment, the tablet market is huge: an incredible number of models of different capacities, with different screen sizes and different prices are being sold. The tablet market is developing very rapidly and, according to many electronics retail chains, in the 3rd quarter of 2013, tablet sales exceeded notebook sales.
8. The most popular "television" in the world will be a site that could become a video dating service
9. Service without a monetization system and development strategy will be sold for a billion dollars
The now incredibly popular mobile photo sharing service Instagram emerged in 2010 from another service called Burbn, which in its essence resembled more the current Foursquare (Swarm). Initially, two people were involved in the project; by August 2011, the team consisted of 5 people. The service was improving, but the developers did not have any specific plan of action for the future, as well as any monetization system. Hashtags, filters appeared, and a version for Android OS was released (originally it was only on iOS). Happiness came from whence it was not expected: in 2012, Facebook announced its purchase of Instagram for a tidy sum of $ 1 billion. This was followed by changes in the advertising side of the issue, tight integration with social networks and, accordingly, financial receipts. In 2013, it became possible to publish videos.
10. People will take photos of food in droves with their phones
With the rise in popularity of Instagram, a strange fashion has emerged to post pictures of food that a person is about to eat. Fashion has become widespread, and some psychologists have attributed users who publish photographs of food on social networks, mental disorders. Such characters and the name came up quickly: "foodstagramers". Various restaurants and cafes quickly took over and began using foodstagram for advertising purposes.
11. The first site with a billion registered users will be founded by a 20-year-old student
The largest social network Facebook was founded in 2004 by student Mark Zuckerberg and his roommates while studying at Harvard University. Zuckerberg was then 20 years old. Initially, the site was created for Harvard students, later it was open to all students who have a mailbox in the .edu domain. For all users, the social network was opened in 2006, and already in 2007, thanks to Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg became the youngest billionaire on the planet. He was 23 years old. As of July 2014, Facebook has 1.32 billion registered users. Facebook is the first site to surpass the billion mark of registered users.
12. Google will become the world's largest robotics company
10 years ago, Google was perceived exclusively as a search giant, few people could have imagined that the company would later create the most popular mobile operating system and will develop in various fields. From broadband Internet access via Google Fiber, the Loon Balloon Wireless Internet Project to robotics. One of the initiators of the active development of robots at Google was Andy Rubin, the former head of the Android division. The company has been very active in buying up robot companies. In 2012 alone, 8 of these were purchased, starting with the developers of industrial robots and ending with companies that carried out military orders and were engaged in the creation of humanoid robots. Google currently owns Boston Dynamics, Meka Robotics, Bot & Dolly, Holomni, SCHAFT Inc., Redwood Robotics, Industrial Perception Inc. and Autofuss. Google has already shown a prototype of an autonomous robotic car, and who knows what else is being developed by the company?
13. Sony will become one of the largest manufacturers of cameras
Despite the fact that Sony has been producing digital cameras since 1996, it was not a serious player in this market until 10 years ago. Everything changed in 2006. The Japanese company Minolta was at the origins of photography and has a rich history that dates back to 1928. She owns a large number of significant developments in this area. In the 2000s, things did not go as well as we would like. The company merged with Konica to produce various printed, optical, measuring and medical products, and it was decided to put the unprofitable photographic equipment division under the knife. In 2006, Minolta discontinued the production of cameras under its own brand and transferred its photo business to Sony, which the latter used very competently. Sony is currently one of the world's largest suppliers of cameras and optics.
14. Users will finance the development of games or gadgets themselves
The history of crowdfunding dates back to 1997 when fans of the British band Marillion organized and conducted an online fundraising campaign to fund a music tour. Later there will be a number of similar fundraisers for music topics, and in 2000-2001. The first crowdfunding platform for artists, ArtistShare, will open. Currently, the most popular crowdfunding platforms are IndieGoGo (founded in 2008) and Kickstarter (in 2009). They are universal in their subject matter: they collect funds for everything from music to gadgets and games. Anyone here can finance the project they like for an acceptable amount and get the financed product among the first for a lower price.
15.In 2014, Internet Explorer will not even enter the top three most popular browsers
Once the Internet browser Microsoft Internet Explorer, despite its slowness and inadequate display of many pages (some sites have a separate version for IE), by a large margin occupied the first place in the ranking of browsers used, largely due to human laziness and the fact that it is the default installed with Windows. This was the case 10 years ago. Judging by the statistics found on the Internet, now IE is not even included in the top three (if we take into account different versions of Chrome). Now the browser from the search giant Google Chrome is in the lead, and Internet Explorer is jokingly called the Chrome download program.
16. Games will be free, but you will have to pay money to play them
It was easy to predict that digital distribution would gradually replace physical media. At the moment, games are being successfully sold through online services such as Steam and Origin, which is really convenient. Various distribution methods have appeared here, one of which is shareware Free-to-play (F2P) games: the game is distributed “for free”, but a system of in-game purchases (microtransactions) has been implemented. Moreover, very often the game is specially made so that it would be very difficult to complete it without purchases. More sophisticated ways of extorting money from users - Freemium: a limited version is distributed for free and a "premium" version is available for money and Pay-to-play, when players have to pay more than a certain amount to access the full version of the game (Warhammer Online, EverQuest , World of Warcraft).
17. A device with a 6-inch screen will still be called a phone
10 years ago there was a distinction between smartphones and communicators: the former were more like regular mobile phones, but were more functional due to the abundance of useful applications. Communicators, on the other hand, were a PDA with a telephone module. In any case, the screen diagonal did not exceed 3.5-4 inches. After 10 years, the situation has changed quite significantly, the term "communicator" has died out, and the screen diagonals have increased significantly. With the advent of 7-inch tablets with telephony functions and smartphones with 6-inch (or more) screens, the border between these classes of devices has become dubious. The question is rather in terminology and positioning: back in 2011, the 5-inch Dell Streak was positioned as a tablet with telephone functions, and already the 2013 Sony Xperia Z Ultra with a 6.4-inch screen was positioned by the manufacturer primarily as a smartphone.
18. The best-selling smartphones in Ukraine are Lenovo
Lenovo, still little known in our area in 2004, bought the computer division of IBM and entered the world market with its (already) laptops at an accelerated pace. A few years ago, Lenovo was very active in Android smartphones, which is not surprising: the most popular mobile OS is still. The company quickly expanded its abundant assortment of models in different price categories. Smartphone prices were lower than most competitors, especially A-brands. Thanks to a successful pricing policy, an aggressive advertising campaign and an abundance of models, Lenovo in 2014 took first place in Ukraine in the sale of smartphones. According to the results of the second quarter of 2014, the percentage of Lenovo smartphones was 31.5%.
19. Fly brand took first place in Russia in smartphone sales
The Fly brand belongs to the Meridian Telecom Group and has been dealing with mobile phones since 2002. Ten years ago, the brand was not very popular and had several models in its assortment. Both then and now, the company operates mainly on an OEM basis and orders smartphones from Chinese manufacturers such as Gionee, Lenovo, Inventec, and so on. The company became the leader in smartphone sales in Russia in 2014, thanks to the same reasons as Lenovo in Ukraine.
20. One browser will be enough for work
For 10 years, the speed, capabilities and coverage of the World Wide Web have grown significantly, and many areas of activity have already moved or are moving to the Internet. There are a large number of online working tools and desktop software analogues in terms of functionality, and many actions that 10 years ago were performed exclusively in MS Office or Photoshop can now be done quite easily in online analogues. Thanks to this, you just need to turn on the browser to perform many work duties. For this type of work, in particular, inexpensive Chromebooks on Chrome OS have already been created. It is possible that in 10 years we will completely abandon the storage of information on stationary media.