Editing Information Age (section)

===2005–present: Web 2.0, social media, smartphones, digital TV===
{{Main|Web 2.0|Social media|Smartphone|Digital terrestrial television|Digital television transition|Video game industry|Seventh generation of video game consoles|Eighth generation of video game consoles|Ninth generation of video game consoles}}

In late 2005 the population of the Internet reached 1&nbsp;billion,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1003975|title=One Billion People Online!|access-date=17 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022105426/http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1003975|archive-date=22 October 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and 3&nbsp;billion people worldwide used cell phones by the end of the decade. [[HDTV]] became the standard television broadcasting format in many countries by the end of the decade. In September and December 2006 respectively, [[Luxembourg]] and the [[Netherlands]] became the first countries to completely [[Digital terrestrial television#Analogue to digital transition by countries|transition from analog to digital television]]. In September 2007, a majority of U.S. survey respondents reported having [[Broadband#Internet broadband|broadband internet]] at home.<ref>{{cite news|title=Demographics of Internet and Home Broadband Usage in the United States|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|date=7 April 2021|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/internet-broadband/#who-has-home-broadband|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref> According to estimates from the [[Nielsen Media Research]], approximately 45.7&nbsp;million U.S. households in 2006 (or approximately 40 percent of approximately 114.4&nbsp;million) owned a dedicated [[home video game console]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Arendt|first1=Susan|date=5 March 2007|title=Game Consoles in 41% of Homes|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|WIRED]]|publisher=[[Condé Nast]]|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/03/game-consoles-i/|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|title=Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008|date=30 December 2007|edition=127|series=[[Statistical Abstract of the United States]]|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=52|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2007/compendia/statab/127ed/tables/pop.pdf|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> and by 2015, 51 percent of U.S. households owned a dedicated home video game console according to an [[Entertainment Software Association]] annual industry [[Memorandum|report]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=North|first1=Dale|date=14 April 2015|title=155M Americans play video games, and 80% of households own a gaming device|website=[[VentureBeat]]|url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/04/14/155-million-americans-play-video-games-and-4-out-of-5-households-own-a-gaming-device/|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|title=2015 Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry|volume=2015|series=Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry|publisher=[[Entertainment Software Association]]|url=https://templatearchive.com/esa-essential-facts/|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> By 2012, over 2&nbsp;billion people used the Internet, twice the number using it in 2007. [[Cloud computing]] had entered the mainstream by the early 2010s. In January 2013, a majority of U.S. survey respondents reported owning a [[smartphone]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Demographics of Mobile Device Ownership and Adoption in the United States|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|date=7 April 2021|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref> By 2016, half of the world's population was connected<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm|title=World Internet Users Statistics and 2014 World Population Stats|access-date=17 April 2015|archive-date=23 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623200007/http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and as of 2020, that number has risen to 67%.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clement |title=Worldwide digital population as of April 2020 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/617136/digital-population-worldwide/ |website=Statista |access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>