Top 10 things the internet has changed forever

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The internet continues to change everything. Whilst it's creating entire new industries and jobs it's also putting a lot of people out of work and killing older business models. Accelerating the changes is the rise and rise of smartphones as a source of just about everything. It's a digital revolution, as profound as the Industrial Revolution, and we’re right in the middle of it.

So many things are now just a tap or swipe away. Ordering a pizza, checking the news, sharing a moment with a friend, booking a flight.

We can be nostalgic and try to assure ourselves that everything 'was better in the old days' but, in most cases, the newer internet versions of old models are much better, more convenient and cheaper, or even free.

Here are 10 things that have been changed forever or completely killed off.