It is estimated that around 60% of the global population now own a phone a smartphone, approximately 4.6 billion. There are many benefits to Global Networking as it allows us to share information immediately, with not just the world, but with our peers - those who have the same interests as ourselves in order to gain feedback and grow our individual communities of interest. So Global Networking allows us to pool our collective intelligence together, so that we may formulate innovative solutions to problems both old and new.