Computer software is the most obvious example, but increasingly such things as airline tickets, stockbroking services, banking and insurance, and even books and newspapers are being delivered electronically.
Increasingly, films such as Warcraft are changing the role of the director.
It increases volatility and drives up prices, whether of shares or, increasingly, commodities such as oil or food.
But increasingly, academics such as Willem Kuyken, a psychologist at Exeter University, are asking whether, if mindfulness can work for depression and pain, anyone else might benefit?
But it is increasingly connected, such as through the RMB hubs that trade the Chinese currency located around the world, including in London.
In 2011 Chinese financial institutions will favour organic expansion in places where China's state-owned enterprises are increasingly active, such as Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Information processing services are becoming increasingly pervasive, such as is demonstrated by the Internet of Things or smart grids.
Increasingly services such as the bluntly named HideMyAss have been taking extra measures to protect their users, he added.
Increasingly firms such as BT are turning home wi-fi routers into public wi-fi hotspots which will provide free net access to other subscribers to the network.
As the work progresses the names by which he may be referred to become increasingly abstract (such as "Finn MacCool", "Mr. Makeall Gone", or "Mr. Porter" ).
