10 numbers that changed technology in 2016

1. 1 billion: WhatsApp users globally, than 160 million of which are in India.

2. $3 billion: Amount Amazon said it would put into India out of a commitment of $5 billion.

3. 900 million: Indians who will need to be brought online to make the Prime Minister’s plan to move to digital payments a success.

4. 8-10 %: What IT industry body Nasscom finally cut the industry growth estimate to after months of speculation that the previous 10-12% was unreachable.

5. 32 lakh Indian debit cards hacked in one of the largest disclosed security breaches in the country.

6. $26 billion: Amount Microsoft paid to buy LinkedIn, one of the largest deals in the year.

7. Rs 39.8 crore: Paid by Amazon to buy Tata Group’s publishing arm Westland, which publishes books by writers such as Amish Tripathi, Ashwin Sanghi and Rashmi Bansal.

8. 1 billion Yahoo accounts that were breached, the largest data breach in history.

9. $7 billion: Valuation of Uber China when it sold to Chinese rival Didi Chuxing.

10. $5 billion: That’s roughly what it will cost Samsung to recall its Galaxy Note 7 line of phones that tended to burst into flames when charged.