Navigation need not be linear. We can customize information to use it whenever and wherever we want. Since digital information can be stored in a small space and can be recombined with other digital information or data, we can search, retrieve, and store information in new ways. This capability has broad-ranging implications for society and industry, affecting everything from education to the military, art and music to banking. We require less space for more information.
Digital information is lightweight and portable .
A book obviously is heavier than a floppy disk. Laptops are getting smaller and lighter, easier to travel with. Wearable computing is being developed, so that it's possible to have an advanced Personal Digital Assistant with you at all times. We can merge televisions and computers, through which we can share multimedia on the Internet. This breakdown of the old communication divisions is known as media convergence .