Q1 - What is the 8 seconds rule of Internet and why is it so important for m-commerce technology?

The 8-second rule is an old rule of the Internet; it is the rough unit of measure of the performance of a web server. This rule was implemented when Internet was taking its first steps. It indeed specified that if the loading time of a web page exceeded eight seconds, Internet users would not wait any longer. Yet the fact remains that this rule no longer applies as a much higher percentage of Internet users have reliable Internet connections, which allow them to upload almost all websites in less than a second.
M-commerce is the ability to conduct a transaction while using a mobile device. There are two frequent types of usage of the m-commerce, a mobile user can buy something online from his mobile web connection, or he can use his mobile device as a way of physical payment in a shop (which thus replaces money, checks or credit card).
There rules are truly fundamentals when talking about making m-commerce technology a reality: reliability, security and speed. In fact speed is a critical need for the development of m-commerce, one will not use its mobile phone to pay for something if it takes longer than using a regular money payment. Furthermore, today everyone expect us to be very fast, and we live much faster than former generations used to, and this has only been possible through technological improvement. This boils down to the fact that a new technology must feature speed in its main characteristics in order to gain a real impact on our everyday life’s. In fact, in order to be implemented in our life style, a new technology has to be efficient from its launch period, because consumers have been used to great quality.
A mobile user is going to use m commerce only if it is less convenient than buying online from its computer wireless connection. The 8-second