Two main examples of information-transfer transactions technology development is the copying and transportation of information.
These developments lead to quicker information-transfer transactions in the form of distributing copies of original information to others through a changes of location or format.
The transportation of information started with people sending letters by foot, then by horse, the public and international postal service, all the way down to technology networks.
In the case of information-transfer transactions, one most consider the costs of time and means (money).
Therefore, for information-transfer transaction times to decrease, the costs of means have to increase and vice versa.