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A fifth of the adult UK population has never used a computer or been online, says the new government-funded body UKOnlineCentres. According to the press release I received, one-in-ten of over 55s would rather do a bungee jump than use the Internet. They’re launching an initiative to try to overcome this. I know about this, New data from Pingdom on the age of social network users confirms the rumours. They are mostly quite old, or they lie a lot about their age. You’ll have seen this word flying about recently and it’s time for some explanations. Err… don’t you mean ‘publically’? [’publicly’ if you’re American] No. Well, in some ways, yes, I do. Let me explain. In the past, there has been an assumption that privacy was the default state of human existence. It was only when Pew Research Center reports that older people are almost as likely to embrace technological change as young people: …innovations in cell phones, email and online shopping are seen as changes for the better by most Americans with positive views reaching well beyond the youngest Millennial generation. These kinds of change are viewed at |             | |||
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