Technology News & Articles

Chances are if you’re easily frustrated and regularly discouraged by the failure of computers, cell phones and the Internet, you’re old. That’s not criticism, though. It’s the results of a recent study released by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

The study, based on a survey of over 2000 U.S. adults, took an in-depth look at how people felt and reacted to problems with technology, whether it is a loss of Internet connection or a broken iPod.

Those that have kept up-to-date with the technology headlines know that we are being treated to a trifecta of mobile phone gadgetry that our grandparents likely never dreamed possible. There are also plenty of new and impressive consumer electronics products on the rise. So with times of such technological progress in full swing, why is newly released research pointing towards less adoption of these devices and the services available on them?

If for some odd reason you find yourself in Indiana this August, try to make Technical Communication 2.0, a half-day event on Web 2.0, technology and the workplace.

Perhaps coolest of all, the opportunity is free.

Summer certainly seems to be the time for revelations. First the Washington Post embraced Web 2.0, and now print magazines have figured out that women are going online in droves to shop, read, communicate and collaborate.

Gasp! Horror! When will it end?