Enhancing Your Digital Lifestyle
A technology educator says older people are keen to use iPads and other tablet devices even as some struggle to understand how the technology works. The Goldfields Library Corporation’s Barbara Billings said much of her work focused on empowering older people to use technology. “There are not many places people can go to […]
BY LISA STIFFLER on January 16, 2017 at 8:00 am This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology. It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day and nearly the end of Barack Obama’s presidency. America has made tremendous […]
Google’s parent company Alphabet reported $26.1 billion in total revenue, up 22% year over year (YoY) and 3% above consensus estimate of $25.2 billion. For the sixth straight quarter, mobile search was the main driver of growth for the company, reflecting Google’s dominance in advertising. Alphabet’s revenue is broken into […]
The results of a recent study showed that “belief in scientific-technological progress is a stronger predictor of life satisfaction than religious beliefs.” The abstract of this study by Olga Stavrova, Daniel Ehlebracht and Detlef Fetchenhauer — all of Germany’s University of Cologne, posted on “Science Direct”, stated, “A strong belief in scientific-technological progress […]
Improvements in travel technology are moving a mile a minute. 2017 has barely geared up, and we’ve already seen an influx of travel-related tech emerge at Las Vegas’ CES – from thumbnail-sized DataTraveler cards that hold enough movies to cover countless round-the-world flights, to immersive VR gadgets that take you […]