Great vid on how the need for programmers is greater than ever, and how this new computer is expected to try and replace the old computers that ran on code
Researchers have created a new keyboard layout which they claim makes "thumb-typing" faster on touchscreen devices such as tablets and large smartphones. Dr Per Ola Kristensson, from St Andrews University, said traditional Qwerty keyboards had trapped users in "suboptimal text entry interfaces". The new design has been dubbed KALQ, after the order of keys on one line.
This shows the digital divide in broadband coverage and how the goverment has set aside the funding for the broadband but work hasn't even started yet.
The broadband train is full steam ahead at the moment as superfast services are rolled out across the country but as we enter a new generation of the digital age, why are many of the older generation still refusing to climb aboard?
This shows you why the old generation are refusing to climb aboard which is useful in the digital divide section.
The headlines were unequivocal - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had announced that email is dead. The truth however was a little more prosaic. At the launch of the social network's new messaging platform, he had said "we don't think a modern messaging system is going to be email", and that the new system was "not email".
When I teach GoogleMail to year 7s, it's really obvious that the only reason they use email is to allow them to sign up to online accounts for games and stuff. And I reckon that 90% of UCTC year 7s have a Facebook account. Is that "normal" or "worrying"?