Britons know little of new technology
Do you know what a BlackBerry is? Well done – that puts you in an elite group of British society, if the results of a new research are to be believed. Accoridng to a survey by Ask.com, around half of the population doesn’t know what one is – and almost as many are clueless about other terms and technology, such as podcasting and blogging.
The reason? Well, it seems we’re too afraid to ask. The survey claims 45% of Britons don’t know what a BlackBerry device does, 44% don’t have a clue about podcasting and 41% are in the dark about blogging. And interestingly, 24% are still unsure what MP3 and iPods are all about. And if you’re Scottish it’s worse – they were found to be least capable of asking about technology, with levels of understanding generally lower across the board than the rest of the country.
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