Quotes About Digital divide

I'm not on Twitter or any of that rubbish. I'm an old man.

There are a lot of people in D.C. who have never been on Twitter or Facebook and don't get what's happening.

Managing players is harder these days because of the arrival of new technology. They are all using it in their spare time so they become more isolated and selfish. They share less, they talk less. They have apps, their phones and the Internet but they are less used to talking to people.

The smartphone may be the single greatest invention in the history of inventions. In 2020 there are three billion of them in a world of eight billion people. Before 2007 there were zero.

Computers are good, but they isolate the user and the information. People forget what they can't see.

Unlike in the past, there are now two kinds of people in the world: those who own and run the networks, and those who merely use them.

Giving the world's poor mobile telephony is proving easier than providing them with clean water

there are now two kinds of people in the world: those who own and run the networks, and those who merely use them

of bandwidth and other infrastructure far from universally available as well as issues of censorship in

certification of what constitutes "merit" and "quality." Nevertheless, and even granting the digital divide, there is a generational shift in the kinds of learning happening by those both living above the poverty

I would not minimize the digital divide, which separates the computerized world from the rest, nor would I underestimate the importance of traditional books.

The people who depend on an antenna are often those who are underprivileged - the elderly and the disadvantaged who can't afford a $200-a-month cable bill.

There's a tremendous amount of rural areas where the constituencies tell me on a regular basis that they are underserved by the availability of broadband.

Considering the great benefits broadband connectivity can bring to individuals and businesses alike, it is crucial for developing countries - and underserved communities in developed countries - to help build out broadband infrastructure in an affordable manner.

I think there's a gigantic generation gap in terms of how people understand the Internet and how much they think technology is an important factor in social change.

I think technology is spreading, and I think one's experience of technology is going to relate increasingly to class - not so much to country.

I don't want to wake up at 60 and have to call the neighbor who's 12 to help me with my computer.

There's a large risk to our society if a group of people doesn't have access to technology or even the desire to get on the Net and see what opportunities are out there. Technology can be a great equalizer.

Facebook is the first class of social networking. If MySpace is Camden Lock then Facebook is Harvey Nichols.

I've always shied away from computers, the Internet and all that. I'm a bit more traditional, really - pick up a newspaper, pick up a phone.

People complain about the rich-and-poor divide. It's crazy, no doubt about it. But what gets me is that today, a billionaire or head of state on their smartphone has the same direct access to information as a homeless person has on a smartphone - or a person in Bangladesh or Papua New Guinea.

One way or another, we need to understand that broadband is essentially telephone service, and just as we got to telephone service in the United States to one hundred per cent, we need to do it for broadband.

The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because usually when the computer breaks down once, that is the end of it for a long, long time. They do not have the money or incentive to get the computer repaired.

Social media, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter - I steer away from them. They're alienating us socially as well as bringing us together.