The convergence of technology and global ageing is driving new business opportunities, innovations in service delivery and the promise of a better life tomorrow for older adults and those who care for them. Despite its promise, technology has a Janus face introducing both new solutions as well as new problems. Successful development and integration of technology as a tool to transform global ag…

Baby boomers are characterised as being technophobes who are slow to adopt new technology and when they do, they struggle to understand how to use it. This paper aimed to uncover whether baby boomers have embraced mobile phone technology and, if not, their reasons why. It sought to provide an understanding of mobile phone use among Australia’s ageing population, and the ways they are using a…

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Few studies have examined the cognitive challenges faced by seniors in website use, let alone the way designers can mitigate those challenges. The findings of this ethnographic study of an Australian online community for seniors, extends present understanding of cognition and seniors, challenging the assumptions of some previous studies. This study shows that sudden adaptation to complex chang…

The actors of the building industry have access to a range of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), and are constantly presented with new software and new communications platforms. Through case studies, and inspired by sociotechnical approaches to the study of emerging technologies, this article focuses on innovative uses of virtual worlds in architecture. We interviewed architects…

Attracted by the prospective opportunities offered by the Internet for market and communication diversification, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) adopt information and communication technologies (ICT), hoping to better their performances. This study assessed the adoption of e-commerce by SMEs in Botswana. It aimed at finding out the factors that led to e-commerce adoption, the kinds of e-co…

For older adults in rural regions of Australia the issues of distance, accessibility and social connectivity associated with rural living add another dimension to the physical and social challenges associated with ageing. New technologies offer the potential of increasing connectedness for older rural people. This paper examines the comfort levels with, and attitudes to, technology from a surv…

In this article we explore how online daters use technology to assess and manage the real and perceived risks associated with online dating. Online in depth interviews were conducted with 29 participants. The interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. All participants believed that online dating was risky in some manner. To manage these risks participants used technology in v…

This article explores the role that Web 2.0 technologies can play in enhancing language learning development in a blended world. It will argue that technologies are not enough on their own to make a difference, but that teachers bring a particular understanding of language and the needs of their learners to the creation of suitable activities. It will show that the use of technologies is also c…

This paper looked at two Information and Communications Technology (ICT) contexts that initially appeared very different. It presents results of a survey administered in Cambodia (n = 130) and Japan (n = 328) which show that, excepting a few tasks, students in both countries were far from ‘native-like’ in terms of digital literacy (Prensky 2001). Students from both countries responded simil…