IBM donates Computers to Journalism Experiment – Today in Technology History

On January 27 1989, a grant opened the door for IBM to donate $2 million in microcomputer technology to be installed at the University of Missouri to replace typewriters in journalism classrooms.   Read the article. Today everyone is a reporter.  Reporting news from mobile devices, blog posts, social media sites,  RSS feeds and more.Continue reading “IBM donates Computers to Journalism Experiment – Today in Technology History”

An innovative move met with criticism

On January 26 1997, the New York times published an article about a San Francisco library and its innovative move to add more computers and digital content to the library.   read the article Today digital content,  computer stations and computer aided library searches fill the library system as a cooperative method to conduct research and pleasure reading.   LibrariesContinue reading “An innovative move met with criticism”