Indeed, the government's Digital Inclusion Charter, launched in July, exists because 11 million people in the UK still lack basic digital skills and capabilities.
The Digital Inclusion Charter launched in April 2014 begins to address the problem, he points out, aiming to reduce the number of people offline by 25% by 2016 working with such organisations as the Tinder Foundation and Go-On UK.
"The Salvation Army signed up to the Digital Inclusion Charter and realised that, if we can't ensure our staff are digitally included, then how are we going to help anyone else?" Among those I spoke to, there was an evident appetite for innovation, creativity and putting technology to good use.
It is an insane notion for school officials to think that this situation can be remedied by the extensive use of standardized tests which result in their misuse in order to close down neighborhood schools, fire teachers, and come up with the gimmickry of charter schools, "digital" learning, performance bonuses, and vouchers.
But to what extent do their political ideologies reflect that of their constituents?Technology: A tinkerer's charter America's digital copyright law, designed to protect intellectual property, is hampering innovation.
Under the law, now christened the snooper's charter, almost every digital communication and movement would be logged by telecommunications companies, intercepted by intelligence agencies and subject to scrutiny.
Tony Hall's success or failure in persuading the government of the continuing relevance of the BBC in the digital era in upcoming royal charter and licence fee renewal negotiations will determine whether the corporation will still have recognisable scale and funding in its centenary year, 2022.
The BBC/ITV plan, which multiple sources have described as at a very early "explore and evaluate" stage, fits into director general Tony Hall's "open BBC" pledge as part of a reshaping of the corporation for the digital age in the next charter renewal period.
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People RNIDD) has been pressing for a tougher voluntary charter that would see digital services supplemented by widespread, effective and reliable sub-titling.
