According to a recent survey by Lewis PR, 20% of 1000 British people interviewed thought that Steve Jobs, famous Apple CEO, was a footballer! And no, it doesn’t stop there! 10% of people interviewed apparently thought he was a Trade Union worker!
Bill Gates did slightly better, but 5% of those interviewed thought that he was a comedian or great train robber of the 60′s. Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the internet, was, according to 5% of those asked, the first astronaut in space.
4% believed that phishing was a method of angling used by eskimos.
72% said that they use facebook reguarly, with ‘just’ 11% not knowing what the term ‘social networking’ means. 11% couldn’t name a social networking site and 12% could not name a single social networking site.
This is meant to be the modern age of technology, but if 1 in 5 British people think that the CEO of Apple is a footballer, we really are in trouble. Watch the video below for some reactions to basic technology questions, including an old man who thinks that a pixel is a type of chocolate bar.
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