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Technology is not for everyone. Not for the poor. Not for the elderly. And definitely not for the technologically illiterate, including the luddites and technophobes. I have assisted seniors who struggle with the use of ATM and mobile phones and apps. Lucky me, I didn't have that struggle. I was an IT person. I used to create business application programs and provide desk support to troubleshoot Macintosh computers. One of my bosses, the big man Mr Zobel, even used to call me the Macintosh man. Then, one day, I got so frustrated I could not withdraw my money because of this darned technology. "Technology sucks!" I must have said.  The BPI ATMs That Sucked My Patience As an economically challenged senior citizen, I seldom go to an ATM to withdraw some cash because there's nothing much to withdraw. Most of the time, I shop online because it is convenient. But this day, I had to walk to the nearest ATM because my sister from the US sent some cash gifts to distribute for ...

How real is real time when live streaming a TV broadcast? While my sister and I were watching the same program on TV, I could hear from my room that the audio coming from the living room and my room were not synchronized. I could hear the audio of my TV ahead from that in the living room. So, I already know for a fact that a TV broadcast via cable has seconds delay compared to watching a program via air antenna (terrestrial). Cable TV Broadcast vs Live Streaming on the Net Outside my room, my sisters were watching GMA News on TV; while I was watching the same program via live streaming on my iPhone. I could clearly hear that the audio from the TV was ahead from that of my iPhone.  YouTube App vs Facebook App On iPhone, if live streaming via YouTube app, there was a delay of 20s10 (seconds). With Facebook app, the delay was only 10s19 (seconds).  Therefore, that makes live streaming on Facebook app nearer to real time compared to live streaming on YouTube app. Faceb...