America's chief technologist traded cutting-edge gadgets for Blackberry, 2013 Dell laptop

America's chief technologist, Megan Smith, who left Google to work under US President Barack Obama, has had to give up her technologically advanced devices and settle for a Blackberry phone and a 2013 Dell laptop.

According to the Verge, when Smith left the private sector, she hoped to infuse the government with Silicon Valley know-how, as the administration was still reeling from its disastrous healthcare.gov rollout.

However, Smith was in for a culture shock after she discovered that the government was still holding on to archaic technology.

Despite the challenge, Smith was able to deliver her best.

Smith, who played a major role in shaping Obama's position on net neutrality and has advised the president on ways to bring more technologists into the administration, seems undeterred in her campaign to fix the government's tech problems, the report added.