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Aug 28, 2010Chicago Tribune
Richard Bosack joined Facebook on Thursday, after his buddy Ray Urbans recommended the ubiquitous social networking site a few days earlier. Bosack is 89. Urbans is 96.
The two Elmhurst men might be viewed as curiosities in an arena th...
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Aug 27, 2010Orlando Sentinel
Ruth Roseboom checks her Facebook page at least once a day. The 78-year-old Celebration grandmother has 40 Facebook friends and likes to see what they are up to on any given time.
Roseboom is part of a growing number of adults logging ...
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Aug 27, 2010San Jose Mercury News
Just a few short years ago, Facebook was the exclusive province of postmillennial college undergraduates. Well, move over. The Woodstock generation -- and their parents -- are moving in.
The phenomenal growth of Facebook, Twitter and ot...
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Aug 27, 2010CNN
(CNN) -- Nancy Ehrlich was nearing 50 and frustrated, teaching at her small Pennsylvania town's elementary school with colleagues who didn't share her love of technology.
Then, last summer, she found Twitter.
Now, Ehrlich -- ...
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Aug 27, 2010NPR
Grandma is posting a photo on Facebook.
Grandpa is looking for former colleagues on LinkedIn.
And more and more people ages 50 and older are joining social networks, according to a new Read More
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Jul 5, 2010ABC News | Ahead of the Curve
As Internet users share more and more information about themselves on both social and professional networking sites, managing online reputations has become a full-time job.
"It's not just about text-based results, it's about photo and v...
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Jun 18, 2010CNN
(CNN) -- Adults are just as likely as teenagers to text while driving, according to a report released Friday by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.
The report, titled "Adults and Cell Phone Distractions," found n...
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Jun 18, 2010Associated Press
If you're about to warn your teenager about the dangers of texting or talking on the phone while driving, a new report suggests you look in the mirror first.
A study released Friday by The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life ...
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Jun 14, 2010New York Times
In response to growing privacy concerns on the Internet, people are increasingly monitoring their online identities. And young Internet users are the most vigilant in restricting access to personal information, Read More
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May 28, 2010CNN
(CNN) -- Web search engines make our lives easier: They connect us with what we're searching for in a matter of seconds, and sometimes they bring us to places we didn't even know we were looking for.
But they can also teach us a lot abo...
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