Download - How the Internet can make your life easier
Internet is a personal matter
Defined by how you use it.
Boomers just as enthusiastic about the benefits of e-mail and the web.
“There are still some holdouts who think their lives are just fine without the Internet. That will get harder and harder to continue to do.” – Jeffrey Cole, Center for the Digital Future
218 million Americans online
Research productsHobbiesMedical conditionsDriving directionsNews18-24: nightlife, comics, wrestling55plus: horseracing, golf, stocks, travel,
virtual pharmacies
Family and personal history
MCL.org Ancestry, Heritage Quest database
Legacy.com-obituaries, guest booksClassmates.comFacebook.comAarp.org/onlinecommunitystumbleupon
PHOTOS
Flickr.comKodakgallery.comSnapfish.com
Free MOVIES/TV
Hulu.comYoutube.comMymoviefest? Vimeo?Fox.comAbc.com
BANKING
Households handling money on web doubled
INGDirectOnline bank with higher interest rates
E-trade.com
Everbank.com
Traditional banks- online services free (bill pay)
MAPS
Maps.google.comMapquest.comYahoo! Maps
Google Maps: Street View
“Empire State Building, NY”
SHOPPING
Zappos.com
Mysimon.com, shopzilla.com, pricegrabber.com
amazonEtsy.com
REAL ESTATE
Zillow.comEstimate your home’s value
Trulia.com- chat with locals
FSBO.com- sell by yourself
Realtor.com
HEALTH
Medlineplus.govHealth.NIH.govMayoclinic.comWebMD.com-articles, tests,
tools,
Evaluation formHandouts
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