Facebook Partnering with St. Petersburg’s Poynter Institute to Launch “MediaWise for Seniors” The Poynter Institute, a world-renowned non-profit journalism school, and research organization have partnered with Facebook to launch the
Yes. You do need to learn that new technology BY DEANNA SHOSS In the past, non-digital natives, aka those of us who grew up without technology, might have consciously decided
NSF Self Sanitizing Masks LISTEN HERE NSF Self Sanitizing Masks Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I’m Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #448. Today’s show is brought to
BY WENDY SCHUMAN SENIOR PLANET – Bringing seniors together in a changing world Ever since the pandemic changed our lives abruptly in early March, our world has increasingly moved online.
Cool, but scary…deepfakes are here! BY DEANNA SHOSS Nancy Pelosi drunkenly slurred her words in a public address. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg gleefully asserted that whoever has the data will rule
Technology assistance: helpful or bias? BY DEANNA SHOSS I asked a male-millennial-something to take a picture of me at a recent event. I was merely closing another app before opening
Online Privacy. Is it as Bad as you Imagine? By Deanna Shoss My back had only been out of whack for a week and I hadn’t posted a word about
Grandparents and grandchildren benefit from technology BY JERRY WITKOVSKY University’s Alumni Association presents a wonderful program where professors talk about their current research. The spring series was all about media,
What Kind Of Technology Tourist Are You? BY DEANNA SHOSS If I asked about new technology two years ago, you would have lamented (or relished) diminishing face-to-face connections, with the
Easy Ways to Help Older Grandparents with Technology Technology has helped bring people together. Unfortunately, it has also driven people generationally apart. While smartphones and the internet offer a fantastic
When in doubt, go to Cameroon! BY JACK YORK Greetings from GRAND’s new associate publisher. This is a new title for me. I’m one of the founders of It’s Never
A Grandson’s Technology Cure For Elder Isolation By Christine Crosby If someone reports feeling lonely, they are more likely to lose their independence and they are at greater risk of
Tools of Technology May Be Tyrants BY JACK LEVINE As a first wave Baby Boomer, born in 1951, I recall our first oval screen “television set” and our telephone was a party
Family DVDs – A Special Holiday Gift GRAND Magazine is pleased to welcome back Dr. Rick Phillips, President of The Digital Middle Age and expert on technology as it applies
According to an article on ajc.com, today’s grandparents are finding more ways than ever that embracing technology is a major key to staying in touch with their grandkids. Kids of
Are your grandchildren addicted to technology? BY CLAYTON OSTLER Remember those simple times when we sent the kids outside to play and we knew they would be discovering nature, playing
Never before in the history of man have so many young people had so much access to information. Get ready Generation Z is here. We can’t be surprised that they
Most of us are familiar with many of the achievements of our 40th President, Ronald Reagan. However, there is one notable achievement seldom mentioned in discussions about Reagan’s legacy: He
By Jack Levine, Founder, 4 Generations Institute As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, let’s remember that the holiday’s name is a compound word – Thanks and Giving. Take these few moments
By Marsha Felton One-of-a-kind event in San Francisco on November 19-20 brings together 500+ tech entrepreneurs and industry innovators to share best practices and collaborate on new models in care