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There were many reactions Verizon Wireless salesman Joseph Ramireza expected to hear when he introduced an iPhone to his oldest client this year. It would have been perfectly normal for the elderly Minnesota man to show confusion, maybe curiosity, possibly indifference. Instead, the 85-year-old said this: “Wow, I have got to show this to my […]
Teenagers taught Margaret Stewart so much about technology in one hour that she’s going iPad shopping this weekend. Although she has an iPhone, the senior and former teacher said she wasn’t using it to capacity. With her eyesight going, Stewart wanted to move on to the larger iPad but had no idea how to use […]
Superior Collegiate High School students are helping local seniors learn more about computers. The grade nine and ten business tech class will be teaching them how to set up e-mail accounts and how to use various social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Recently a documentary about the Cyber Seniors program was shown at Lakehead […]
here were many reactions Verizon Wireless salesman Joseph Ramireza expected to hear when he introduced an iPhone to his oldest client this year. It would have been perfectly normal for the elderly Minnesota man to show confusion, maybe curiosity, possibly indifference. Instead, the 85-year-old said this: “Wow, I have got to show this to my […]
Grandmas, it seems, have taken to Facebook. And although the site is phasing out of popularity among young people, seniors are fully embracing it. The number of adults 65 and older who use the Internet has increased to 59 per cent from 14 per cent since 2000. And in that group, nearly half use a […]
How about to share your best selfie with your friends on Facebook? How about to share your thoughts about opera, chess or popular music on YouTube? And your favorite recipes? That is happening with a group of Toronto’s seniors. And the world knows it by a movie called Cyber-Seniors Documentary. According The Huffington Post Cyberseniors is a “must-see movie”: …A heartwarming […]
A program that includes a film seeks to bring together seniors who would like to connect with their far-flung families and young people with Internet skills who are willing to share with others, according to a news release. It all kicks off with a showing of the documentary “Cyber-Seniors.” The film has been shown in […]
At 88, Shirley Emerson has few desires.
One of them is an iPad.
“All my children and grandchildren have iPads,” she says. “I want one.”