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App of the week: Exercise and diet with one cool app

Posted on 04/19/2012 by Suzie Mitchell | Technology | Comments

TechnologyExperimenting with a new app reminds me of high school in the early 70s. The banter is the same. “You gotta try it,” a peer says. “Really, what does it do?” I ask. “I’m not sure, “he says, “but it’s really cool and everyone is using it.” So I try it—I download the Lose It! app to see what the buzz is all about. And after a few hours, I agree it’s pretty cool—however, now I must admit… I’m addicted. …

Smartphones Everywhere! Except…

Posted on 03/1/2012 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

TechnologyIt’s official. Data from 2011 shows the United States joining a few other countries in majority adoption of smartphones over so-called “feature phones.” What about AARP members? According to new data out this morning from Pew Research, 16% more of American adults 45-54 and 9% more of adults 55-64 now own a smartphone, compared to 18% of the 18-24 year olds. Except… only 2% more of those over 65 have a smartphone. Have you made the switch? If not, what’s holding …

Apps Every Boomer Should Know: A Roundup

Posted on 02/17/2012 by Suzie Mitchell | Technology | Comments

TechnologyThe following is a guest post from Suzie Mitchell. Boomers are lovin their smartphones. Take a look around a local coffee shop at mid-day and you’ll see throngs of Boomers reading and punching away on them. Check out all of the tables and sometimes you see two or three Boomers together, all on their individual smartphones—doing what we chastise our kids for doing—not talking to each other. “I love my smartphone, my 60 year-old sister-in-law says. “I use it while …

Top Ten Travel Apps for Baby Boomers

Posted on 11/10/2011 by David Porter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

TravelThe smartphone has become perhaps the single most ubiquitous tool in the baby boomer traveler’s arsenal. Because of this, there is a massive groundswell of travel applications (apps) all providing various forms of valuable travel information all vying for the attention of 79 million baby boomers. Remarkably, a great many of these travel apps are free. And, those who might charge a fee are only charging a very small fee ($.99 – $3.99) in order to allow end users to …

These Are The Droids We’re Looking For

Posted on 03/4/2011 by Mike Lee | Technology | Comments

TechnologySome co-workers and I gathered in a conference room at AARP Headquarters to watch Steve Jobs unveil the new version of Apple’s iPad 2. While the conversation naturally circled around all the new features, and how some of us were going to buy on the first day, our chatter came to the topic of competition pushing back. As if on cue, Nielsen announced the next day that the market share of Google’s popular Android operating system for smart phones had …