Technology

Instagram Fans, Watch Out for Fake Flight Offer Scams

Posted on 11/6/2012 by | Tampa, Florida | Comments

Money & Savings | TechnologyInstagram has become a leading social network to allow users to upload and edit photos, and follow and view other accounts and their Instagram photos. But when popularity comes, scammers often follow. Picture this: When browsing popular Instagram accounts, you stumble upon a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from a trusted airline. It’s almost as if fate wants you take that all-expenses paid trip to visit old connections. The airline’s Instagram account is offering a free flight to your next vacation destination. All …

Why Aren’t Older Adults Buying Smartphones?

Posted on 11/1/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

TechnologyThere’s an app for that – but usage by older adults is stalled.  Boomers and beyond have the spending power, but they aren’t snapping up tablets and smartphones. Pew’s latest smartphone numbers tell the story – smartphone usage has not grown beyond 11% among the 65+.  And tablet ownership, despite many cute stories, has only grown to 13%. Yet you and I both know that that these phones and tablets provide significant utility, from easy access to discounts and savings …

Too Many Deals and Coupons? GeoQpon To The Rescue

Posted on 10/25/2012 by | Technology | Comments

TechnologyWho doesn’t like a great deal?  And now, it seems every store around has an app promising to put “deals of the day” at your fingertips.  So what’s a person to do?  Deal management is becoming a full time job. Enter the GeoQpon app.  It’s an up-to-the-minute aggregator of daily deals offered by ZIP code.  Users are only asked to enter their ZIP codes, no other personal sign up information, which triggers a display of hundreds of deals.  Deals can …

Stanford Ovshinsky: 5 Facts About ‘The Edison of Our Age’

Posted on 10/22/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyIt’s a safe bet that unless you’re a scientist or an engineer, you’ve probably never heard of Stanford Ovshinsky. And that’s a shame, because his inventions made possible a lot of the electronic gadgetry that our 21st-century high-tech world has become so dependent on. The quirky, self-taught inventor, who died on Oct. 17 in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., at age 89, was once labeled the “Edison of our age” by The Economist magazine, and for good reason. Ovshinksy held almost 700 patents, …

Presidential Politics Strain Facebook Friendships

Posted on 10/15/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News Roundups | PoliticsWe’ve all had them — those people in our Facebook news feeds whose political updates we find abhorrent or stupid or just plain irritating. But with Election 2012 drawing nigh, such updates seem to have increased tenfold, leaving us with that mighty modern quandary: To block or not to block? Or perhaps even – gasp – to unfriend altogether?

AARP and Senior TechRALLY a Perfect Match

Posted on 10/12/2012 by | All the news that matters for Illinoisans over 50. | Comments

Your LifeHappy FRIDAY!  Jenn here from the AARP Illinois Communications Team. This week I’m going to tell you about one of the most fun events I’ve ever been a part of in my 6 years at AARP — The Senior TechRALLY™ Senior TechRALLY™ is a full-day workshop on how to use smartphones and tablets, but anyone who attends can tell you that it’s SO MUCH MORE than that! TechRALLY starts off with the absolute basics,  but by the end of the …

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