How the Internet can make your life easier
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The document discusses many ways that the internet can make life easier for people of all ages. It describes how 218 million Americans now go online for activities like researching products, hobbies, medical conditions, news, and more. Specific websites are mentioned for finding family history, photos, watching free movies and TV, online banking, maps, shopping, real estate information, and health resources. The internet allows people to easily research topics that interest them, stay in touch with family and friends, manage finances, learn, and get information anytime from anywhere.
How the Internet can make your life easier
- 1. How the Internet can make your life easierEwing Branch LibraryComputer Trainingewingtrain@yahoo.com
- 2. Internet is a personal matterDefined 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
- 3. 218 million Americans onlineResearch productsHobbiesMedical conditionsDriving directionsNews18-24: nightlife, comics, wrestling55plus: horseracing, golf, stocks, travel, virtual pharmacies
- 4. Family and personal historyMCL.org Ancestry, Heritage Quest databaseLegacy.com-obituaries, guest booksClassmates.comFacebook.comAarp.org/onlinecommunitystumbleupon
- 6. Free MOVIES/TVHulu.comYoutube.comMymoviefest? Vimeo?Fox.comAbc.com
- 7. BANKINGHouseholds handling money on web doubledINGDirectOnline bank with higher interest ratesE-trade.comEverbank.comTraditional banks- online services free (bill pay)
- 8. MAPSMaps.google.comMapquest.comYahoo! MapsGoogle Maps: Street View “Empire State Building, NY”
- 10. REAL ESTATEZillow.comEstimate your home’s valueTrulia.com- chat with localsFSBO.com- sell by yourselfRealtor.com
- 12. Evaluation formHandoutsThank you for your time!