How the Internet can make your life easier

How the Internet can make your life easier

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Internet is a personal matter

Defined 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

218 million Americans online

Research productsHobbiesMedical conditionsDriving directionsNews18-24: nightlife, comics, wrestling55plus: horseracing, golf, stocks, travel,

virtual pharmacies

Family and personal history

MCL.org Ancestry, Heritage Quest database

Legacy.com-obituaries, guest booksClassmates.comFacebook.comAarp.org/onlinecommunitystumbleupon

PHOTOS

Flickr.comKodakgallery.comSnapfish.com

Free MOVIES/TV

Hulu.comYoutube.comMymoviefest? Vimeo?Fox.comAbc.com

BANKING

Households handling money on web doubled

INGDirectOnline bank with higher interest rates

E-trade.com

Everbank.com

Traditional banks- online services free (bill pay)

MAPS

Maps.google.comMapquest.comYahoo! Maps

Google Maps: Street View

“Empire State Building, NY”

SHOPPING

Zappos.com

Mysimon.com, shopzilla.com, pricegrabber.com

amazonEtsy.com

REAL ESTATE

Zillow.comEstimate your home’s value

Trulia.com- chat with locals

FSBO.com- sell by yourself

Realtor.com

HEALTH

Medlineplus.govHealth.NIH.govMayoclinic.comWebMD.com-articles, tests,

tools,

Evaluation formHandouts

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