Boomer411 selected for PCMagazine’s “The Top 10 Best Sites for Baby Boomers”
Posted by Guru on March 25th, 2008We are pleased to let you know that Boomer411 was selected to be included in the list of 10 Best Boomer Sites, published by the editors of PCMagazine. You can see their take on Boomer411 here.
The editors of PCMagazine explain Boomers tech savvy nature as below, “The common demographic stereotype of the 44-to-63-year-old generation is that they are less likely to embrace technology than younger generations. This may be the case during the early-adopter phase of a new technology or gadget, but the boomers succumb to owning cell phones, DVD players, and HDTVs just like the rest of us. Besides, boomers Steve Jobs , Bill Gates , and Eric Schmidt sure didn’t have a problem entering the technology world!” ….
“eMarketer.com reports that over the next four years, the number of US boomers who use the Internet at least once a month will grow by more than 4 million, rising from 59.4 million in 2007 to 63.7 million in 2011. “
Here is what they had to say about Boomer411, “This news-aggregating site is like Digg for the older set. With Boomer411, you can bookmark and share your favorite content, as well as submit content to be voted on by other users. Topics range from jobs and insurance to alternative medicine and real estate. Visit the Boomer411 blog to read interviews and guest columns and comment on them”.
Read the entire article on PC Mag here.
Congratulations to all of you. It is only because of your support and belief that this was made possible. So let’s join hands and make it even better.
Editor’s Note: It is important to note the unique value Boomer411 brings to Boomers. It utilizes the human expertise of people, called Trustees, to select only the Best content on the web as opposed to merely aggregating just any web content. This results in a rich, trusted set of content that Boomers can rely and act upon. We will be posting about this very topic in our blog very soon. So please stay tuned and check back again…
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This kind of tripe: “boomers don’t embrace technology” is getting as old as “first boomer retires.”
Boomers grew up using technology: we MADE the first office computers, we USED the first office computers, we BOUGHT the first home computers!
I hope more people will get that message.
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