The Evolution of Technology, designed by General Assembly’s Alexandra Proba.
that’s a small cloud
The U.S. is a youth culture. We associate social networking with youth, with college students creating these tools. They don’t have the need for it, they don’t yet have the experience of older people. Today’s generation of younger people doesn’t live close to its grandparents. No one is building apps for seniors. We’ve been building them for 12 years at Intel. Look at the number of seniors and disposable income. We don’t like to think about getting old. It’s changed a bit in the last couple of years with baby boomers. There were no conferences on technology in aging 12 years ago. Now there are more conferences, but in the U.S. it’s still academic, it hasn’t crossed over to VCs.
Facebook: A Profile of its ‘Friends’
In light of the Facebook IPO, we rounded up highlights of our data on adult Facebook users. What do Facebook users do on the site? How many friends they have? What are their social and civic lives like?
Some fast facts:
- 229: The average number of friends a person has on Facebook
- Women average 21 updates to their Facebook status per month while men average 6
Facebook, on an Average Day:
- 15% of Facebook users update their own status
- 22% comment on another’s post or status
- 20% comment on another user’s photos
- 26% “Like” another user’s content
- 10% send another user a private message
Read the full portrait for more on the social and civic characteristics of Facebook users and the privacy management habits of social networking site users
: AARP members VIP for Chicago gadget preview
aarp:
Technology blog gdgt (say it like “gadget”) is hosting VIP & press preview hours for swanky new gadgets, and they want AARP members there. Badly.
See, here’s the thing: the 22-year-olds might be the first in line for a new smartphone, but the 62-year-olds are the ones carrying the wallet….
An (in my opinion) incredible panel discussing the trends, facts, and opportunities surrounding what we call the “Longevity Economy”. Between you and me, this is perhaps the best discussion on this topic I’ve seen. (and i’m not just saying that because my boss was on it)
Doug Busch, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Intel-GE Care Innovations
Ken Dychtwald, President and CEO, Age Wave
Jody Holtzman, Senior Vice President, Thought Leadership, AARP
Our CEO on an incredible panel of entrepreneurs and self “re-imaginers” on encore careers, the upcoming boomer wave, and introducing purpose in to ones’ second (or third) act
