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Helping the elderly in Malaysia keep up with technology
Workshops and programmes are needed to help the elderly take advantage of technology to live a better life.
Hong Kong’s senior citizens get new generation of ‘safety phones’ enabled with technology to track their locations
Using location-based technology, carer will be able to monitor the status of its elderly service recipients more swiftly. Last year, 80,000 elderly users made about 2,000 calls a day on average to the NGO, with 100 calls a day requesting ambulance.
‘Hello Granny!’ Elderly video stars shake up social media in China
Senior citizens are breaking stereotypes and winning millions of likes on Chinese Internet platforms. Their humour and energy is delighting the online generation which has largely dismissed older people as dull until now.
Hackers breach thousands of Microsoft customers around the world
A sophisticated attack on Microsoft Corp’s widely used business email software is morphing into a global cybersecurity crisis, as hackers race to infect as many victims as possible before companies can secure their computer systems.
Digital generation gap: China tells companies to make their sites and apps more ‘elderly friendly’ as online population balloons
New guidelines for elderly users are part of an initial campaign targeting 43 apps and 115 websites, including WeChat and e-commerce sites Taobao and JD.com. The moves are also seen as helping party-building, as people aged 61 or older account for about one-third of Communist Party membership.
For many seniors, social networking sites are still terra incognita
Social media accounts are a part of many younger people's everyday lives. However, older people could also benefit from them – it's just that many of them might not know how to sign up or stay safe online.
Why it’s so hard to #DeleteFacebook: Constant psychological boosts keep you hooked
Here we go again: another Facebook controversy, yet again violating our sense of privacy by letting others harvest our personal information. This flareup is a big one to be sure, leading some people to consider leaving Facebook altogether, but the company and most of its over two billion users will reconcile.
Ad buyers sceptical as Snap looks beyond teens for growth
Snap Inc has pinned its hopes on the over-35 crowd to revive user growth for its photo messaging app, a shift ad buyers said could backfire.
Alphabet’s Waymo tests pricing, teams up with public transit
For the past year, Kyla Jackson has been one of the only teenagers in the world who gets a ride to high school from a robot.
An app-solutely fun journey for seniors
Google Malaysia shows that it is never too late to embrace technology.
