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The user experience with Google: You are the product for better or worse

Aging in Place Technology Watch

You launch the search engine on your phone and are surprised to see all of these ‘news’ items about local topics that have appeared in your Gmail inbox. category tags: smartphones , privacy, security , seniors and aging policy , computers, broadband, and social networking Consider Google and its tightly coupled products.

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Eight new technology offerings for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In addition to the online portal, Honor Expert provides human interaction by allowing users to call the helpline and connect directly with a professional social worker, removing the friction and frustration that families often face when researching problems and seeking solutions." Learn more.

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Six Aging and Health Blog Posts from the Prolific Month of June 2022

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Consider voice-enabled smart plugs, thermostats, audio books, traffic directions, weather, and news updates – and answers to questions that might matter about health, social connection, and personal safety. category tags: Home Care , Mobile PERS , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , AI , social media.

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Five Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from September 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

You pick the term -- or let the search engine do it in order to show you each paid ad after paid ad. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Mobile PERS. You may not remember that Philips acquired the Lifeline business in 2006 for $750 million.

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Real Seniors lack essential technology – who will make it happen in 2019?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And have we mentioned online banking , accessing Social Security information , buying savings bonds – oh, and then there's healthcare access, including finding a doctor or benefiting from telehealth services? . Nor is there any apparent interest in re-engineering older remotes to support voice input.

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Eight Intriguing Offerings from the 2019 Voice Summit

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Their award-winning emotion recognition and behavioral prediction analytics technology utilize cognitive modeling and advanced machine learning algorithms to provide enriched conversational insights for interaction with voice assistants, chatbots, robotic virtual assistants, social healthcare robotics and mobile voice assistants."

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Design for all – what we wanted and what we got

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Was that what was meant in the concept ‘design for all’ in this prescient report ‘Connected Living for Social Aging’ sponsored by AARP in 2011? We can tell that app stores and search engines think they know what is meant by ‘senior-specific’. category tags: Aging technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , smartphones, cell phones.

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