Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
AARP studies D.C. seniors who join aging-in-place networks
Annie Gowen
Washington Post
February 25, 2010
Overview: “A recent AARP study of D.C. seniors who joined "aging-in-place" networks say the move has made them feel more engaged in their communities and more comfortable with their decision to stay in their homes.”
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Myine Electronics' Abbee radio strips out ads and DJ chatter
Edward C. Baig
USA Today
February 24, 2010
Overview: “The Abbee base has storage for about 100 songs. But you can transfer and store about 500 songs on the Music Lock portable. … Myine founder Jake Sigal … considers Abbee, named after his wife, an iPod substitute for aging Baby Boomers and folks like his parents. The easy setup involves little more than tuning to a station and plugging in the portable. I found some operations confusing just the same.”
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