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  1. We have to admit, this is pretty neat - powerful gesture control for your computer from @leapmotion: ow.ly/b8b32 about 23 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. RT @pogue: Wow. Is this tech really beyond the mouse, keyboard, and touch screens? Makes a helluva demo video, anyway: j.mp/Ldp7sj about 23 hours ago via HootSuite
  3. Females 55-64 most popular FB pages: Walmart, NCIS, Target, Kohls, SHopatHome.com, country music, Criminal Minds, GodVine #aarpcoms 10:44 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  4. Most popular FB pages among males 55-64: NCIS, Beatles, Being Conservative, Sarah Palin, country music, RightChange. #aarpcoms 10:43 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  5. Contrast to: 55-64 males register 460K checkins per month. 7.5M statuses from men vs 20M from females. (Via FB data.) #aarpcoms 10:41 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  6. 55-64 females register 641K checkins a month, fan 14M pages, send 63M messages, upload 34M photos, 222K videos, 20M statuses. #aarpcoms 10:40 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  7. Evening peak for the 55-64 is around 9pm, as opposed to 9:30 in general. Morning peak is both higher AND earlier than other demos. (Via FB) 10:39 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  8. The 55-64 female demo on FB skews much larger than on any other demographic. (Via fresh @Facebook data today.) 10:38 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  9. 8.2 million 55-64 year olds on FB, 4.9 M 55-64 year old males who are monthly active on FB. 7.7% of the audience. 10:38 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  10. RT @AARPFamily: Take a look at how the @Google driverless car can help the elderly & disabled get around.http://aarp.us/KQwEuv #ageinplace 8:35 AM May 22nd via AARP Social
  11. RT @peggykriss: @koemei - democratizes video transcription and make it searchable #tcdisrupt finalist // neat. on our list to chk out. 12:21 PM May 21st via HootSuite
  12. Good morning #tcdisrupt! We're following y'all over here looking for startups aiming at the #longevityecon. More: ow.ly/b2VS3 8:06 AM May 21st via HootSuite
  13. Neat #innovation50 ex: RT @frank_moss: @globeideas Innovation 100 starts w/ @medialab 's Hugh Herr & robotic prosthesis bo.st/JvjjWs 7:05 AM May 21st via HootSuite
  14. It's 2012. Can we all stop waiting on hold? @suziemitchell reviews an app for that from @fastcustomer: buff.ly/KY5kMR 8:53 AM May 18th via Buffer
  15. "No one is building apps for seniors." Intel's @EricDishman speaking truth tmblr.co/Z05VzxLiLlef #longevityecon 8:21 AM May 18th via Tumblr
  16. RT @AARP: New #Alzheimers resource to help #caregivers from @HHSgov. Our @sallyabrahms breaks it down: aarp.us/KtlvC1 #talkalz 2:30 PM May 15th via AARP Social
  17. Five misconceptions about marketing to boomers: ow.ly/aVM73 #longevityecon 12:27 PM May 15th via HootSuite
  18. @sarahintampa interesting perspective & good point on complexity. Small fonts an issue too. But we do like "Easy Facebook" in concept... 3:11 PM May 14th via HootSuite in reply to sarahintampa