Social media workshop for businesses next week - Summit Daily News
Summit Independent Business Alliance (SIBA) will hold a seminar entitled “What's the buzz? Engaging customers through social media.” Surveys collected at the quarterly Business Builder's Toolbox seminars have

Social Networking Surges For Seniors - WBUR
Grandma is posting a photo on Facebook. Grandpa is looking for former colleagues on LinkedIn. And more and more people over 50 are joining social networks, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center's Internet

Seniors are warming to social-media use - AZCentral.com
ORLANDO - Ruth Roseboom checks her Facebook page at least once a day. The 78-year-old grandmother from Celebration, Fla., has 40 Facebook friends and likes to see what they are up to at any given time

25 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed - YAHOO!
If you've some catching up to do this weekend, we've got a list that's hot and fresh from the Mashable HQ kitchen. This is your one-stop shop for all the resources you might have missed. In the social media department

Social-media use nearly doubles among people 50 and over - Los Angeles Times
This is not your father's social network — oh, wait a minute, maybe it is. The phenomenal growth of Facebook , Twitter and other social sites has come in part because of a surge in adoption by older members

Social media wrap: Alaska's Joe Miller apologizes to Lisa Murkowski for staffer's tweet - Los Angeles Times
Joe Miller may be a newcomer to the imbroglio that is Alaskan politics and it seems his team is suffering a little getting used to conducting a high-profile political campaign on the social-media networks

Social media win twice as many users over 50 - Erie Times-News
This is not your father's social network -- oh, wait a minute, maybe it is. The phenomenal growth of Facebook, Twitter and other social sites in the past year has come in part because of a surge in adoption by