PR story of the day:  One fifth of grandparents use social networks

Interesting story on Mashable about a study in the UK that says 20 percent or so of grandparents use social networks.

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If the Newman household is a case study I would say that's pretty true.  My daughter is spending the week with her grandparents and I've be FaceTime-ing with her and in the background I can see my mother-in-law playing on her iPad.  She hasn't graduated to Facebook or Twitter yet but some of our aunt and uncles who are also grandparents have.

Now from experience I will tell you that trying to talk them through how to download an APP is a totally different experience and definitely not for the faint of heart. 🙂