In fact, Internet usage among seniors has increased from 12 percent in 2000 to 37 percent last year, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, an initiative of the Pew Research Center.

Ninety-one-year-old Mary Taliaferro’s last living friend lives in Hawaii. To stay in touch with her, Taliaferro has opened a Gmail account and is slowly but surely conquering the new-to-her w… ...