Techboomers

{{Short description|Educational website}}

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Techboomers is an educational website that teaches older adults and inexperienced Internet users how to use various websites and Internet-based applications.{{cite news|last1=Rodriguez|first1=Salvador|title=Apps and dating sites for an older generation|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/apps-and-dating-sites-for-an-older-generation-a6685251.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/apps-and-dating-sites-for-an-older-generation-a6685251.html |archive-date=2022-05-26 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=21 December 2015|publisher=The Independent|date=7 October 2015}}{{cite news|title=Tinder for Senior Citizens: Stich, Willing, Geekatoo Join New Wave of Startups Targeting Boomers|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/tinder-senior-citizens-stitch-willing-geekatoo-join-new-wave-startups-targeting-2119983|accessdate=21 December 2015|publisher=International Business Times|date=30 September 2015}}

The site was founded by current CEO Steve Black. Prior to Techboomers, Black had run Suited Media where he founded the first social network for poker players called Pokerspace.com.{{cite news|title=Techboomers|url=https://startuplister.com/startups/techboomers-com/|accessdate=21 December 2015|publisher=Startup Lister}} He later became a SEO consultant, working with startups in Southern Ontario and California. He founded Techboomers after his parents and older relatives would come to him for advice on using digital technology.{{cite news|last1=Henry|first1=Alan|title=Techboomers Offers Guided Tutorials for the Web's Most Popular Sites|url=http://lifehacker.com/techboomers-offers-guided-tutorials-for-the-webs-most-p-1728219801|accessdate=21 December 2015|publisher=Lifehacker|date=5 September 2015}}

Techboomers includes tutorial and videos to help teach lessons on how to use websites such as Facebook, YouTube, Netflix and Spotify.{{cite news|last1=Rodriguez|first1=Salvador|title=Old Love Goes Digital|url=http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/old-love-goes-digital-1225337|accessdate=21 December 2015|publisher=New Delhi Television|date=2 October 2015}} The site is designed with larger fonts and drop down menus to make it easier to read and navigate. A notable feature documented by the International Business Times is the site helps inexperienced users close and delete their accounts and user profiles on various sites.{{cite news|last1=Rodriguez|first1=Salvador|title=Why Netflix, Spority, Groupon and Other Sites Make It Almost Impossible to Delete Your Account (and what to do about it)|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/why-netflix-spotify-groupon-other-sites-make-it-almost-impossible-delete-your-account-2160388|accessdate=5 January 2016|publisher=International Business Times|date=4 November 2015}}