“How many friends do you have on Facebook?” classic teenager question. But no surprise if before long it will be turn by grandparents to their grandchildren. In fact, make the UK the first country in the world where the population is able to use Internet is the ambitious project of the government campaign Race Online 2012. A challenge really difficult. Since, according to latest estimates, 9million adults do not know the network or do not own a computer. Of these the majority are over 65 years old. To reduce the digital gap, the government of Her Majesty has decided to act on two fields. The first aims to offer to the over-65 who receive a government subsidy a computer at a price of £ 150. The second act at the training level. The elderly will be joined by young experts who will reveal the secrets of Web 2.0. It is not the umpteenth idea to affirm some British record, but simplest the indisputable fact that the online can certainly improve the quality of life of that segment of the population, now at retirement age, set to become increasingly more numerous.
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