Essay topic about technology

Please help me find some ideas and examples for the following topic:

Topic: Nowadays, communicating with others is faster and easier thanks to technology like email, cellular phones and beepers. Has this change improved the way people live? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

I'm going to make an outline like that
A Introduction:
Technology (E-mails, phones, cell phones, beepers...) has improved the way people live.
B Body
_Time (quick) (Please help me to find some examples/ some comparision and contrast with the way people communicated many years ago)
_Convenience (effective)
_ Money (cheap)

I'd rather state that : New technologies like television and the Internet help us get information quicker and easier (lastest news..). What do you think about this statement?
C Conclusion
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Thanks.