It’s no news that technology is transforming our lives, but the speed and impact is rather overwhelming.

Take, for example, what has happened to me in the past 15 years. I’m just 36 and started my career as a newspaper reporter. The other day, my 4-year-old daughter asked me what job I had earlier in my life.

“Well, I used to be a newspaper reporter,” I told her. “Do you even know what a newspaper is?”

“Sure!” she said, propping her little arms up to pretend she’s reading the morning news. “It’s what old people read!”

Here are 10 things that are becoming obsolete and the latest technology that’s replacing them.

Landline phone

According to a study on the state of health in America, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than half of the homes in the United States don’t have or use landlines today.

What we’re buying instead – Everyone has a smartphone now and they’re using it not just to hear the other person, but to see them as well. iPhone has FaceTime for video chat; Android phones have Google Talk; and Skype can be used on your desktop or any smartphone.

TVs and DVDs

For the first time in decades, TV ownership is down. According to Nielsen, 97 percent of American households now own TV sets, down from 99 percent 20 years ago. One of the major drivers is the fact that young people, especially, are streaming TV shows and movies from the Internet to their laptops.

What we’re buying instead – Aereo, currently available in New York with plans to roll out in 22 more U.S. cities, catches broadcast TV stations and streams them live to your computer. Hulu allows you to watch TV shows and movies for free, or get unlimited streaming with its $7.99 premium service.

CDs

Last year, the sale of CDs fell 15 percent, while according to Nielsen, the sale of digital albums jumped that same 15 percent.

What we’re buying instead – Instead of CDs, we now download digital versions of music to our smartphones or computers in the form of MP3s. Also increasingly popular are services such as Spotify, Turntable FM and Pandora.

Traditional radio stations

The Pew Research Center found that the percentage of Americans 12 and older who listen to traditional local radio has fallen steadily from 96 percent in 2001 to 93 percent in 2011. Meanwhile, the percentage of people listening to online radio has doubled over the same period, from 28 percent to 56 percent.

What we’re buying instead – SiriusXM satellite radio continues to grow and now has more than 22 million subscribers. Listeners are also turning to services such as iHeartRadio, which offers music, news and talk radio from 1,500 cities across the nation and lets listeners create their own personalized stations.

Books, magazines, newspapers

Amazon announced in 2011 that e-book sales beat those of traditional printed books. According to researcher eMarketer, online ad spending grew by 23 percent last year to $39.5 billion, compared with $33.8 billion for print advertising.

What we’re buying instead – Now we turn to digital forms of these media – e-readers such as Nook and Kindle, apps on our smartphones and tablets and Zinio, a popular digital magazine reader.

Watches, alarm clocks

In a Prosper Mobile Insights survey, 61 percent of respondents said their mobile phone or tablet replaces their alarm clock, while half of those surveyed by British mobile network O2 said that their smartphone replaces their watch.

What we’re buying instead – We’re turning to gadgets such as the Fitbit Flex Wireless Activity and Sleep Wristband, which not only monitors your fitness levels but also gently wakes you up by vibrating on your arm. Another replacement for the alarm clock is the Philips Wake-up Light, which prepares your body to wake up by gradually increasing light and nature sounds.

Map and GPS devices

Online mapping sites such as Google Maps and MapQuest paved the way for a drastic drop in the number of paper maps being printed, and then GPS devices such as TomTom and Garmin sealed the deal. Now that most smartphones have free GPS apps, there is even less need for old-fashioned paper maps, and free mapping apps are making separate devices obsolete.

What we’re buying instead – Every iPhone is equipped with a maps app, such as Apple Maps or Google Maps. Other popular mapping apps include those from MapQuest, Bing and Yahoo.

Video rental stores

Does your town have a video rental place anymore? Even Blockbuster is gradually closing its stores.

What we’re buying instead – According to market research firm NPD Group, Redbox, which rents DVDs from vending machine-like boxes, saw its volume grow 29 percent in 2011 and market share soar to 37 percent. Netflix’ digital movie rentals own 55 percent of the video rental market.

Hardbound dictionaries, encyclopedias

Oxford University Press announced in 2010 that it would cease printing the venerable Oxford English Dictionary. In 2012, publishing giant Macmillan said it, too, would cease printing all dictionaries, and Merriam-Webster has invested heavily in its digital reference tools, apps and social media. Last year marked the first time in its 244-year history that Encyclopedia Britannica didn’t publish its iconic multivolume sets.

What we’re using instead – Merriam-Webster online and Dictionary.com, too. Or we’re just Googling it: Type in that $2 word plus the word “define” and voila, there’s your definition.

Deposit slips

Between ATMs and virtual check deposits, you might never have to set foot in a bank again.

What we’re using instead – Many community banks, credit unions and major financial institutions now include mobile check deposits with their apps. Just open the app, use it to take a picture of the front and back of the signed check, and wait for the deposit to appear in your account.