technology

This scam involves popular new app WhatsApp and Facebook.

Here are some tips that will help you better while video chatting via FaceTime, Zoom, Teams or other video conferencing apps.

A terrific opportunity to ask any questions, be shown how to become more tech savvy with a smart phone or other device, and just get more comfortable with technology in general in a relaxed, no pressure setting.

Here's a preview of the new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. I can't believe how realistic it looks!

The auto start-stop feature is now on Ford Motor engines, and not everyone is a fan. Here's how you shut it off.

There's a lot of buzz in the last week about a new tire from Michelin. They've designed an airless tire that can't be punctured or go flat.

Digital pranksters have struck again. This time with a flaw that impacts Safari and Chrome browsers on most devices (phone, tablet, laptop/desktop). NBC News is reporting the "prank" tricks people into clicking or tapping on links that will crash your browser by overloading them with some code.

The elevator has not changed since the 1800's when it was a rope pulley system. The Elevator is still on ropes, although now it's steel ropes and pulleys. With cities having little space to build and more and more people moving in to the city, builders are thinking of how to utilize the space. Change the buildings? Or change the elevator?

I know, I know, I can't stop talking about the Garth Brooks concert last weekend.  While that WAS an awesome concert, there was a part that brought sadness to this old timer.  This past weekend I was cleaning and organizing a box of pictures when I ran across my Garth Brooks concert ticket from 1998.  Think about it, this piece of memorabilia is a thing of the past.

I get a kick out of this video, which shows kids being introduced to some old school technology. Remember having to use floppy disks?  Remember when the best game was 'Oregon Trail'?  I remember taking a computer programming class in junior high and the big project was making a program that would show a rocket fly up the screen.

If you have an iPhone, this may be of interest to you. Your phone keeps a month-long log of where you spend your time. It records every stop during your day, when you got there, and how long you stayed there.

Some time back the Duluth Police Department had launched something similar to the CodeRED system called iWatch.  That was recently scrubbed and this new system is now in place.  It is a high-speed emergency notification service you can sign up for that will alert you to emergencies and inclement weather via telephone calls, text messages, and emails.  It's important to have and I encourage you to