technology

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

Humans aren’t the only ones who can’t wait to get their paws on the latest technological wonders.

There's a new app available that kids are using at an alarming rate. This app lets them send video, pictures or text or a combination of all of them. People think it's being used for sexting and so far research says it's not.

"You would die if you crashed right now." That is the warning you would read on your dash to help you slow down. Most people die in crashes because of the speed of the vehicle, then losing control.

Is Instagram planning to use your photos to transform itself into "the world's largest stock photo agency?"

Getting people to clean up after their dogs during walks isn’t always an easy feat — but in Mexico City, a pilot program rewards folks for doing so in a very modern way.

This is like  using one touch dialing on your cell phone, you eventually forget people's actual phone number.  However, the stakes are much higher in this case so they need to get a handle on it yesterday.   Long hours flying under computer control may have dulled the skills of airline flight crews, according to a U.S. advisory board that recommends more manual flight time for pilots.