April 3, 2013 If you know the answer you're under the age of 35 or a smart middle-aged person. I am not. When I was in Florida spending time with Dad and many people in their 70s, they looked at my 4G phone like I was some sort of time traveler. "What does the 'G' stand for", asked a 79 year old friend of my father. Embarrassed I replied, "ummm, gooder?"
January 30, 2013 My wallet has already gone the way of the dinosaur cause I hate sitting on a bump on my butt and money clips were equally cumbersome to me, but I still carry credit cards w/my cash wrapped around them. Still cumbersome. But now, it looks as if our smartphones are sending our plastic into the oblivion of the obsolete like they have so many other things beforehand.
Getting books from the library is about to get a whole lot e-sier.
Hot off their April Fools Joke about Google 8-Bit for Nintendo comes the media giant’s announcement they’re in the process of testing augmented reality glasses that make you feel like Iron Man or the Terminator and look like Levar Burton’s character in Star Trek .
It’s 2012, people, why the hell are we still using light switches?
Millions of Americans may be out of work, but numerous surveys have shown lots of job opportunities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (dubbed STEM by the analysts) — so why aren’t more students considering them?
A new study indicates many kids feel getting into those professions would simply be “too challenging.”
December 23, 2011 If you're heading out for last minute Christmas shopping, read this list first. You may be buying a tech item that by the end of 2012, you just won't need anymore.
December 5, 2011 Do you get a lot of work emails? I tend to have to check mine 10,000 times a day. Most of the time, the important messages are buried under spam. By the time I get to them, the time already passed where I needed to give an answer. Work email may be a thing of the past.
March 30, 2011 I sound like an old man writing this but because the advance of new technology is moving so fast our kids are literally growing up in a different world than we did. Here's a rundown of some things older people know all about that our kids just won't understand:
