Technology

It's time to face the facts that the new school year is only a few weeks away and if you haven't already done some shopping you had better get on the ball. But what to buy? That question is answered very differently by parents and kids.

Starbucks as teamed up with Square that allows you to pay for your coffee without pulling out your wallet or phone. Now this technology is on the way, when you walk up to buy a coffee the store will connect to your phone via voodoo magic  pulling up your account info along with a picture of you to complete the purchase.  I don't know if I feel comfortable with this..

The London Olympic games are over now, and while the athletes are reflecting on their performances, Twitter has been hard at work breaking down their Olympic numbers.

If you’re like most people, you have one or more websites that you simply cannot live a day without clicking over to it in order to get your dose of the World Wide Web.

Pop quiz: among whites, blacks, Asians and Hispanics, which are the least likely to own a smartphone?

While Facebook has no data on how many fake people currently reside on its server (based on our News Feed we’d guess about half of all users), it does know how many fake accounts there are: 83 million. And it’s not who you think, either.

The state of the great American teenager may be driving most of us crazy, but a new study indicates that may be all they are driving – as today’s teens appear to be trading in sets of wheels for two solid thumbs. Researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute say that nearly a third of 19 year olds living in the United States haven’t even attempted to get a drivers lic

Hotels offer many free perks to customers, but none are more important than free WiFi according to new customer service survey. Some hotels have been forced to cut corners to save money, and their customers have noticed. According to a new survey, satisfaction with hotel services is now at a six-year low.

About half of Americans with cell phones are using them while they watch TV. So maybe that long dramatic pause on the phone wasn't the other person thinking about what you said . . . they might have just not been paying attention.

Hasbro, makers of the "Furby," have come out with a new, more up to the times version of the furry little friend. Today's generation is growing up with smartphones and tablets and now Furby is too. He now comes with revamped aesthetics, new innards and an appetite for Apple's iPad. His eyes are two big LCD's that cover almost a third of Furby's body. And he changes based on his mood. Rea

Tens of thousands of Americans stand to lose Internet service on Monday due to a malware virus that may have infected their computers more than a year ago! Is yours one of them?  Probably.  Is there anything you can do about it?  Yes, but you have to act before Monday.

When was the last time you checked your phone?  Odds are good that it was less than an hour ago. A new study shows that almost 60% of us can't go more than an hour without checking the phone.  The most shocking results came from the feelings that we get when we think we've lost our phone!