2015-10-29 Solid State Drive Gives New Life to Old Computer
Within the past few weeks, many updates to operating systems have been released: Windows 10 for PCs and OS X…
2015-10-23 10 Tech Tools to Teach You New Words
Technology has given us new tools and ways to learn languages faster and easier. Here are a few tools that…
2015-10-15 Emojis Say Volumes Without a Word ;)
Emojis (and emoticons) can tell a friend you are super happy! 😀 Or super sad. 🙁 Without uttering a word.…
2015-10-08 Top 5 Crowdfunding Projects Ever
A great idea is never enough. You need money to turn your idea into a reality. Your family and friends…
2015-10-06 Beach Mat Charges Mobile Phone
Some people do not like being separated from their telephone, even while enjoying a restful holiday at the beach. So,…
2015-10-01 Cell Phone Use Among Friends? How Rude!
Here’s the situation. You’re sitting at the table listening to the conversation when your cell phone buzzes. There is something…
2015-09-28 Phone Apps Help Stop Counterfeiters in Kenya
Counterfeit goods, or false versions of products, may cost the government of Kenya as much as $1 billion each year.…
2015-09-28 Solar Power Free to Low-Income Homes in DC
Solar panels are an increasingly common sight on the tops of homes in wealthy parts of Washington, D.C. Now the…
2015-09-24 Amazon’s Tool for Reading, One Word at a Time
Last week Amazon announced Word Runner, a new tool for reading Kindle books. Word Runner is a software update that…
2015-09-21 Group in Estonia Helps NATO’s Computer Defenses
Recently, hackers have attacked computer systems and then released information that many people thought was secure. This happened to the…
2015-09-19 Longer Battery Life Among Apple iOS9 Updates
Updates to the operating systems for the Apple iPhone and iPad were released this week. The latest update of the…
2015-09-11 New iPhones, Watches, TVs, Big iPads Offer Better Selfies
Apple announced new products and upgrades Wednesday. Apple Watch Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, reported that 97 percent of…
2015-08-23 Making Noise, Studying the Quiet
Biologists from Boise State University have been making noise in the forests of the western American state of Idaho. They…
2015-07-30 Dinosaur Death Leads to Rise of Fish
Tens of millions of years ago, an asteroid hit what is now the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The event led…
2015-07-25 More Than 5 Million Cyber Attacks in Kenya
There were 5.4 million cyber-attacks recorded last year in Kenya. That is more than double the number recorded in 2013.…