Tech

The Greece School District will moving to the pouch to slow down cell phone use. The school board approved the purchase of Yondr cell phone pouches. Students’ phones will be stored and locked in the pouches. A spokeswoman for the school district said the pouches will be used in grades six through 12 to limit […]

Is your Apple iphone not updating with the new iOS 16? It maybe to old. Apple’s WWDC keynote not everyone will get the new iOS update. 2 generations of iPhone have been cut off: the iPhone 6S, iPhone 7, and 1st-generation iPhone SE also won’t be compatible with iOS 16. Click Here to see the […]

Early this morning, the Biden Administration announced their plans to partner with internet providers to lower the cost of high-speed internet plans for low-income Americans. About 48 million Americans will qualify for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which will provide plans of at least 100 Megabits per second of speed for no more than $30. The […]

Since the pandemic, many went to work from the comfort of their own homes. Well, now Airbnb plans to let their employees continue to do just that. CEO Brian Chesky stated: “… The world is becoming more flexible about where people can work. We wouldn’t have recovered so quickly from the pandemic had it not […]

Yesterday, you might have noticed that the Joseph A. Floreano Convention Center was packed. That’s because the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce put on the new Roc on Tech conference, featuring a pretty big name in the technology world. None other than co-founder the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, was the featured keynote speaker. Wozniak […]

Dating giant Match launched a new app Stir. Connecting single parents, a community of 20 million in the U.S. Match is a division of Match Group, which owns more than a dozen apps, including the widely used Tinder, OK Cupid and Hinge. But the company has been expanding its portfolio to including communities who may […]

Known for being the king of short-form video. TikTok announced that it’s expanding the maximum length for uploads to 10 minutes. According to The Verge, TikTok has been testing ever-longer uploads for years, recently introducing three-minute videos last July, but this latest update is the largest increase yet, and will now roll out globally. Longer […]

Would you try a Blind Date? What about a Blind Date on a Dating App? Well, Tinder is bring that feature to the app. Except, in this case, Tinder isn’t sending out two members on a blind date together — it’s introducing them to one another through a social chatting feature that will allow them […]

The IRS will not be needing your selfie after all. Internal Revenue Service announced plans to drop a controversial step to use facial recognition to verify IDs online. The IRS said that it will move away from using a third-party service that used facial recognition to help authenticate people who needed to create new online IRS […]

Less than two weeks after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard. Sony is acquiring Bungie. The video game studio that created hit franchises such as “Halo” and “Destiny,”  was buy for $3.6 billion. Sony (SONY) said the acquisition would help take its PlayStation platform “beyond the console” and flesh out the company’s efforts to develop live-service video […]