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Twitter Outages; Worst Passwords of 2015

Posted January 19th, 2016 at 11:31 am (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: Twitter Hit by Sporadic Outages in Many Parts of Globe Twitter said on Tuesday its social network was suffering ongoing outages on computers and phones and it was working towards a resolution.  Outages were reported across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America. Users were told: “Some users are currently experiencing […]

Interactive Movie Watching; Android Adware Not Removable

Posted November 5th, 2015 at 2:09 pm (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: Hollywood Studios Wade Into Virtual Reality Over the next year, movie goers might enjoy the same interactive experience as video gamers have long ago, by wearing virtual reality headsets. Innovators are creating headgear, specifically for film.  Viewers can experience being dropped into the middle of the world of the film. Rather than […]

Teens & Smartphones; One-armed Robots; Lego Dimensions

Posted April 9th, 2015 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: Study: Most Teens Rely on Smartphones to Go Online A Pew Research Center survey of more than 1,000 teens aged 13-17 found that 91 percent of them go online using their mobile devices. Black and Latino teens used the Internet more frequently, with 34 percent of black teens and 32 percent of […]