Tech

Snapchat is bring it’s first parental control center. The new tool, called Family Center, promises to give parents more insight into who their teenagers are communicating with on the messaging app — without divulging the content of those conversations. Parents must create their own Snapchat account, and teens have to opt-in and give permission for them to use […]

To help stop inappropriate videos from young audiences, TikTok is rolling out a content maturity rating system. Along with new features that will allow viewers to customize their For You pages. Like maturity ratings used for movies and video games, the content rating system will organize videos based on “thematic maturity,” TikTok announced Wednesday. In […]

President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s are taking Higher Ground to Audible. Amazon-owned audio storytelling platform (Audible) set an exclusive, multiyear and global first-look production deal with the Obamas’ media company, covering multiple audio projects. The deal comes after the Obamas’ exclusive podcast pact with Spotify, originally inked in 2019, came to an end. Click […]

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 […]