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The social networking app Nextdoor has added a new feature to remind neighbors to post kind comments. The Kindness Reminder is designed to convince people from posting mean comments. The feature previews comments before posting. If the post is too much like one that’s been flagged in the past, the app…

Samsung has released a new dating app that helps people find matches by looking at the insides of the person’s refrigerator. The Refrigerdating app designed for use with the company’s Family Hub Refrigerator allows singles to learn about potential mates based on what they keep inside the appliance. The…

Now you can pretend to care for others with very little personal involvement. Microsoft has developed the LoveBot. It is an app for your smart phone that sends messages to significant others, assuring them of your love, automatically—you don’t have to do a thing. While it totally looks like it’s coming…

Scott Randall was on the way to achieving his dream of playing in baseball’s major leagues when he drafted as a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks Single-A affiliate in Rocklin, California. Randall said he is committed to following his dream, but the minor leagues are not a road to riches. During the…

Bumble is an app for your smart device where you can build relationships with new people. It might be wise to be careful who tell your secrets to. Cannon Harrison was on the app when a woman bragged to him about a prize deer she had shot out of season. Mr. Harrison initially thought someone was playing…

Do you ever have trouble staying on task? There is a new product to help you by monitoring what you’re paying attention to. Auctify, a startup business, is building a set of “anti-procrastination” glasses. When you wear them, the glasses know if you are looking where you are supposed to be looking. It…

A Greek student decided that the best way to get back home was to ride a bicycle after flights were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kleon Papadimitriou was studying at the University of Aberdeen and was not able to book a flight home to Athens, so researched the possibility of riding a bicycle…

On her way to pick up her husband at the airport, Connie Monsees checked Goggle Maps to see if there was an alternative, faster route. The app suggested she take the next exit and she would cut the time in half. She did, as did another 100 or so drivers. When she noticed that the route was on a dirt…

In some San Diego neighborhoods, abandoned shopping carts are an eyesore as well as an environmental hazard. In the Claremont area, carts are often left on sidewalks, in bushes, and on private property. In response, several stores have contracted with a local business to retrieve the lost carts. If residents…

The rise of STDs in Massachusetts is alarming according to the state public health department. Katherine Hsu, the medical director of STD prevention & HIV/AIDS for the department attributes the rise, at least partly, to social media. Dating apps that allow people to make contact with potential partners…

Passengers on a Greyhound bus bound for New York City from Cleveland realized that they were seeing some of the same sights repeatedly. The driver was going in circles. He returned to the Cleveland terminal and started all over. After an extra four and a half hours, it arrived in New York. During the…

Emile Ratelband asked a court in Arnhem to shift his birth date from March 11, 1949, to March 11, 1969, saying that if people can change their gender, “why can’t I decide my own age?” Ratelband, A Dutch “positivity guru” is seeking to change his age from 69 to 49, arguing that he feels far younger than…

Christians have been fighting pornography for a long time. Many times they have been ridiculed for their beliefs that pornography is evil. Now, non-Christians are discovering the harm it causes. Gail Dines is a self-described radical feminist who wants pornography stopped. She speaks with the fervor…

The amount of freedom current technology allows with phones is astounding. In fact, some statistics show that people only use our smartphones to talk with others by voice 22% of the total time they spend on the devices. The same research shows that users spend almost 5 hours per day on their Smartphone,…

The newest tech gadget is the smart water bottle. You use the included app to connect the bottle to your phone to keep track of how much water you are drinking. The bottle will also remind you to take a drink. Their prices run from $10 to $100. I am not sure I need a water bottle to continually nag me…

Georgia authorities suspended two police officers after they used a coin toss to decide whether to arrest a 24-year-old driver they stopped for speeding. The Police dash cam captured the entire incident on video. The driver told them that she was running late and the officers discussed whether they should…

On September 10, 2015, 18-year-old Christal McGee used Snapchat while driving a highway outside of Atlanta. McGee began accelerating her Mercedes Benz C230. With Snapchat tracking her speed, she sped past 80 miles per hour, then 90, then 100. Her attention divided between the road and her phone, McGee…

“Ghost apps” allow users to conceal photos, video, and information in plain view on their phone. While they appear to function like other smartphone apps, when users enter a password, they reveal hidden photos, emails, messages, and other items. Frequently minors use these to hide their activity from…

Technology provides ways to keep track of tasks, but some people still cling to old fashioned ways. One of those people is 24-year-old Claira Hart, who uses an online project management app to communicate with coworkers across the country, but prefers a pen and paper to keep track of her to-do list.…

As the Cold War began to ease, the Pentagon redirected the use of its network of low-frequency underwater microphones. They had installed the microphones in the 1950’s to detect Soviet submarines. Now they could be used by scientific institutions to track the movements of whales. In 1989 William Watkins…

For those who have faith in technology, a company in Singapore has made rides in a self-driving taxi available to the public. The trial area is limited to a 2.5 mile square in a business and residential district called “one north.” To get a ride, passengers have to use a special app and request the ‘robo-car’…

“No Man’s Sky” was one of the most anticipated video games of 2016. However, when it hit the shelves it was met with devastating criticism from the gaming community. What was supposed to be the greatest game of the year turned out to be the greatest disappointment. On Steam, the gaming platform where…

Smart Phones keep track of a lot of information about the people who use them. Now, a Spanish wireless company says they have devised a way to measure a person’s boredom level using several easily checked factors. Researchers for the company had 54 participants install an app that monitored phone statistics…

A new app for your smartphone is called Invisible Boyfriend. It allows anyone to pretend they have a loving relationship with a boyfriend who sends text messages and leaves voicemails. According to the designer, Matthew Homann, “single women who use the app just want to use the text messages and voicemails…

Faith Comes By Hearing, based in New Mexico says they have now released a new app for Roku systems that will make Scripture available to at least 10 million additional people in the United States in 750 different languages. Roku is a set-top device created in 2008 will allows users to integrate their…