technology

Teens are texting more than they're talking these days.  The volume of texting among teens has risen from 50 texts a day in 2009 to 60 texts.  The frequency of teens talking with friends has fallen.  But, those who text the most talk the most as well.

What do people do when they encounter political posts they disagree with on social networks?

Oh, you pretty things. Just look at the mama giraffe nuzzling a baby giraffe, that lovely idea for an indoor planter made of mason jars and those perfectly cooked bacon strips cooling on a plate. This is what people are circulating on Pinterest, the latest website-of-the-moment for sharing things you love.

While Wednesday’s roll-out of the generation of Apple’s new iPad didn’t have quite the fanfare of prior events helmed by the company’s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, that doesn’t mean people weren’t paying attention.

Apple's new iPad model, with a sharper screen and a faster processor, will go on sale in the U.S. and six other countries next Friday, the company confirmed Wednesday.

Just past the security gate for the world's largest cell phone trade show in Barcelona, executives of big mobile carriers can't avoid walking past a booth they would probably rather not see: It's for "Pinger," a small California company that offers free texting in the United States and Germany and has global expansion plans.

Here's a story that will affect your wallet. The United States mobile industry is running out of the bandwidth used to provide many of the cell phone services we rely on.

Christmas Eve we had dinner at a restaurant in Cherry Hill. Next to our table there was a large party of some dozen or more people of all ages, representing, no doubt, several generations of the same family. From the gray haired patriarch and matriarch down the age scale to young children. At first there was much happy chatter as might be expected. Right out of a Norman Rockwell painting of a clos

Take the above photo of a hastily scrawled plywood sign as...a sign of the times.  I can only imagine how many "smart phones" Santa delivered yesterday!

Marketing to children through the media has become a lot more complicated these days.