Technology

This week, about 2,000 Dell laptops will be issued to Nampa’s Columbia High School students. The computers will be able to be used both in class and at home. The district's plan is to equip all students and teachers with the electronic tools they need to support personalized learning. Nint...

Oh, the horror when we jump into the Boise River, only to realize the phone is still in our pockets!  And sometimes it falls into the toilet and gets soaked that way. Besides panic, what is the first thing we should do?  This method is the best one to save a wet phone, according to the experts.

Have you seen this?  If your kids are like mine, they are whizzes with devices and gadgets, but give them a rotary phone and they're totally stumped.  My girls can kick my butt on the WiiU, but can they figure out an old school typewriter?

My dad is getting up there in years, but no teenager is going to out-emoji this guy!  He's determined to fully express himself through pics of beer mugs, corn in the husk, and Christmas trees. By the way, did you hear what emoji might be coming next?  You and my dad will wonder how you survived without it for this long.

Flat screens are everywhere now, and while they look great at our favorite bars and restaurants and on the walls at home, they've created some serious issues for city trash collections.  The old boxy TV sets that have been replaced by flat screens can't just be junked, because they're toxic.  This is what Boise is doing about it.

It's not often that you open a Christmas gift, play with it, and get fined for doing it.  But that could happen this year as this thing gets more popular.

When your kids get birthday presents there are thank you notes to send.  Is it okay to text a thanks?

How many times do you check your smart phone in a day?  The average is, well, a lot.  It's less than a hundred times a day, but the number is still a shocker.

If you've ever sent a sexy pic to your husband or boyfriend...well you're in the majority. What does the sexting popularity mean for relationships in general?

This could be the single greatest tech invention in the history of the world, and I don't think I'm overstating it.  Well maybe a little.