Technology

There are some pretty cool virtual camps being offered for free online through Microsoft including backpacking in the United Kingdom and coding your own video games. Here's how to sign up for your kids.

Things are much different this summer for our kids. A lot of places have canceled their summer camps and activities that keep our kids busy and active. Now there is a superstore that is doing a virtual summer camp with celebrity guests as the counselors.

Anyone else have an issue recently with delays in Amazon items shipped to your house? I know full well that these men and women in the shipping business have their hands - and their trucks - completely full, but as I was anxiously tracking some new golf attire, I couldn't help but notice that my Ama…

We are all watching a lot more television during the pandemic. No matter what streaming service you are using, you are paying for it in some way. There is a warning of one service that is being rerouted to scammers in an effort to take your money.

Kay in Glens Falls writes:
My husband has been working from home and it's amazing how much he relies on me to help him out with technology so he can stay plugged in. As the demands of his job have changed, I'm like his personal IT person. I help him launch Zoom and other things that pertain to Power …

My mom continues to stay busy mixing up her favorite drinks during the coronavirus lockdown. It all started as a paint and sip without painting and now she is up to her seventh concoction. This time it's a drink called Hugs and Kisses.

There is new technology coming out that will send an alert to your cell phone if you have been in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. Here's how it works.

"Hey Siri, do I have COVID-19?" iPhone users are now able to ask their phones if they have coronavirus.

The other day I received a text message from an old buddy of mine who is the father of two kids in the Guilderland School District.  He wanted to pass along a message regarding his teenage daughter who happens to be a huge country music fan.  His daughter has been quarantined in her own house for ap…

Treatments for the coronavirus are being developed by a drug company with manufacturing facilities in the Capital Region.

Attention gamers and gaming enthusiasts: What is being billed as the largest esports event in the upstate New York is coming to Albany in April.  The event knows as HV Gamer Con 2020 promises two full days of epic competition, informative panel discussions, the latest tech and information on fu…

It looks like another major retailer will be closing all of its stores and one is located in Colonie Center.