Technology

Having nine dogs in your house -- all senior, adopted dogs -- isn't easy. But Steve Greig wouldn't have it any other way. The dogs are only part of Steve's menagerie. Sally the duck, Stuart the rabbit and, perhaps the biggest scene-stealer of all, Bikini the pig are all part of the gang featured on Greig's Instagram account Wolfgang2242, where nearly 800,000 fans get daily doses of cuteness and laughs.

George Resch wakes up, drinks coffee, and checks his Instagram like the rest of us. Except his Instagram account has more than 1.3 million followers. The Long Island dad, better known as Tank Sinatra, started his account about three?years ago, making memes. Tank says he finds the human condition hilarious, the fact that we think we're so evolved, yet we all get jammed up by the same things.

Peter Ciaccia, the race director of the TCS New York City Marathon, talks about some of the social media and other digital extras that runners and spectators can engage with before and during the race. The race is like a multimedia experience.

Chloe the Mini Frenchie, as she was known on social media, had almost 200,000 Instagram followers and appeared in advertisements for major brands and even on magazine covers. Chloe's fans have also been crushed by her sudden death.

You've heard of eyelash extensions, nail jewelry, and going gray for fun, but what about fur nails? Or squiggly brows? Or, perhaps most shocking, nose hair extensions? If you believe the internet, these are the new beauty trends, but good luck finding anyone willing to actually try one.

Look out ladies, we are getting pushed aside! Millennial men are taking over as key consumer influencers, a title we've held for years. Millennial men are the most likely of any group within the population to be word-of-mouth influencers, according to a new report from social media monitoring platform Engagement Labs.

We can probably fill in the sentence "Social media has completely changed _____" with almost anything. Thankfully, instead of reporting on the latest trolling tactic, cyber-bullying campaign, or scam, we get to tell you how Hurricane Harvey has apparently driven us to social media to mostly help our fellow man.

Frontrow is a high-definition camera the size of a quarter disguised as a necklace that lets you live stream up to 2 hours straight of, say, that epic tour of Jamaica that will put any self-indulgent vacationer to shame.

Smoking and vaping are banned in all New York schools. Now schools are testing technology that can smoke out offenders. The new technology inside a little box may play a big role in holding students who break the law accountable.

Kids in Brooklyn are using their love of music and technology to try and make the world a better place. Hip hop is joining forces with education and social justice. It is all about using hip hop to touch young people and make a difference, according to those on the front line.

Zola and Jennah are 10. Like most children their age, technology comes easily to them. They've been using the internet since they were 5. To adults, it might sound crazy. Kids can use an app but they can't tie their own shoes. But a new study by internet security company AVG Technologies shows kids around the world are mastering technology quicker than the basics.

The ever-evolving world of technology can help us improve our fitness more than ever before. No matter how you get your sweat on, just think of technology as another piece of exercise equipment because like it or not it is the future of fitness. The company Zwift, for example, brings multi-player gaming technology to indoor cycling, changing your workout forever. Zwift works in real-time. It sets you up against riders anywhere in the world on one of three courses: London, Virginia and a fictional island.

The high-tech job market is booming in New York City.

If you're Facebook and you've got 2 billion users, you'd think things are looking up, right? So why switch things up and mess with success? Here is a hint: People told us they are using Facebook less. With more and more people growing inseparable from their phones, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook is changing its mission of connecting people to a new mission: creating communities and bringing the world closer together.

Snapchat is no longer just about quirky filters and fast-disappearing videos. It is now the latest online channel for original TV shows. Snapchat just struck a two-year, $100 million deal with Time Warner to create original programming.

Bethany Mota is out with her first book about creating a social media empire, 'Make Up Your Mind.'

As we learn more about concussions and CTE, we continue to have the conversation about football and how safe it is. But a new technology company could be changing that discussion for the better. Its football helmet has been deemed the safest by the NFL Players Association testing. And it is just the beginning.